We recently advertised for a part time role at our organisation, we are in growth mode and excited for the future and expanding our team. We advertised through the usual channels and received well over 100 applications. Now at this stage I ask you to remember that we are a company where one of our [...]
I think many parents are challenged with this question. As parents we love and care for our children and wish the best for their future, but we can’t always determine their future for them (some try to their detriment unfortunately). My oldest son was very clear from primary school what he wanted to do [...]
Short answer is, yes you can. At any stage of your career you can switch. I’ve change careers several times over my life, and some of those changes have been quite dramatic. The complexity comes into it when you look at your personal circumstances and the extent of the career change. When thinking about [...]
We see so many resume’s come across our desk and one of the reoccurring themes is that people seem to believe the reader is the one responsible to interpret where the resume owner can add value to the role or company. Let’s be very clear here right from the start “it is not the [...]
Preparation is the key to a great interview. If you have got to the stage where you’re being invited to interview for a job you are already in a much smaller group and have made it through the first ‘gate’. Going to an interview without good preparation is like going to your final exam without [...]
Our working world will be turned on its head in the next few years, robots, innovation, progress, you name it, it’s moving at such a rate that it’s conceivable your job won’t exist in 10 years. In the past the companies we worked for were the ones that looked after so many aspects of our [...]
Ever notice how some people sail through life seemingly without a care and others get hooked or caught up on something along the way and appear to be stuck. As Heraclitus said “The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change” and some people have trouble accepting that fact. If Heraclitus said this over 2,500 years ago, [...]
In the wake of the Coronavirus situation, there is a lot of fear and misinformation in the job market right now. I can understand why but it’s not constructive or helpful for those who are looking for jobs. People need real information and they need hope. One of the first pieces of advice when I [...]
Really? Well, maybe. The relationship between an employee and his or her employer has a lot of similarities to a romantic relationship. It starts with a spark of interest, there’s a period of courtship and, if all goes well, years of mutually beneficial partnership. Of course it can all go wrong and end in [...]
This year I turn 49. I’m doing work that I am really passionate about but still find myself having the inevitable thoughts that happen around every decade birthday. "Am I where I thought I would be in my career? In my life? Am I happy with what I have achieved?". Sometimes those thoughts pass briefly, [...]
Dr Susan Roberts says: