Do you ever get that niggling feeling that you’re going to be exposed as a complete fraud in the job you do? Are you a ‘normal’ person in relatively ‘normal’ job who has an impending sense of doom that you’re going to be exposed for the fraud you really are? Whether you feel like you’re not qualified enough, good…
Many job seekers discuss networking as being a critical component to a successful job search. While the majority recognize the importance of building the right relationships, few know how to establish a rapport with a key group…headhunters. The ability to form on-going relationships with influential recruiters can prove more critical to your career success than…
This article is sponsored by Dropbox, see their open positions here. It’s been just over a year since I was handed the keys to Dropbox’s brand new UK Office in central London. I walked into our then tiny, empty space with the two main components of my mission at the front of my mind: Build a…
Education is the cornerstone of democracy. Its mission is to transmit the knowledge and skills needed for young people to become productive and contributing members of our society. Given the number of students who live in poverty and struggle to find the right pathway in life, education has proven over time to be one of…
The CIPD recently published a nice study about how the City of London Corporation is trying to encourage employees to catch the ‘learning bug’. The key objective of this policy is to improve cohesion and collaboration between different functions and specialisms, and to increase internal mobility. For staff at all levels, learning is important and the emphasis on collaboration…
One of the hottest topics in the world of recruitment is engagement. This trend is primarily driven by in-house recruiters and managers as a method of finding and retaining talent pools which are interested and engaged by their companies’ brand. In-house recruitment professionals have realised that it is not sufficient to attract candidates and then ignore…
Digital marketers need skills – skills like: Time management (and even time warping). Being a techie, as well as getting offline as it’s so distracting. Keeping recruiters happy 24/7. Commercial awareness – getting and delivering ROI as well as mailers, tweets and content. Technology can really help with this so I thought I’d share what…
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A Guide to Mentoring for Career Success
The benefits of mentoring throughout various career stages have been the basis of many great debates. With the transition to a coaching leadership style, many individuals believe that this removes the need for promoting the benefits of mentor programs or seeking out a career mentor. The reality is however that successful people still have mentors.…
Motivating employees can be hard. With so many theories, ideologies and processes, it can often seem quite a complicated task. But forget about Maslow’s Hierarchy and any weird Freudian ideas, we’ve got 3 simple ways that you can transform your workplace into a haven of productivity. 1) Humanise Having a ‘human workplace’ can change the…