About me – Richard Scott

Amature writer who has spent last 20 years working for big corporates and 10 years studying and practicing management and leadership with some great mentors along the way. Managed business units ranging from $100m to $250m over the last 5 years.

Mid Year Kick Start

As I have said before, in all likelihood this will put you way beyond your peers whom are still drinking moche lattes and talking about ‘how they can’t believe it’s July ‘. . . . → Read More: Mid Year Kick Start

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New Job or More Life?

She went onto explain her extended family and how demanding they were on her time and their expectations. To me Karen seemed stuck so I said to her, “it seems to me you may not need a new job as this one really works for you but instead you need more time to focus on you”. . . . → Read More: New Job or More Life?

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The job hunting blues

By creating a plan and executing to that plan you set yourself on an aggressive path to find your job. Yes you need to have the skills to do the job and yes you need to go through terrifying interviews so you need to be realistic about the jobs you can do and practice your interviews. . . . → Read More: The job hunting blues

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Two steps before you leap – avoiding career blunders

We had developed a good career plan together but she was struggling with the patience it required to ‘live up’ to the work and effort required to realise her plan versus jumping ship. . . . → Read More: Two steps before you leap – avoiding career blunders

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Social Media Luddite? How to create a social media presence

Social media can seem very overwhelming to many and the answer I hear from colleagues is that they ‘don’t have time to keep up’. In all honesty I probably spend 30mins a fortnight if that on keep details up to date.
. . . → Read More: Social Media Luddite? How to create a social media presence

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Getting your next job – The Internal Pitch

In a previous article, ‘ What is my next job ?’, I talked about how you can work-out what appropriate next jobs maybe and how to begin to target them. As internal positioning is a key element to getting on the radar for the team or business unit you are targeting – I thought I would spend some more time talking about this topic. . . . → Read More: Getting your next job – The Internal Pitch

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Writing a High Impact CV or Resume

I was on a flight from New York to LA heading for interview when it dawned upon me that the way I structured my current CV or resume may not be appropriate for the audience to whom I was meeting. I was lucky enough to be sitting in business class and had struck up a conversation with this guy in his late 50′s sitting next to me, he was a self-made man who had stashed away tonnes of cash so I figured he’d have an opinion. So I asked him what did think was important in a CV. . . . → Read More: Writing a High Impact CV or Resume

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