by SW Career Coaching | Jun 13, 2018 | Job Search
It’s really important to stay healthy and sleep well when you are job searching. Changing jobs, whether imposed on you through redundancy or your own choice, is a time of significant uncertainty. The daily routine you have had for years has disappeared; as has...
by SW Career Coaching | May 15, 2018 | Job Search
Job searching can be a challenging time and to keep things in perspective it can be helpful to look for parallels in other walks of life that we can learn from. With two teenage sons who are both longstanding Manchester City football fans I feel this is the perfect...
by SW Career Coaching | Jan 23, 2018 | Job Search
Working (job searching) from home About 15% of the UK workforce works from home according to the Office of National Statistics. In addition, all those searching for a job are also doing so from home. I have been based from home now for over 15 years so I thought it...
by SW Career Coaching | Jan 23, 2018 | Job Search, Networking
Follow these tips to start networking effectively to develop your career further or secure a new role or contract. 1. Networking means purposeful, reciprocal relationship building. Many of us get put off by the term “networking”. We naturally reach out to others that...
by SW Career Coaching | Jan 23, 2018 | Job Search
“Will my age stop me from getting a new job?” This is one of the most frequently asked questions when I’m working with career coaching clients particularly when they are aged 45 and over. This is a pressing concern for many and I’m going to try to provide some advice...
by SW Career Coaching | Jan 22, 2018 | CVs, Job Search
Nowadays we all need to keep an up to date CV at our finger tips. The working world is much more unstable than it used to be. On average in the UK people change employer every three years. Many people find creating or updating a CV to be a challenge that they put off....