The Career Explorer's Journal 2012
It’s here!* Following a best-ever year in the Amazon.com best-seller charts, The Career Explorer’s Journal 2012 is ready to support your career on a new journey from wherever you are right now, to wherever you most want to be. Now in its third year of publication, this new edition is full of fresh insight, crisp questions and updated, real-world experience – much of this coming from first-time career explorers like you. As a reader of The Career Explorer’s Journal, all you have to do is pay attention to your career details and record what you find in order to see new...
Read MoreJob-Seeker’s Interview #6 – Contessa
Want to find out what The Job Seeker’s Interview is all about? Click here to learn more In the meantime here’s what our latest interviewee said… 1. What’s your name? Contessa 2. Where do you live? Scotland 3. How long have you been looking for a job? 3 months 4. What’s the story of your job search so far? I chose to accept a voluntary redundancy offer after 22 years with a public sector careers and skills agency. I was in a management post and expected to be able to apply for similar jobs in public, private and third sector organisations, with a lower pay...
Read MoreJob-Seeker’s Interview #5 – Rock
1. What’s your name? Rock 2. Where do you live? United States of America 3. How long have you been looking for a job? I am not 4. What’s the story of your job search so far? Looking for a company to purchase 5. What has gone well? Energy 6. What could have gone better? Finding an opportunity 7. What has helped your job search so far? How did it help? Not looking 8. What job search support would you value most? Networking locally 9. What experience (or advice) would you like to share with other job seekers? Strategic marketing knowledge 10. (If you had a magic wand) What would...
Read MoreReturning to Work? – How You're Coming Back with More
Emma is returning to work after 10 years raising her family full-time, single-handed. I’m ashamed to admit that I sometimes find it tough returning to work after a long weekend, So I can only imagine how Emma feels right now. Emma is doing something incredibly difficult – something that’s full of uncertainty and unfamiliarity at every turn. I could have penned a “Go, Go Emma!” cheer-leading, morale-booster of a story (full of ‘you-can-do-it’ and ‘you-go-girl’ cliches). But I know there’s something more important that can last a lot...
Read MoreA Trainee Plumber, Some Guts and a Shiny New Van…
Looking for a job was taking its time for Michael, But there was a turning point and it came in the shape of a shiny new van. After his usual round of job and apprenticeship applications on the internet, Michael was on his way into town to meet with a recruitment agency when he saw a plumber’s van parked in the street. He looked once because it was clean, then twice when he saw the contact number was local. Fast forward just a few hours and Michael was standing in the reception of the same plumbing company. CV in hand, heart in mouth. “Sorry. We’re not looking for anyone at...
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