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 […]

Who is hiring?

I’ve been searching and found some useful articles on companies are hiring. Many of these may be to US openings, but what is happening there, should be similar to in the UK Companies that are recruiting Companies Are Still Hiring During COVID-19—Here Are 97 That Want Your Applications Now This list includes pharmaceutical companies – […]

Job Search Tips

I was on the Radio this afternoon. Talking with Phil Kennedy, of Radio Berkshire. In the news today were details on job losses at 2 large employers. It’s tough to lose your job at any time. In a time like this, and in recessions in the past, when there are few jobs and a lot […]

How will you stand out in the job market?

It’s going to be a tough one, looking for a new job. So many other people looking for jobs, so how will you stand out? We know the reason for this – the Covid-19 pandemic has put tens of millions of jobs at risk across Europe.  Lockdown lead to businesses putting employees into furlough, many […]

Job Search in the Corona Virus, part 2

Last week I wrote a blog post on Job Searching In The Corona Virus Crisis. A couple of updates to this prompted by one of my clients who has just received a job offer with the whole assessment process done online. She reminded me of a blog post I’d written back in 2016, so coming […]