Hey Job Seekers: Some Great Questions to Ask a Hiring Manager
A job interview ought to be a two–way dialogue and not a one-way street. While I was coaching today, one job seeker shared with me that he believed it would…
Hey Job Seekers: Some Great Questions to Ask a Hiring Manager
5 Coaching Tips to Help the Newly Redundant Relaunch Their Careers
When I am engaged by companies or individuals for outplacement or career coaching, I have a checklist of issues I like to handle in my first one to two sessions.…
Large Classes Don’t Work for Adults Either
When it comes to the education of our kids, there is a common belief that large classroom sizes do not work. The rule of thumb is that the smaller…
What they hear is …
Noise. A Facilities Manager was told that due to business restructure, she was no longer employed. The news came as a complete surprise to her. HR had all the…
‘Shoulding’ All Over Yourself
Nigel Marsh author of Fat Forty and Fired said: Often people work long hard hours at jobs they hate to earn money to buy things they don’t need, to impress…
What Sales and the Deaf Can Teach Us About Listening
How many times do we hear, but do not really listen? Recently, I practiced Perceptive Listening with a person going through outplacement/career transitioning. The results were rewarding on both sides.…
Three Things We Learn from the SAO Biscuit and the Humble Chair
Many of the more experienced Hiring Managers or Recruiters use competency based interviewing or behavioural interviewing to determine if the job seeker is right for the job. So it pays…
Redundancies, Layoffs, Shock and the Brain
When people are made redundant or let go without any prior warning, there is an understandable shock. Along with shock comes a barrage of other emotions, fears, uncertainty and…
You Were Born to STAND OUT.
Want to be inspired by 2 videos that tell a great story? Before you see them, please read this. We help every Career Transition Participant craft a new distinctive LinkedIn…
Are Your Employees Quietly Desperate?
Thoreau famously said, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation”. Whereas he said this in 1854, 160 years later, the statement sadly still rings true for many people while…