A Job You Love

 Today I talked to Janet Davies, founder and editor of careers portal www.newlifenetwork.co.uk.

I discovered a couple of months ago this website…and this is quite helpful. I challenged Janet on why this website and why “new life” and not “new work”.

Why did you create this website?

 I was originally inspired to start the website in 2005 to help white collar professionals who didn’t have access to an outplacement support programme to reinvent their careers after redundancy. Even before this current recession around 2000 people were experiencing … Continue Reading

Today I had a chat with Matthias Feist, head of careers and business relations at Regent’s college.

The careers and business relation department has been expanding lately and Matthias, as a careers professional himself, gave good tips and advice for graduates and soon-to-be graduates.

How do you see the current situation for graduates?

This year is probably the toughest for higher education graduates in a long time. The traditional large graduate employers have downsized their trainee programmes considerably. Even with the State trying to entice employers to take on graduates … Continue Reading

I had the great pleasure to meet with Steve Preston, director of the Outplacement and career consultancy, SMP Solutions

Steve launched last month a new product for people willing to get a career coaching on their own.  I took the time with steve to talk about the crisis, and some tips to find a job in this climate. He gave some very good advice indeed!!!!

Steve, what is SMP Solutions exactly?

SMP Solutions is a career and people development consultancy. We specialise in helping people unlock their potential to … Continue Reading