Become a Boss: How to Run a Successful Car Dealership
Become a Boss: How to Run a Successful Car Dealership Working for an employer doesn’t match every personality. If you don’t want your career to be dictated by another person and want to feel in full control of your achievements, income, and path, launching your own business might suit your needs. If you have a […]
How to Start a Business in a Post-Pandemic World
The COVID-19 pandemic has inspired many people to launch their own businesses, as they may have lost their jobs or attempted to cater to new demands. Building a business from the ground up is daunting, but it could be the best decision you ever make. If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, you likely will not want […]
Who we are isn’t the same thing as what we do?
With my research into meaning after fulltime work, one of the areas is around identity. So much of the conversations we have when we meet someone is around our work. The first question many people will ask is ‘so what do you do?’ And we tell them about our work, or more specifically. I’m a […]
Future of jobs …
Following on from a recent blog post on the top 10 emerging skills and jobs for 2022 which was based on an article from 2018, the updated Future of Job report has just been published and you can access it here Key findings include: Technology can lead to a rise in automation and artificial intelligence […]
Getting a job at a start up
So many companies are laying off staff, and hundreds of people applying for each job. Maybe now is the time to look for a job at a start up? If you have worked for a larger, more conventional company you may find the recruitment process is less formalised and more attention is paid to relationships. […]
Changing careers in a pandemic
On the radio again, this time with BBC Radio Hereford and Worcestershire. You can listen to the recording here: As part of the researcher the journalist found: A musician who lost her job of 25 years, and now does painting and decorating A publican who’s become an undertaker A property developer who now sells tools […]
Changing jobs
What a joke! The National Career Service ‘quiz’ for retraining. I was on Radio Gloucestershire this morning, and you can listen using this link below. It was quite a fun session and here were my top 3 results – I’m wasted as a Career Psychologist, should retrain as a hotel porter or resort rep! and […]
Job Search in Covid
Job search is tough, during Covid, but people are getting job offers and it could be you. But you need to do the right thing – be smart. I was on Radio Gloucestershire last week, discussing this with Anna King Listen to the interview, in 2 parts As always, using your network is important. But […]
Your First Job
Second radio interview on BBC Hereford and Worcester today talking about first jobs. This was in relation to an article about how young people are increasingly concnetrated in low paid occupations. Listen to it here: The starting occupations of young people have increasingly been concentrated on the bottom rungs of the jobs ladder despite rising […]
Should you take a ‘shop floor’ job?
I was asked to be a guest on Radio Hereford and Worcester today. Things change and the 0845 slot I was scheduled for was given over to another story. But the producer called and moved me to a later part of the show. I’d been contacted a couple of days ago on a story they […]
