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Ready For A New Challenge This Year? Six Head-hunters Share Their Insider Tips For Job Move Success

Having worked for 11 years in the world of recruitment, latterly in Executive Search, part of my work now…

Seven ways to impress your interviewer, according to the experts

Last week at an Interview Coaching session, I was working alongside three seasoned head-hunters who have also held impressive…

Author Focus – Rachel Schofield: The Career Change Guide

The Career Change Guide comes from someone who really knows. Rachel Schofield was a news reporter on the BBC…

A powerful way to visualise happiness in your work (and life)

If you would like to get clearer about your future priorities, a helpful approach can be creating a Vision…

Beware: don’t mistake your headhunter for a career coach

The best recruiters are engaging, approachable folk – people want to work with them, people buy from them. They…

Eight years on, the 8 things that have stayed with me

In 2016 I left the world of executive search and set up my business. At the end of June…

It’s not selfish to think about what you want (and it might be life changing.)

I’ve worked with hundreds of participants on Career Accelerator programmes, and something comes up frequently; many say it is…

Author Focus – Sarah Higgins: Power of Love Leadership

Power of Love Leadership® is based upon the premise that there are two fundamental human emotions from which all…

Stop applying online for jobs (and what to do instead).

The more senior you get, the fewer relevant roles will be advertised. Instead, confidential executive searches will be happening.…

This is why you don’t want to be headhunted accidentally

I was chatting to someone recently and they told me they were moving to a similar role in a…

Author Focus – Dorie Clark
Latest book: The Long Game – How to be a long-term thinker in a short-term world

In a world where so many people today feel rushed, overwhelmed and perennially behind, being ‘crazy busy’ is almost…

Want your CV to work as hard as you do? Write your achievements like this…

The greatest space on your CV should be given to your achievements – bullet points in the past tense…

Why it’s not a terrible thing to influence how other people think of you

Personal branding. Cringe. I know. It is something I see a physical response to whenever I mention it as…

Six things you definitely won’t regret preparing before an interview

In the past, I have certainly been guilty of winging it in an interview, confident that my knowledge, experience…

Seven things you need to know about career success

As I celebrate 7 years in business, I am taking this opportunity to share 7 career tips, which stand…

How to be proactive at work by focusing on the things you can control

In the classic book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey writes about proactive people focusing their time…

Why we need to stop feeling bad for saying no!

I remember early in my career a more senior male colleague said ‘well done’ for the way I had…

How can I overcome my fixed mindset and change for the better?

When people exhibit a ‘fixed mindset’, they believe their intelligence is fixed and can’t be developed. They also believe…

Had a wobble? Here are nine ways you can boost your confidence

Confidence. Some people are just born with it and others aren’t. Right? Wrong! Like many things, confidence is a…

Doing these two easy things will help you network more

Networking Series Blog 3 – In a recent survey of my professional contacts, 84% of those surveyed said they…

People hate the word networking more than the activity itself – does it need a rebrand?

Networking Series Blog 2 – In a recent survey I conducted about professional networking (completed by 80 of my…

7 benefits of networking according to 80 of my trusted contacts

Networking Series Blog 1 – I recently surveyed 80 professional contacts about the benefits they have gained from networking…

Why we can grieve for a job loss before it’s even happened

Is it possible to grieve for something before you’ve lost it? A question I was mulling over recently after…

What interviewers really want to know when they say ‘tell me about you’

Have you ever been in an interview where they have opened with world’s broadest question ‘can you tell me…

Why lurking on LinkedIn won’t help you get a new role

Are you actively looking for a new role? Assuming your situation is not confidential, here are 9 ways you…

Want a stand-out CV? Sprinkle these power verbs through it liberally!

I have read a lot of CVs over the years. Thousands. Some are, to put it politely, just a…

14 Self-care ideas to bring joy on your darker days

I recently read an interesting article about S.A.D. (Seasonally Affected Disorder). It said around 6% of us in the…

Seven learnings from writing my Board CV to save your time and sanity

NED Series Blog 4 – I have been considering applying for a NED or Trustee role for some time…

The five top insights HR NEDs and Trustees want you to know

NED Series Blog 3 – In 2021, I conducted a research survey to learn from HR leaders who have…

Nine easy ways to turn attending a webinar into a networking opportunity

I have heard so many times since the start of the pandemic, ‘oh isn’t networking hard these days now…

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