Accountability partner – do you? should you? will you?

You know what you want to achieve but will you be successful. The world is full of people who fail to complete on a goal. Sometimes it’s because the goal isn’t well thought through, but mainly it’s because they got distracted. It lost importance, their focus went elsewhere. Maybe you need an accountability partner? Can […]

Achieving Goals – advice from the career coach

As a career coach I am asked a wide range of questions. Some are very specific but others are broad. One of my career coaching clients, Billie, on a 6 monthly career review session asked me how can she be successful?   As Billie’s career coach I’ve got some great rapport with her, and I […]

The Benefits of using Skype

  I love using Skype. and more and more of my clients are chosing this approach. There are so many benefits: No need to waste time on travel It’s easier to focus, less time is spent on small talk You can fit Skype into your day perhaps at lunchtime or from the comfort of your […]

Setting up Google Alerts

Are you using Google alerts? Very helpful for your job search and also to monitor when you are mentioned online. Here’s what to do   To set up Google Alerts, go to google.com/alerts.   Establish your search terms. Whatever topic you want to be alerted on! It could relate to your job, areas of interest, […]

The Portfolio Career

What is a portfolio career? A portfolio career is a way of working where you have more than one job. This could include working 2 days developing your own catering business and 3 days working in your main career as an accountant.  Or it could be to use your area of specialism and to perhaps […]

Setting Career Goals, part 1

Setting Career Goals – How our thinking affects our action Many of you know of my weight loss journey, and despite numerous set backs I succeeded in losing 10 ½ stone in weight. But, as with so many others, I put weight back on. It drifted up and then I lost a few pounds but […]

Too Many Choices

Making a career choice isn’t easy. I’m reminiscing on the old days, when choose was limited. This morning I’ve had to check for new TV channels, I tend to watch the ones that are listed in Radio Times, and not even all of those. I don’t watch much TV and don’t usually look at all […]

Career Discover Sessions

Just launched!  You asked for it and you’ve got it 🙂 Are you just not sure what you want but feel stuck and need to get moving? On a limited budget and want one session to move you on? I’ve got a perfect option – the Discover Session. I’ll give you some pre-work to get […]

Career coaching with actors

Catherine is finding it difficult to motivate herself to get a job when she has her ideal job of working as an actress but this isn’t bringing in enough money to pay the bills. To pursue her dream she will want to be flexible with other work enabling her to pick up work as it […]

Career coaching – Question and Answer

In my last newsletter I offered to answer questions via my blog. Here’s the first one I received. I also sent a direct reply to the person concerned. QUESTION Dear Denise I have been going round in circles not know where to find the answer to this question. Can I try it on you? I […]