Labour Market Information (LMI)

Before making a career choice you will want to do research and to understand more about your options. As you create your short list of jobs you will have checked out qualifications and skills needed. Now focus more on a clear understanding of industry trends. This is where Labour Market Information (LMI) comes in. It’s […]

Changing Jobs when you are over 50

We change careers at all ages, but there is something around changing career in our 50s or 60s that makes it important to get things right. People will question why – so we need to make it clear. We need to come from a position of planning and clarity, not panic. We may seek something […]

Highlands Ability Battery Feedback

Do you want to know what you are good at – your real strengths, that underlay who you are, not just what you think are your strengths? Dan Pick, author of 5 best-selling business books including Drive took the Johnson O’Connor series of aptitude tests which confirmed he could generate ideas quickly and finds it […]

Labour Market Information (LMI)

Before making a career choice you will want to do research and to understand more about your options. As you create your short list of jobs you will have checked out qualifications and skills needed. Now focus more on a clear understanding of industry trends. This is where Labour Market Information (LMI) comes in. It's […]

Loving my Life … a 14 day gift

Loving my life … We can all love our life; we can all be happy right now; but too many of us are looking for something “out there” to make us happy. If only we change our job or get a promotion, lose 10 pounds, find the perfect life partner, take that dream holiday then […]

Will a robot take your job?

  About 35% of current jobs in the UK are at high risk of computerisation over the following 20 years, according to a study by researchers at Oxford University and Deloitte. The Boston Consulting Group predicts that within 10 years, up to a quarter of jobs will be replaced by either smart software or robots. […]

Newsletter – 5 September

This week children are back at school with shiny new lunchboxes and pencil cases. Others are getting ready to head off to university. January may be a time to set resolutions but September is a great time for a new start. Take time to take stock You’ve probably not got time off work till Christmas. […]

Graphic design salary and progression

I love this infographic! Graphic Design: Salary and Progression by Fifteen Design

So what do you do?

So what do you do?   When people ask me what I do, I used to say “I’m a chartered psychologist who specialises in careers counselling” not very inspiring. What I now say is “You know how some people really hate their jobs? Well I work with people to help them to understand who they […]

Identifying careers using the Holland Codes

Try this out I created it for Total Jobs, it’s a new way of looking at Interests and is based on the work of John Holland. Here’s the link to access a free online assessment, very visual.   The Holland Codes theory loosely states that both people and occupations can be categorised into 6 types: […]