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Nail that job interview after your career break! Here’s how.
If you’ve had a career break, it’s normal to feel nervous about your job interview. Most likely you’ll wonder if your skills are up to date, be anxious about how you’ll come across, and worry how you might measure up to other candidates who are not returning from a career break. Yes, you need to…
To Coach or Not to Coach?
FlexCoach Caroline McGuire discusses some of the ways in which a coach can help you to recognise, focus on, and achieve your goals.
Get your mojo back and find your work tribe
FlexCoaches Debra Close and Kate Wilkie specialise in mothers. They help mothers to be more resilient, to rediscover their mojo and can help you to find your work tribe.
LinkedIn Basics – what you need to know
Your online profiles across your different job search platforms are like your shop front window. In addition to your FlexCareers profile, you may like to create a Linkedin profile – here’s how.
Identifying and showcasing your transferable skills
To give yourself the best chance at securing a new role when you return to work, identify the skills and experience you have developed during your break.
Avoid these 7 CV mistakes that hinder your success
If you find yourself sending your CV to every potential job, but are getting nowhere, it’s time to self-critique your own CV to make your CV jump out in the mass of applications
From boardroom to baby: How to remain confident while your career is on hold
FlexCoach Elly Stone shares her maternity leave tips to get you moving in the right direction
The art of creating your work-life blend
When we bring our whole self to work and it is very difficult to separate all the elements of our lives and our persona, and can’t help but bring our work home at night, it’s time we started thinking in terms of a work-life blend
7 powerful tips to own your job search
If you’re at a point in your career that you want to make a change, then follow these points to make sure you do it with ease and confidence.
Self-awareness and your return to work goals
Whether you are returning to your previous role or seeking a new position, it’s important to know what is important to you.
Who needs a career path?
Your next worthy pursuit will probably appear in your periphery, where you least expect it.
Role reversal: Do stay-at-home dads benefit from flexible working options?
What’s in it for dads and how can we increase parental leave uptake for men?
Career Reboot-8 Tips for Returning to Work
Follow these tips to ensure a smooth transition
Write the Perfect CV – Part 3 of 3: Converting a perfect CV into an even better job interview
SO you have secured the interview. Well done and congratulations. You now need to kick butt and sell yourself through confidence, articulation and plenty of examples to show how you achieved the results in your CV.
Write the Perfect CV – Part 2 of 3 – YOUR WORK HISTORY
Keep it simple and to the point. Tell them what you’ve achieved.
Write the Perfect CV – Part 1 of 3
A step-by-step guide to craft the perfect CV. Here’s everything you’ll need.
Simplify your life #OwnYourFuture
Which parts of your life would you like to simplify? And how best to do it?
What’s your career-defining mantra?
Work out what drives you, what is going to be the one thing that will make you get out of bed every day
Craft your career plan in 6 practical steps.
Our careers will command a large portion of our adult lives and yet very few of us will have a special folder labelled ‘career planning’! FlexCoach Nikki Hobin shares 6 easy steps to craft a winning career plan.