A Job You Love

My article about Why your CV is boring and ineffective brought a lot of interest and comments especially from people on Linkedin (I had more than 400 views cumulated for this article!).

After 1 of the comments on the blog, I decided to give an example of what (for me) a boring CV looks like:

2003 -2006 Marketing Manager – Cuca Cola

-        Launching a line of product for Cuca Cola

-        Coordinating a team to achieve this product in time

-        Creating a range of products after the launching of the line

-        … 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

The other day a friend of mine asked me some advice about jobs in the financial industry. Without even thinking, I started straight away with some advice: “you need to contact these people in the industry and maybe you have other recruiters, but the market is tough…”. But after a while I realised that I was giving him only “technical” advice, I did not take a step back and ask the basic questions: where, when, why, How…And as soon as I asked him about … Continue Reading

To give you more food for thought after explaining how important it is to take a step back when considering other jobs The worst job in the world , I found this list of the worst jobs (according to this website), The 10 worst jobs in the world.

And you, what was your worst job?

Share it with us!

Here is the list

2. Hospital laundry workers
3. Hazmat diver
4. Poultry kill room attendant
5. Chainsaw operator
6. Sewage … Continue Reading
   

In my previous post I explained why I think Your CV is boring and ineffective
The CV is boring because it is a list of duties and it is so boring to read for a recruiter, and it is statistically inefficient because now all the recruiters receive hundreds of CVs for each position advertised so your odds of getting a job through the “normal” market is quite low.

Just to give you more insight I will quote this part of the book of Seth Godin:
“Odds are that the last time you switched … Continue Reading

When we complain a lot about our situation, our job or the crisis, it is always good to put things into perspective.

It is time to take a step back, and reflect about our real situation…is it so bad? What are my options?

I have heard a couple of times lately, financial executives complaining about the loss of their bonuses. YES it is something tough especially if you took a mortgage on and have a family of 5 to feed…but at the the … Continue Reading

I have reposted the video of this article…to give more information about Keith Ferrazzi.

Keith Ferrazzi is known as the guru of networking worldwide and is the author of the Famous book, “never eat alone”. If there is one book to buy about networking, this is the one!!

This video is slighlty americanised (catchy and emphatic) in the style but it is so true

And you, what do you think?

After reading the book of Seth Godin, Purple Cow…several ideas and thoughts came to my mind. In this book, Seth Godin explains that companies need to be remarkable to be successful nowadays…beforehand companies could create boring products and put a lot of ads on TV, and that was pretty much it! And It was working well!

Now the audience is more demanding, has less time and the number of choice is bigger…so you need to be remarkable to get noticed. You need to create a purple cow (because all … 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