Is Your Explanatory Style Hind...

Nov 18, 2011 by

Is Your Explanatory Style Hindering or Helping Your Job Search? Part 2

How do you raise the odds of interview success?  In my last blog we explored the effects of an optimistic or pessimistic explanatory...

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Is Your Job Written in the STA...

Oct 3, 2011 by

Is Your Job Written in the STARs?

4 seconds to engage the STAR drive. Last year Richard wrote a blog 4 Seconds to Change Your World in which he claimed it takes that...

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Can an Attitude of Gratitude H...

Sep 21, 2011 by

Can an Attitude of Gratitude Help You in the Job-Hunt?

Happiness and success: chicken or the egg? Losing your job is no fun. You may still have a mortgage, credit cards that need paying,...

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Can ‘Tigger-Happy’...

Sep 2, 2011 by

Can ‘Tigger-Happy’ Positive Ruin Your Job-Hunt?

What is a ‘Tigger’? Tigger is a fictional tiger-like character from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories. He lives a happy life,...

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Get Stumped Talking Achievemen...

Aug 26, 2011 by

Get Stumped Talking Achievements?

From zero to hero in the space of a summer… 2011 has been a remarkable year for the England test cricket team. On 7 January they...

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Is Your Gender Stopping You Ge...

Aug 17, 2011 by

Is Your Gender Stopping You Getting a Job?

Have we really moved away from the Dark Ages? I’m a gal in my late 20’s. Just a few years ago I visited the offices of a leading...

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Values Statements: Mumbo-Jumbo...

Aug 12, 2011 by

Values Statements: Mumbo-Jumbo or Interview Winner?

Have you been discussing ‘values’ this week? The chaos that unfolded in the UK street riots seems to have led the nation into a...

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How One Job-Hunter Shared Her ...

Aug 10, 2011 by

How One Job-Hunter Shared Her Story to Get Help

Hear Julie share her story on BBC Nottingham… Feel like redundancy made you a member of an exclusive club? You’re not, but...

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Is Self-Doubt Harming Your Job...

Jun 27, 2011 by

Is Self-Doubt Harming Your Job-Hunt?

Have you ever ducked out of making that call? Some time ago I shared with you the story of a candidate who would have been odds on to...

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Can You Get a Job by Celebrati...

Jun 2, 2011 by

Can You Get a Job by Celebrating Failure?

Is there any reason to celebrate failure? A few weeks ago we spent an afternoon in classy surroundings wolfing down some of the...

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