A Job You Love

Here is a summary of the most popular articles published on this blog, some of them were published on other blogs or websites, but at the end of the day, the articles you liked most were the most controversial ones!

(and thank you to all the readers, my readership has been constantly raising for the past few months with many comments and people talking about the ideas of this blog)

My goal and purpose: to debunk the old myths about job search and to try to make people think. … Continue Reading

ON a regular basis, I receive this kind of emails :

“Dear Laurent,

I am an engineering graduate in the area of Electronics & Communications and is looking forward to start my career.

I am looking for a position leading to further enhancement of my knowledge and skills.
Should you require any further information, please feel free to contact me.

Warm regards,
Tar***”

This is the kind of email I call “unsolicited and annoying” emails.

This person sent me an email without even knowing exactly what I am doing (I am a career consultant and not a recruiter) … Continue Reading

So you think that you spend enough time planning your career or preparing yourself (updating, promoting your skills, your reputation, reading, networking…)

You often do this when you are out of job. But the rest of the time…nothing.

Career management is a reactive activity not a proactive one.

How much time did you spend on preparing your last holidays?

How much time did you spend on thinking about your new car?

How much time did you spend on watching TV?

In a post, I explained how I felt surprised that people spend much more … Continue Reading

I have been giving career reviews at Forum 3 since yesterday and I met so many different people from young graduates to mature people.

But one case struck me more than others.

This girl is in her early twenties and holds a degree in Accounting from another country and now is following courses to have a master in Finance in the UK.

When she came to see me, she asked me what kind of job she could do.

She has been studying a couple of subjects for almost 5 years and was not … Continue Reading

In a Career change and a job search, not only you can, but you need to be creative and approach the market in different ways.

I will go much farther with radical steps based on an article I saw on Seth Godin’s blog. These steps won’t land you straightaway a job, but it will help you to get new ideas and develop your brand in the long run:

• Spend time running a project for a non-profit: volunteering is one of the best way to network and to develop and apply your skills

• Teach yourself … Continue Reading
  

A couple of years ago, I was working in a recruitment fair…At the time, I was recruiting for positions in Australia and Middle East.

During the fair I received a candidate…he was brilliant, he was coming across well, nice suit and good speaking skills, a nice portfolio, quite convincing as well.

The only problem was that he was working as a kitchen designer and wanted to work in Australia as an Architect.

SO he thought that by putting a nice suit, preparing a brilliant portfolio would be enough to impress the recruiter.

But he was … Continue Reading

An article about the importance of values inspired me a couple of reflections about values.

What do you believe in?

When I was young, I used to laugh at people values. For me it was: “Values don’t matter, it is just an excuse to show off”.

Now I am 34, and I see the world differently.

I ran an exercise about values and sorted out my 5 most important values.

Learning always learning, Autonomous, Respect, Communication, Authenticity are the values I most value.

But why it is so important?

Do you like money? Do you … Continue Reading