Practical, honest guidance on discovering your strengths and taking a confident next step, for graduates, career changers, returners, and anyone figuring out what's next.
Most people who are wondering whether it is time for a career change have been wondering for a while. The feeling rarely arrives overnight, and it is easy to talk yourself out of it. Here are the honest signs worth paying attention to, and what to do if they ring...
Read moreWanting to change career but having no experience in the new field is one of the most common and most paralysing situations there is. It feels like a chicken and egg trap. But people switch careers successfully all the time, and the way through is not what most people assume....
Read moreGoing back to work after a break, whether for children, caring, illness or any other reason, is rarely just about finding a job. The harder part is often the quiet worry that you have fallen behind, lost your edge, or forgotten what you are good at. That worry is common,...
Read moreA gap on your CV can feel like a flashing red light that you have to explain away. In reality, employers see career gaps all the time, and handled with a bit of confidence they are rarely the dealbreaker you imagine. Here is how to deal with one honestly.
Read moreIf someone asked you right now what your strengths are, could you answer with confidence and evidence? Most people cannot. We are taught to be modest, and we are rarely shown how to spot what we are genuinely good at. But knowing your real strengths changes how you apply, interview...
Read moreGetting rejected over and over is demoralising, and it is easy to conclude there is something wrong with you. There almost certainly is not. Constant rejection usually points to a fixable mismatch, not a lack of ability. Here is what is usually going on.
Read moreAlmost every graduate hits the same wall: the jobs want experience, but you cannot get experience without a job. It is frustrating and it is real. But the no experience problem is more solvable than it looks, once you understand what employers are actually worried about.
Read moreIf you are staring at your degree wondering what job it actually qualifies you for, you are not alone, and the honest answer is: more than you think, and probably not what you expect. Most graduates do not end up in a job that maps neatly onto their subject, and...
Read moreIf you have searched for the best career for your personality, you are asking a sensible question in a slightly unhelpful way. Personality matters, but it is not the best guide to what work will suit you. What you actually do in a real situation tells you far more than...
Read moreMost people are never taught how to work out what career suits them. We are asked at school what we want to be, long before we know how we work or what we are good at, and then we are expected to just know. If you do not, that is...
Read moreIf you have ever sat staring at job adverts with a vague feeling of "none of these are quite right," you are not alone. Most people are never really taught how to work out what suits them. We pick a direction at eighteen, or fall into whatever job came up,...
Read moreReturning to work after a break is one of the hardest transitions there is, and one of the least talked about. Whether you have been away caring for children, recovering from illness, dealing with redundancy, or simply taking time out, stepping back into the working world can feel daunting in...
Read moreThere are few things more demoralising in a job search than sending application after application and hearing nothing back. Not a rejection, not an interview, just silence. You start to wonder what is wrong with you, whether you are good enough, whether you are doing something obviously wrong that everyone...
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