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Career advice: Where do you get your juice?
How’s your energy today? Did you get up this morning refreshed and ready to roll… Or did you drag yourself out of bed, dreading the day and wishing it was the weekend? By the time you leave work today, how will you feel? Will you be ‘good’ tired from a day that was, for the […]
Career Scoop: Manager, Production Horticulture
What’s your Job Title? My Job Title is Production / Maintenance manager for a large Nurseries company. In a nutshell, what do you do? I run a team of 25 staff, it is our function to complete all stock production and maintenance requirements for our 50 acre site . A major part of my role […]
Career Pitfalls: The dangers of being good
Most of us were brought up to recognise talent and celebrate strengths. As a society, we admire those who excel in their area – the people who lead their field, whether in sport, business or the arts. So naturally, when we’re thinking about our careers, we tend to look to the things we do well. Which […]
Interview Prep: Handling the Panel
If you’ve got an interview coming up, you know you have to prepare. Research the role… identify the key competencies… find ways to demonstrate and sell your suitability. You’ll hopefully start anticipating likely interview questions, and practice answering them fluently. All great interview preparation. What most of us forget to factor in? The people who’ll […]
Want a great career? Stop waiting for perfect!
As someone who’s changed career several times – and who now coaches others through transitons – I know all about waiting. Waiting for clarity… waiting for certainty… waiting for courage. During my first career change, I spent a lot of time waiting… Looking back, despite the stories I told both myself and others, the waiting did not […]
Interview Preparation: Do you have anything to ask us?
You’ve met your panel, you’ve answered their questions, and now, at the end of the interview, there’s one last section… Do you have any questions for us? As a recruiter, I always enjoyed this bit; Now that our questions were over, we could sit back and get to know the candidate better, on their own […]
