Early days in a new organisation can be ‘interesting’. Most of us have landed in a new job and felt, to some extent, overwhelmed by the amount of information we’ve needed to digest. Even in organisations with well-structured induction plans there is still a sense of being too reliant on others to find your feet. […]
Making a good first impression at interview
If you are going for a job interview, you know just how important it is to make a great impression. The old saying is very true: ‘You never get a second chance to make a good first impression’. Job interviews can be daunting; yes, we all get nervous when it is our own […]
How to resign and preserve the relationship
When it comes to jobs, there are two (almost) certainties: you’ll get one and, at some stage, you’ll leave for a new one. No matter what the cause, it’s very rare for people to stay in the one job for a lifetime. Most people now switch jobs and careers a number of times during their […]
Do you really need to refresh your resume?
My experience as a recruiter is that people spend far too much time tinkering with their resume. Each “rejection” often leads to one course of action: a revisiting of the resume and seeking guidance on how it can be improved. This issue is compounded because every person they speak with will provide different advice. Typically […]
How you can learn from an ‘unsuccessful’ interview
It is inevitable (for most of us) that we’ll be unsuccessful for many more job applications than we are successful. Yet despite all the practice we get in being told we’ve not got a position, many of us don’t learn from the interview experience. A former colleague of mine had a saying that ‘there’s […]
