“People buy people before they buy products and services, skills and experience” As Sun Tzu once said, “What you believe about yourself, the world will believe about you.” So, before you sell yourself in an interview you first have to sell you on you because if you don’t like you then who will? Ask yourself...Read More

Does it surprise to hear that there really is no secret to a successful interview? It’s simple, PREPARATION and PRACTICE. The amount of preparation and practice before the interview takes place is key. It’s incredibly frustrating when an applicant looks better on paper than in person. It’s an old cliché but….“fail to prepare, prepare to...Read More

Even if you have never experienced bullying in the work place I am sure that you will know a colleague or friend who has gone through this extremely unpleasant situation. Workplace bullying, is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency of individuals or groups to use persistent aggressive or unreasonable behaviour against a co-worker or subordinate....Read More

Business cards are an effective form of marketing and advertising your company. Printed business cards are a great way of passing on your details to current customers and are often the first impression new contacts or customers will have of your business. A successful card is one that delivers a professional and trustworthy image to...Read More

As the owner of a small business, with a tiny marketing budget (you know, the “hmmm, shall I buy a new filing cabinet or place an advert?” kind of size) there came a point a few years ago when I realised that staring at the phone and willing it to ring was not perhaps the...Read More

Learn How to Speak Publicly Without Fear. You hear those familiar dreaded words from your boss “I need you to give a presentation on…” and all of a sudden you feel that familiar tingling rise up from the pit of your stomach, your palms start to sweat and your heart starts to pound. Well don’t...Read More

Guest post by Simon North, Founder of Position Ignition and creator of the Career Ignition Club. If you’ve decided to leave conventional, full-time employment in order to freelance, set up your own business or build a portfolio career, these tips will help you to adjust to working independently and making a success of it. Be...Read More

So many of us start our working life in large corporations. They need individuals straight out of full time education to “fill the hopper” and to grow their talent, with the expectation that many of these people will stay with them and contribute a huge amount over many years. That is what is on offer...Read More

We’ve all heard of the glass ceiling, but until recently, the hour-glass ceiling was relatively little known. Whilst the glass ceiling refers to the obstacle that general gender differences put in the way of women wanting to progress to the top rungs of the career ladder, the hour-glass ceiling very specifically refers to the barriers...Read More

I remember when LinkedIn first started.  My general opinion was this would never gain enough legs to spring around the City.  Needless to say I was wrong.  There is not one person I know of a senior status who doesn’t have a LinkedIn profile, however, there are so many juniors early on their careers that...Read More