Be happy at work
Happy at work – – You don’t need to find your passion to be happy. Read career articles and many will tell you that you need to find your passion to be happy. … but what evidence is there for this? Very little I’m not even sure happiness is the key determinator. Paul O’Keefe, “Parents, teachers, […]
Returning to work after a career break
Returning to work after a career break can be planned – taking time out to look after children, or can creep up on us. Perhaps following redundancy you took some time out and the weeks have turned into months and you have not really considered working for a while, or you took time out to […]
21st Century Careers Advice
It’s important for me to keep up to date with changes in the workplace. I can’t help clients make career decisions or offer 21st Century Careers Advice without taking account of the broader context. Back when I was an Assistant Director with Royal Mail, we did ‘due diligence’ we considered scenarios, we were cognisant of […]
Top 40 jobs of the future
Planning a change of career, or seeking to advise your young adult child on career paths to explore? The list of the top 40 jobs of the future is worth a review. We no longer have a job for life, and many new jobs are being created particularly due to new technology. We make choices […]
Are you afraid to make a career change?
Are you afraid to make a career change? Any major change can make us fearful, it’s a normal reaction as we are on the way to something new. We aren’t sure on how the future will work out and we can focus on the worst possible outcome. This is known as catastrophising. I’m good at […]
Introducing A complimentary 8 day series – How To Find A Job You Love
How To Find A Job You Love “Each one of us has a dream somewhere inside. It is your most direct link to the person you really are and what you really should be doing. Find your dream. Find out what it is and then go for it.” Tom Clancy Nearly 90% of […]
Career Decision Making
Career Decision Making – How well do you know yourself? In Ancient Greece if you wanted to ask a question of the oracle at Delphi you were faced with an inscription as you reached the temple of Athena – “gnothi seauton” which translates to know thyself. To seek help from the oracles, you needed to […]
Don’t Waste Your Talents
I’ve been a highlands affiliate since 2003 and my clients believe the Highlands Ability Battery is the most effective piece of information in helping them make a career decision. The Highland Ability Battery helps people understand their natural abilities. Once you know what you are good at you can then choose a job which uses […]
Portfolio Career: answers to questions to help
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 […]
Follow Your Dream – is it ever too late?
Is it ever too late to follow your dream? I was on Radio Hereford and Worcester recently. The discussion was – “Is it ever too late to follow your dream?”. This followed on some research that the majority of teenage girls want to be popstars, film stars or athletes and will expect to have 3 […]
