Career
5 Surefire Ways To Make Your New Starter’s First Day A Massive Success
We’re in growth mode at Consult right now, and that means a lot of new employees. After years of work, I reckon we’ve got our on-boarding process in a better state than most companies (of course there’s always room for fine-tuning and getting better!).We know that,...
Leadership Is Action: It’s What You Do That Counts
That short statement took me many years to learn. When I was young, and thrust into a management role way before I was ready, I thought leadership meant “getting people to do things”. And maybe, in the end, that is what it is. But it’s not...
Can Anyone Find You On LinkedIn?
You probably know by now the importance of LinkedIn in your career. If not, here’s a quick primer. LinkedIn is a brilliant tool for building your personal brand and credibility, and it’s indispensable in any job search. If you want to be shoulder-tapped for your dream job, having...
The Brilliant Career Choice You’ve Never Considered
If I had a dollar for every person I met who dreamed of being a recruitment consultant when they were a kid… I’d have zero dollars. People don’t plan to get into recruitment. There’s no university degree to prepare you for the job. The careers lady at...
The New Black In Career Management
Heed this critical lesson from Johann, a young truffle farmer from Provence, if you are to safe-guard your career. Ignore it at your peril. Embrace it and thrive. Johann was energised: “I quit banking to run my 90 year old grandfather’s farm. I am his sole heir, and...
Big, Fat Mistakes: Your Biggest Career Asset
I encourage you, please, to make mistakes. Here’s the twist. I only want you to make a very specific style of mistake - the sort smart people make. A friend of mine was inspiringly positive after deciding to embark on a new phase of his career. I...
Are You An E-mail E-diot?
It seems the more ways they invent for us to communicate, the worse we become at it. Email is pretty old-school these days (smart companies are replacing it, internally at least, with Slack and other social communication chat-type tools), but I am still constantly amazed and...
Fast-Track Your Career With These 3 Vital Ingredients
The answer to building career success is simple. Well, in my view anyway. Let’s see if you agree. I share this perspective from a knowledge bank of 30 years of ‘in the trenches’ experience; of hiring, mentoring, and coaching thousands, of building, buying, merging and closing...