At any point you can and should negotiate your contract and benefits, however, the key is to do it strategically. Negotiation can feel uncomfortable for most people, but it is a critical career management skill. There is also a gender dimension, research continues to show that men tend to negotiate more often than women, whether … Continue reading 15 Benefits You Can Negotiate for Other Than Salary – In a New Contract or Anytime in Your Career
To get ahead in life and work—and to access and make use of opportunities—you need both a network and the ability to network. In this article, I explore several interconnected concepts: career, networking, career networking, the hidden job market, opportunities and the importance of building a strong social and professional network. I also outline … Continue reading Career Networking and the 15 Roles that Should be in Your Social and Professional Network
Finding or Creating your own job or work is a full-time project that requires you to be strategic for you to be successful. This Tip Sheet provides 6 detailed tips and resources to support you with organizing your self during a job search as well as a checklist of 4 sources of jobs/work offline, online, … Continue reading Tip Sheet ~ How to Map 25 Sources of Jobs and Plan Your Job Search
To Plan your Career effectively – Know Your Market This article focuses on one aspect of career planning, knowing your market, both local, and global. This is done by gathering career information, which can be information about occupations, professions, salary, working conditions, qualification and experience required for a career path – read more here. The … Continue reading Labour Market Information and Career Planning – CASE STUDY – Stats South Africa Quarterly Labour Force Survey Results – 2019 Quarter 1
IMPORTANT UPDATE FREE CAREER PLANNING WEBINARS: How to Proactively Take Your Career to the Next Level ~ 10 Key Ideas 1. This webinar is FREE and it is ONLINE 2. It is STEP 1 in CAREER PLANNING 3. Webinars will be MONTHLY to cover each of the 10 CAREER PLANNING steps IT HAPPENS IN 2 … Continue reading FREE Career Coaching Webinar Invite ~ How to Proactively Take Your Career to the Next Level ~ 10 Key Ideas
One of the biggest challenges my coachees and I come up against in achieving career goals, or even life wellbeing goals, it’s the self-limiting beliefs or “messages in their head” that they have, which are also the lenses, scripts or templates for decision-making and acting that they carry and use. The type of coaching … Continue reading Reframing Career Myths that Shape us or hold us hostage ~ Myth #1 – there is one best suited career for you, don’t deviate from it
🌟 A note on Referees when job searching A reference check is part of the job search process. You therefore need to have Referees ready when this stage of the job search process arrives. Unfortunately, job seekers do not usually invest time in this critical stage. Someone asked me to be their Referee and this was … Continue reading Referees and Your Job Search ~ Prepare them Well to Best Represent You
🌟 Forced Job Search or Career Change ~ Do it from a Position of Strength 🙌 😊 This past month, I had the honor of helping several people seeking new opportunities. Sadly, many are being forced to move due to challenging workplace or life situations. My offering to them has been: you are not your situation, you are … Continue reading Forced Job Search or Career Change ~ Do it from a Position of Strength
