Career Coaching Blog

5 Cardinal Interview Sins

In this article we list 5 things to avoid doing at all costs in any management interview!  The list is compiled based on feedback from recruiters, our coaching clients and recruitment agencies. Continue reading “5 Cardinal Interview Sins” »

CV Health Check

So what kind of shape is your CV in? Go through the list of  health check questions below and score your CV. This will tell you how likely it is to get you the interview that you want. Continue reading “CV Health Check” »

Successful Business Networking at Events

As an Executive Coaching and Career Coaching company we work with many clients who need to network more effectively to enable them to get a new job, or achieve their coaching goals. However for some reason many of our clients have an inbuilt resistance to networking and do not enjoy it. Continue reading “Successful Business Networking at Events” »

How to Write a CV That Gets You Interviews

How to write a CV that gets you interviews is an important issue for most of our career coaching clients.  The start point is to remember that the purpose of your CV is to tell the recruiter how well you fit the job for which you are applying. It is not to give a full biographical account of your life.

Continue reading “How to Write a CV That Gets You Interviews” »

Skills-Based CV – How to Write One

What is a Skills-Based CV?

In career coaching most of our clients want  a chronological CV where they list their achievements in each job starting with the most recent one first. However there are occasions where this may not be the best type of CV to get the job required.

Continue reading “Skills-Based CV – How to Write One” »

Interviews – How to be Successful

The advice and guidance given in this article is based on our work with our career coaching clients.  Often when people are unsuccessful at interviews you will hear them say things like; I was very nervous, some of the interview questions were very difficult, I forgot to tell the interviewer about a really important achievement.

Continue reading “Interviews – How to be Successful” »

Competency Based Interviews – How to be Successful

When they are told they will be having a competency based interview many of our career coaching clients start to panic because they do not know what to expect.  However in reality these types of interview are easier to prepare for than others.  This article explains how competency based interviews work. It gives you an example of a typical set of competencies and tells you how to prepare. By following this career coaching guidance you can be confident about the interview and give yourself the best chance of getting the job.

Continue reading “Competency Based Interviews – How to be Successful” »

Difficult Interview Questions – How to Answer Them

This guide looks at difficult interview questions and how to answer them. In our career coaching practice often clients have not been for an interview for a long time. So they can be nervous about them, particularly about what they term difficult questions.

Continue reading “Difficult Interview Questions – How to Answer Them” »

10 Top Tips for Assessment Centre Success

10 Top Tips

The 10 Top tips for assessment centres given here are based on the guidance we provide our career coaching clients. Some career coaching clients ask for help in preparing themselves for a forthcoming assessment centre. Because of our experience in designing and running assessment centres we have found the career coaching tips given here enable our clients to be successful in getting the job that they want.

Continue reading “10 Top Tips for Assessment Centre Success” »

Headhunters and Executive Search – A Candidates Guide

Executive Search Companies are also known as headhunters and can be a valuable tool in helping you find a new role. Continue reading “Headhunters and Executive Search – A Candidates Guide” »