Notes to a Comeback Girl
Tips, Guides and Encouragement from my Blog
Tune Up Your Network pt.2 – Make Friends with Facebook
Statistically returners get jobs from contacts - from their network. Anecdotally, my last two podcast guests have got their most recent jobs in the same way. Jess Spiring (exclusive to blog subscribers this week - join my mailing list for posts straight to your inbox,...
Tune Up Your Professional Network
Tune Up Your Professional Network - From the Sunlounger If you’ve got a bit of space over the summer why not think about freshening up your network. We are creatures who need community and connection. For the returner, the stats are overwhelming. You’re far more...
The Antidote to Job Search Intimidation
When you’re looking for a job, you’ll have the most impact if you feel empowered. However, job search intimidation can rear its ugly head. It can feel so daunting to be going to interviews in your 'best outfit', seeing everyone swishing through reception looking like...
The Important Business of Rest – Your Own Mid-Year Appraisal
A Special Time A mid-year appraisal might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think"vacation". Summer holidays can be a time for going into reflective mode, especially if we can get a change of scene. I’m going to sit in a garden in France for two...
Recruitment ‘Ghosting’ and How To Bust It
It still felt a bit like someone had punched me in the gut when it happened. The disregard is insulting. The lack of closure is maddening. You move on, but not before your self-esteem takes a hit. The only thing worse than being broken up with is realising that...
Sealing the Deal Face-First
I know I usually say don’t worry too much about recruitment agencies when you are coming back after a career break. People you know, people they know and LinkedIn is where it’s at. That said I’ve got a confession to make, I got my job post-break through a recruiter....
Stay at Home Parenting – Should I or Shouldn’t I?
Staying at home to bring up children is probably fundamental to the world turning on its axis. That said, I am constantly around clever mothers (usually it’s mums) that I know saying “I should be working”. The ONS says 4.7 million mothers now work compared to 3.7...
Patsy Richardson – a True Comeback Story
My fifth podcast has just come out with Patsy Richardson: open brain surgery and kidney transplant survivor. If you meet her today, she is a pink-cheeked, talented property entrepreneur with a mischievous humour. She is remarkably free from many of the psychological...
No Networking Please, We’re Introverts
Industry – acting, gardening, banking, trading, is made up of good collaboration. That’s where you find out each others complementary strengths then build on them together. It is the DNA of business and it starts with conversations. How can you have good...
Likability Trumps Knowledge – Informational Interviews Pt.2
In the second part of my series on informational interviews (see part one), we focus on the questioning. Remember, you are not directly applying for jobs in this type of meeting, instead simply spending time connecting with someone in your chosen field. Like all good...
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