In an interview in August 2018, Donald Trump was asked, “What grade do you give yourself so far?” He replied “I give myself an A+. I don’t think any president has ever done what I’ve done…” Very few of us approach a performance appraisal with the self-confidence of Donald Trump! In
I know what you’re thinking. A blog titled “Do I need a career coach?” written by a career coach. You’re thinking this is going to be a long-winded sales pitch about how great career coaches are blah blah blah. But my answer may surprise you. The truth is, no, not
Getting itchy feet? According to research from the UK, 31 January is the most popular day to resign. It makes sense, summer holidays are over and the reality of another year of doing the same ol' thing kicks in. But there's a difference between having a few 'off days' at
Over the last year in Australia, there have been 500,000 searches on Google about what to do if you hate your job. That suggests there are a lot of unhappy workers in Australia! Everyone has a few off days but if you consistently loathe going to work, you have a
Are you unhappy in your career? Thinking that "this is not what I signed up for"? Or feeling that you don't fit with your job and that this is not what you were put on this earth to do?. If this is the case, then it is time to think
Are you unhappy with your job? Do you feel like you are stuck in a career that you don’t enjoy? Turns out, you're not alone. In fact, according to a recent survey of 4800 Australian workers, you're in the majority. According to the survey, conducted by Survey Sampling International on
An interesting discussion emerged the other day on mentoring and coaching. It led to a conversation on whether mentoring and coaching were fundamentally different or are they simply two sides of the same coin. Is it simply the semantics of definitions that make them seem different? So, who decides on
Panic is bad. It is debilitating and the mortal enemy of the job candidate in their first face-to-face meeting. In my experience of interviewing prospective employees, I was constantly amazed by how many, perfectly eligible applicants would ruin their job prospects because of panic. Panic made them sound incoherent and confused;
The two killer mistakes made by people in interviews are: Not providing enough of the right information (missing the point), or Providing too much information in an unclear, incoherent manner (babbling) Generally, interviewers want to hear clear, coherent and well-structured answers to their questions. They want to hear answers that
As a career coach, I’ve discovered the reason many people don’t land the job. It is because they don’t understand the core quality an employer is looking for when assessing candidates for a role. When I ask the simple question “What do you think you need to do to be
