Why tell me what you can’t do?
In a recent episode of the Channel 4 series The Secret Millionaire the businessman featured offered to mentor a young man who came across as bright, personable and ambitious. Despite this ...
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It’s (not) just a summer job
In the summer between leaving school and going to college I worked in a Scottish goods store in Princes Street in Edinburgh. In those days it was a very posh ...
Sunday evening – “I don’t want to go to work tomorrow” feeling
If you find that instead of making the most of the weekend on a Sunday evening you find yourself full of dread for Monday morning it's time to take action. We respond ...
Learning from the World Cup – Hope
I wasn't really sure about jumping on the World Cup theme - there's a heck of a lot of chat ( some better than others) about it already but I ...
Job application forms – you have to answer the questions asked!
I was working with the management students on Friday. The day was spent looking at recruitment and selection and we spent quite some time discussing the essential and desirable skills ...
Interview ahead pt 2 – some more advice
My good HR friend Dan Johnson made this comment on my previous post in which I wrote about how having confidence in your skills and talents could have an impact on ...
Interview ahead? Some tips on building confidence in your own abilities.
I got an e-mail earlier this week that gladdened my heart. A young lady I had coached in preparation for job interview told me that she had been successful and ...
The challenge of being up against an internal job candidate
Twice in the past few weeks clients have told me that they missed out on the job they went for and in the feedback they were told that it had ...
Tips for being great in your first interview after years with your current organisation
I spoke to a lady in her mid 30s the other day who told me that she had applied for another job outside of the organisation she had been with ...
