A career crisis – like losing our job or being treated unfairly at work – can trigger a storm of negative emotions that batter our self-worth and wreck our work identity. It’s perfectly normal to feel these emotions at difficult times in our work lives. But if we don’t let go of them, they can…
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If your business is struggling to find the right candidates for the right roles, don’t write off older workers. It’s time to get ‘age-smart’ and rethink what a ‘good’ candidate looks like. This means not writing off older workers, and instead recognising the unique value and wisdom they bring to the workplace, and putting in…
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It’s hard to ignore that the World is in the grips of a crisis. Times like this often lead to people experiencing redundancy and losing our jobs.
A key part of successfully managing your career is building good relationships with others – which is why developing effective communication skills is so crucial.
Recruitment can sometimes feel like a merry-go-round – as one person gets on, another gets off.
If you really want to start managing your own career, rather than sitting on the sidelines, the most obvious thing to do is to have a word with your boss.
Don’t you hate it when you try to talk to someone at work about something that’s bothering you and the communication goes wrong?
Staff retention is the biggest issue at board level – at least that’s what I’m hearing every day from my clients in businesses both large and small. With the UK facing a skills shortage, too many companies are chasing too few employees, and as a result, many tell me they’re struggling to attract the right…
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Career change can be scary, but it can also be an incredible opportunity to re-evaluate what it is you really want from your career. Whether you’ve been made redundant, or decided to leave your job of your own accord, managing a major change in your career can be challenging. There are so many different decisions…
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Before you make a career change and leap into the unknown, just take a minute – those new pastures might not be quite as lush as you think
