September 27, 2010 – 7:26 pm
This blog is now sadly only archive material… feel free to have a good old rummage around in it.
We realised the content was getting FAR too muddled to be efficiently read by anyone. So, we decided to split the blog into four, yep four new blogs:
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When a company sets out to fill a vacancy, there is a specific process involved. In some cases, this is relatively simple but it can also be along, protracted process with many steps that sometimes make candidates (And Recruiters!) feel as though they are jumping through hoop after hoop.
By Heather Townsend
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Also posted in job hunting
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Tagged job hunting, job search, job seeking, jobs boards, marketing, marketing job search, marketing jobs, marketing recruitment, recruitment, recruitment agency, recruitment industry, Recruitment philosophy, redundancy
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Paula Jones discusses the importance of preparing before your presentation.
Do you add in a joke when presenting and risk appearing like David Brent? Or do you play it straight? Paula Jones discusses this knotty problem.
How to use a regional recruiter to find a job.
You never know what you are going to find when you set out on a path to find a new job. Allow the agencies to work with your data to give you the widest possible exposure but don’t expect individual treatment until you embark on a recruitment process (I.e. go for interview). Until then, your CV is purely a number in a huge pool of candidates and it’s the agency’s task to match it to potential opportunities.
By Heather Townsend
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Also posted in job hunting
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Tagged job hunting, job search, job seeking, jobs boards, marketing, marketing job search, marketing jobs, marketing recruitment, Motor trade jobs, recruitment, recruitment agency, recruitment industry, Recruitment philosophy, redundancy
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Coming to terms with being in the wrong career for you, is not an easy place to be. However, it’s best to keep the momentum going and put together a simple strategy that will start you along the road you need to take.
After ‘start-up’, in my view, the most painful period in a business’s life is when the business owner makes the transition from working in the business to ‘on the business’. The question is, how do you know when it is time to alter your business model to allow you to step up and lead your business?
Many times each day, many millions of people wish they were doing something different.
In the work we do, we are truly the blessed ones when we find ourselves doing what we love each and every day we show up.
For the rest of us, it’s that gnawing sensation deep inside that causes us an underlying stress level that, if we aren’t careful, we suffer for most if not all of our careers.
Time is precious for a consultant, accountant or lawyer. Your time really does equal money – so how do you use time saving devices to get more out of your time?
Many job seekers successfully find their next role via recruitment consultants. Here is your guide to understanding how recruitment agencies work.
By Heather Townsend
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Also posted in job hunting
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Tagged Automotive, automotive aftermarket, automotive jobs, automotive recruitment, car parts, CV, Finding a job, job hunting, job search, Job search advice, Job seeker, marketing jobs, marketing recruitment, Motor trade jobs, recruitment, Recruitment agencies, redundancy, Resume
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How to write a CV which is ‘found’ when placed on-line
By Heather Townsend
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Also posted in job hunting
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Tagged Automotive, automotive aftermarket, automotive jobs, automotive recruitment, car parts, CV, Finding a job, job hunting, job search, Job search advice, Job seeker, marketing jobs, marketing recruitment, Motor trade jobs, recruitment, Recruitment agencies, redundancy, Resume
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This post deals with how to market yourself – your product to the recruiters.
By Heather Townsend
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Before you start job hunting you need a plan. This post details what you need to think about for your job plan.
By Heather Townsend
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Also posted in Uncategorized, job hunting
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Tagged automotive aftermarket, automotive jobs, automotive recruitment, CV, job hunting, job search, Job seeker, marketing recruitment, recruitment, Recruitment agencies, redundancy, Resume
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Your top talent are the people who are most at risk of being poached, or who are the most able to sell their talents to your competitors. What are you doing to incentivise them to stay?
Surely, a partner role is just the same as an assignment manager with a bit of other stuff chucked in? Well, no. Is it just a title for appearances sake & business cards? Well, no…These are some of the reasons why so many people fail to make the grade as a partner, because they don’t fully make the transition from assignment manager to partner. It may be that they are not equipped to make the change, or as sometimes happens, the firm they are in does not let them make the transition.
Suddenly on twitter seems to be talking about eating frogs. Whilst I am very much a fan of French cuisine, and have been known to munch a few ‘escargot’ while in France… what’s all this frog eating got to do with serious business people? Why should I also join the crowd and start munching frogs? And what happens if I am a veggie?
The challenge for every ambitious independent professional is how to leverage their personal efforts so that they can achieve a personal income of more than £100k per year. The question is how to do this, without bolting on more fee earning members of staff.
Skill sets and personal values need to change when an individual contributor is promoted to assignment manager within a professional services firm. In this post, we look at what needs to change to successfully progress to an assignment manager.
February 9, 2010 – 8:11 am
Social media is often touted as being a free tool that anyone can use to market their business. In terms of cost to buy, most programmes are free, but as any busy professional will tell you, your time is not free. Here are eight tips which help you maximise your time and productivity when using social media.
January 22, 2010 – 7:39 am
Sorting out and dealing with e-mail can be a major headache – and lead to a huge amount of time wasted.
January 20, 2010 – 8:12 am
Many job hunters struggle to get asked to interview, and wonder why they are being rejected so often. In my experience, a poor CV can often be one of the main reasons why they are not getting asked to interview.
January 15, 2010 – 7:40 am
It’s not easy being English. On the one hand you know you need to talk about your strengths to your employers. But on the other hand, if you are too vocal, you can be perceived as pushy or arrogant. So how do you go about, in a ‘nice’ way, communicating your strengths to your employers?
January 14, 2010 – 8:01 am
Reality has forced many people in the last twenty-four months to consider a career change. Here are seven great tips to help you change career successfully.
January 13, 2010 – 7:42 am
Social media is a great way to increase your profile and get recognised. Here are seven top tips to use social media to help you find your next job.
January 12, 2010 – 7:52 am
To conquer procrastination, you have to recognise it which is not as easy as it sounds. Putting certain things off could also be described as effective prioritisation. So what’s the difference?
January 10, 2010 – 11:02 am
Another 8 tips to improve your work life balance
January 9, 2010 – 10:30 am
Part 1 of a post looking at 16 ways of how you can improve your work life balance.
January 8, 2010 – 8:09 am
Does this ring any bells? I frequently hear managers complaining that’ I tell my staff what needs to get done, even how to do it, and they still don’t do it right’, or ‘I have to continually keep telling them what to do – they never seem to take the initiative. What should I do?’
January 7, 2010 – 7:44 am
Did you know that the conventional ways of finding a job a not the most effective or efficient? Here are 10 tips to help you get a job fast.
January 6, 2010 – 7:52 am
Did you know that almost 80% of all vacancies are not advertised? All the most efficient ways of finding your next role, involve you finding out about these un-advertised vacancies.
January 5, 2010 – 7:45 am
Did you know that the most common methods of finding a job, are generally the most inefficient ways of finding a job? This post details the five most inefficient ways to find a job.
January 3, 2010 – 3:58 pm
Maybe you have sensed that your organisation is going to be re-structuring or downsizing in the next six months, or maybe you have decided that you will find a new role. But, how do you actually get started on an efficient job search?
This post details the questions you need to ask yourself to start a job search efficiently.
December 16, 2009 – 8:00 am
Delegation always involves an element of risk. This article details 5 ways in which you can still delegate successfully, but still minimise your personal level of risk.
December 10, 2009 – 10:07 am
Whether you are a start-up business, kitchen table entrepreneur, home worker or sole practitioner, your first office space is normally situated at home. This articles details 8 tips to help you efficiently work from home.
November 25, 2009 – 7:30 am
One of the best ways of managing your time, is by being able to say ‘no’. This article looks at how to say ‘no’ to your clients, and colleagues.
November 19, 2009 – 7:55 am
Business ownership… so how does this differ from being a freelancer? And can you be both? What different skill sets are needed to be a business owner rather than a freelancer. These are the questions that I will be looking at in this blog post.
November 18, 2009 – 7:48 am
In this post, I look at what it means to work as an interim employee, and how this differs to business ownership and being a freelancer.
November 17, 2009 – 7:45 am
What’s right for you… freelance, interim, business owner or a mixture? In the next three posts we will look at the differences and have a discussion highlighting what might be the right option for you and your career.
October 29, 2009 – 7:45 am
The actions and time between receiving a job offer and starting work with your new employers will set the tone for your working relationship with your new employers. Here is our guide to what you need to think about as you negotiate your terms and conditions with your new employer.
October 15, 2009 – 8:30 am
Procrastination is one of the big threats to personal efficiency. The good news is that personal will power is all you need to conquer procrastination. Easier said than done… read on for our seven tips to minimise the amount you procrastinate.
By Heather Townsend
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Tagged how to improve your personal efficiency, how to improve your time management, how to increase productivity, how to increase your productivity, how to stop procrastination, personal effectiveness, personal efficiency, personal efficiency technique, personal efficiency tips, personal efficiency tips which work, procrastination, stopping procrastination, time management
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October 8, 2009 – 7:55 am
Interruptions often hinder your ability to be truly efficient and productive. Studies have suggested that the average employee is interrupted every 9 minutes. Read on for 6 tips to help you minimise your interruptions.
October 6, 2009 – 1:23 pm
The unpublished job market or “hidden” job market – where an opening is filled without it ever being advertised – represents approximately 80% of the total jobs filled each year. Therefore, particularly the more senior roles that you are targeting, it is important to spend at least 60% of your job search time and effort on the unpublished job market. Here is our guide to planning your unpublished job search
October 6, 2009 – 8:12 am
Your ability to organise and keep on top of your paperwork, is a key factor in how efficient you are on a day-to-day basis. This article gives you 4 tips to help you stay on top of your paperwork.
October 1, 2009 – 8:00 am
How to use your past achievements to get your CV noticed and invited to interview.
September 30, 2009 – 9:30 am
The purpose of your CV is to get you to interview. Nothing more, nothing less. As a career coach, when helping job seekers, more often than not the first thing I am presented with is a CV. It always amazes me how easy it is to stand out from the rest of the job seekers by spending time on a well-thought out and written CV. Here are my top 11 ways for you to get your CV to stand out from the crowd.
September 29, 2009 – 10:00 am
If you have been asked to consider a new career path – or are wondering whether permanent employment is for you, here are 6 alternatives to permanent employment
September 23, 2009 – 10:56 am
Your personal network is the best way of finding yourself your next role. This articles details 5 ways to use your network to find your next role.
September 10, 2009 – 8:29 pm
Twelve tips to help you run a business whilst bringing up a family
September 2, 2009 – 8:30 am
How to write a great covering letter which will ensure that your CV gets read.
August 29, 2009 – 5:31 pm
Six principles that you need to know to efficiently promote and market your business.
August 29, 2009 – 4:45 pm
The Efficiency Coach advises on the issues you need to consider when leaving an organisation as a result of redundancy or compromise agreement.
August 29, 2009 – 4:35 pm
Whether you are already unemployed of facing redundancy, it can severely knock your confidence. The Efficiency Coach gives her eight tips on how to get your career back on track.
August 23, 2009 – 2:45 pm
Personal focus and high levels of concentration are essential for great busines and personal success. So how do you increase your levels of focus? Read on for The Efficiency Coach’s top eight tips to increase your personal focus…
What’s so important about self-awareness? Read on for my top 4 tips on how to build your own levels of self awareness?
August 2, 2009 – 10:40 am
Thinking (or have been asked!) of going part-time? Read on for my top tips to make it work for you and your firm.
Successful entrepreneurs all need patience to survive and thrive. So how do you go about learning to be patient?
How can you build up your stores of resilience? Or is it just one of those things you have to accept that you can’t do?
Before you hire a coach, what should you be looking for?
Is your own personal inertia costing you sales? Read on to find out how your inertia may be hurting your business.
The article discusses how communication misunderstandings happen, and the misunderstandings that can occur with e-mails, and how you can increase the odds of your message being understood properly.
How to achieve more with your blog
Even in the current tough job market, it is still possible to find a new role. Here are ten great tips to help you fast-forward your job search
The Annual CPD return? Chore? Necessary evil? In this article are 11 tips to help you achieve more with your continuing professional development
There is no such thing as ‘guaranteed success’, but there are ways to increase the odds of success.
January 12, 2009 – 7:52 am
Procrastination – or the putting off of important tasks – is a problem which plagues many lawyers. There is a well known quotation which says that “Procrastination is the thief of time.” Given that lawyers charge by the hour, you would think we’d be less inclined to allow this to happen.
