To be honest, the thought of networking sends chills down my spine. However, real networking doesn’t need to feel forced or uncomfortable and doesn’t have to involve a room full of strangers. If your networking nightmare is turning up to seminars and business breakfasts, hoping to make a meaningful contact, read on. Clever networking can…
Want to improve your resume but not sure where to start? Refreshing your resume should be about more than just adding your most recent role. Your resume is often the first impression that you give a business. As such, it should be strong, concise and representative of your best traits. The Flexi Guide to Helping…
I don’t know about you but I’ve read my fair share of ‘How to work with Gen Y’ blogs. Just when you feel like you’ve got that sorted, it’s time to welcome Gen Z into the workforce. So who are Gen Z exactly? According to Wikipedia, Gen Z are typically born between the mid 1990’s…
Corporate life in the 21st Century is often about trying to do more with less. With restricted budgets and businesses ‘trimming the fat’ from their margins by downsizing teams, getting promoted is often about building recognition and respect within a company. If you want to get promoted, there are more savvy ways to do it…
Feeling like you have ‘hit a ceiling’ in your current role is something most of us have experienced. While it can often cause you to search for opportunities outside your organisation, it’s often a good idea to firstly try and reconcile this with your current employer. There can often be stretch assignments or alternative opportunities…
There’s often talk about the ‘hidden’ job market and that most of the time, jobs aren’t even advertised (over 80% of the time, according to Nancy Collamer, writing for Forbes Magazine). So how do you go about uncovering the hidden job market? Networking To be honest, I always cringe when I hear this one. ‘Networking’…
We’ve all faced the situation of applying for a role and not making the shortlist (or even hearing back about our application). Quite often if applying for a role online, computer programs or ‘bots’ filter out the applicants that are seen to not possess the right qualifications and experience. So how do you ensure that…
Want to improve your interview technique? Being interviewed for a job is often not an enjoyable exercise but there are certain things you can do to increase your effectiveness in an interview situation and likelihood of securing the role. Do your research The types of channels available to jobseekers means that just doing a cursory…
Knowing the right interview questions to ask a candidate can be tricky. Interviewing a candidate for the first time can be compared to dating someone for the first time. It’s a time when everyone is trying to put their best foot forward. But what most employers want to know is if a candidate is the…
Personal branding is the ongoing process of establishing an image or impression in the mind of others about an individual. Refreshing your personal brand is often a topic that people consider when there is a significant event occurring in their professional life: perhaps they are considering changing job or career. Often the start of the…
