Career Czar needed NOW!
Posted on 4:17pm, 25th July 2010 • No Comments
You put in a czar to sort out mega social problems (drugs, for example) – I’d argue UK careers policy and careers services are in such a mess they can only be tackled effectively at government level.
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Jobs outlook grim – how to keep hope alive
Posted on 5:17pm, 15th July 2010 • No Comments
There’s an unending stream of bad news stories about the jobs outlook right now and medium-term prospects seem even worse. How do you keep enough hope alive to work for a better future if you’ve just lost your job or haven’t even been able to get started on your career?
Student career advice that works in 2010
Posted on 12:23pm, 5th July 2010 • No Comments
Until very recently, the most commonly given student career advice was – go to university if you possibly can, you’ve better career prospects with a degree. That student career advice has been questionable for some time but at least it kept teenagers motivated and gave them a clear goal to aim at.
What’s happened over the [...]
Job search strategies to put you at the head of the jobs queue
Posted on 12:11am, 22nd June 2010 • No Comments
What job search strategies give you the best chances of getting back into a good job fast in spite of the awful state of today’s jobs market?
Degree study – will any of the government proposals work?
Posted on 1:19pm, 14th June 2010 • No Comments
“We can’t carry on like this any longer”! chorus all the stakeholders concerned with the organisation of degree study in the UK. And that’s where the agreement and the analysis end and the special interest pleadings take over. Which isn’t helpful because there’s not much time to prevent the catastrophe on its way for degree [...]
Staff performance management tips for very small companies
Posted on 6:03pm, 28th May 2010 • No Comments
Staff performance management’s easy in small companies, right? Sitting next to each other, you see what everyone’s doing and how well they’re doing it and if there’s a problem, you just lean over the desk and sort it all out.
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“Which university?” the wrong question for today’s teens
Posted on 12:15pm, 24th May 2010 • 2 Comments
Bright teenagers shouldn’t be asking their advisors “which university” and “which degree course” but whether it’s actually in their interests to do a conventional degree at all.
Job interview success – how to get those offers!
Posted on 4:13pm, 19th May 2010 • 2 Comments
Achieve job interview success by preparing properly for your interview.
Most candidates don’t (they haven’t been taught how) though job interview success depends on it. The right way to prepare for an interview isn’t to exhaustively rehearse answers to the questions you expect to be asked nor to “research” potential employers by quickly flicking through their [...]
Career retraining on a tight budget
Posted on 5:03pm, 5th May 2010 • No Comments
Lots of us are looking into career retraining right now, either because we’re worried about our jobs or yearning to find something more challenging and exciting to do. So how do you get the most career retraining “bang for your bucks”?
Outplacement support needs a human face
Posted on 12:13pm, 30th April 2010 • 1 Comment
You’ll provide an outplacement support programme for the shell-shocked human being facing you who’s just been told the company no longer needs her …What sort of help does she need; and how affordable will it be? These issues are at the heart of competing views on what’s the right way to deliver outplacement support services.