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For the past couple of years, I’ve been told that I need to free up my time to work on the business rather than in the business. Yeah really? When I was an executive coach I used to tell business owners that all the time! So why did I find it so hard to let go? I can do the bo...

Last time, I wrote about when it is time to consider changing jobs, or more specifically when the culture at the work environment becomes so toxic that it impacts on your own mental health and well being. Continuing this thread of work related mental wellness, I wanted to writ...

​ Have you recently tried recruiting for a Digital position either in marketing or design and could not find the right person despite all your efforts? Candidates either did not have all the requirements for the role, pulled out of the interview, declined your offer, high sala...

We all question ourselves if we should go or stay in our job - we have good days and want to stay and then have horrible days and want to leave immediately. Here's a test you can take to see whether your job deserves you for another year, or not. Ask yourself these questions a...

Reference checks allow a potential employer to get independent insights about a candidate's previous on-the-job performance. It verifies the information provided by the candidate on their resume and during the interview. I hear a lot that reference checks do not get done becau...

Dreaming of kicking back on a remote island beach with a good book? It might seem like an indulgence, but there are plenty of reasons to make it a priority. In fact, there are proven benefits to setting your email to out-of-office and making your latest travel dream a reality ...

This week, my blog should really be subtitled ‘the challenges of working in a toxic environment’. Sadly, most days I speak with people who feel stuck in a job within a toxic environment. The overall effects that this can have on their mental health can be profound. Not only do...

Interviewing is an important part of the process of getting a new job, but since we don’t do it often (I hope) we tend to forgot the fundamentals. I have made my top 10 list of mistakes that I see, and hear about, but fear not - I have also supplied solutions to each of them.]...

As a recruitment consultant, I spend a large portion of my day going through applications for positions and determining as quickly as possible if they’re going to be a suitable match or not. For every one applicant that is going to be suitable, sadly there is probably going to...

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