I became a mum for the first time in my late thirties. Like many working women, I absolutely loved my career and naively believed that my ‘career break’, a few short months at home with my new baby, would in no way interrupt my return to work plans, my career...
Going back to work as a Mum can be exciting and daunting all at the same time as you get to recreate your work identity, but at the same time the Mummy instincts kick in and leaving your child becomes one of the scariest experiences of your life. So what do you do?...
To a company a vacancy is really just another word for problem. Whether the headcount has come about via replacement or expansion, being one person down gives everyone else - particularly the person holding all the company targets - a headache. You need to solve their...
Making job applications is hard work. What to apply for? How to word your application? Choosing the right approach. You want to put your best foot forward. But how? If I tell you you’ve got six seconds to make an impact…. or be forever relegated to the rubbish bin,...
This is a question I pondered today as my husband and I sit over our computers, run in and out of the house and try and meet all the deadlines. Scheduled into my day is time for my child, time to work, time to cook and time to clean but what about me time.... It...
It seems that the only person in the entire world who knows anything about me is…. um, me! Falling below the radar happens to most of us at some point in time. Sometimes it’s deliberate. Time out. Room for reflection. A time to regroup. Maybe you have been so busy at...
People are always talking about creative ways to get hired. But what about creative ways to resign? Should you think outside the box on the way out, as well as on the way in? The answer is it depends what you’re moving on to do. If you’re going to be working for...
The 3 Things Every Employer Wants Can you do the job? A lot of this has been worked out during the ‘CV sift’. If you demonstrated your ability to do the job as part of your application and are called for an interview, you’re half way to answering question 1. But not...
Ten years and 200 million members later, you probably already have a profile on LinkedIn. You know that it is good for being seen. You have heard how much it is used by recruiters and headhunters. But you are not being found. No-one is contacting you with amazing job...
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