By richscot, on May 4th, 2010%
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?
By richscot, on April 24th, 2010%
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
By richscot, on January 26th, 2010%
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
By richscot, on October 31st, 2009%
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
By richscot, on October 5th, 2009%
People are not necessarily wealthy because they earn a lot of money; they are wealthy by what they do with their money. Let’s say you are earning the National Average Wage of $55,000.00 as Sociologist at age 20. If you can save $500.00 a week for 10 years with average interest of 5% then you will have $300,000.00 by age 30. Putting it in blue chip shares or property would probably give you closer to $500,000.00 by 30. . . . → Read More: Your 20’s – Gaining Knowledge, Experience and a Bank Roll
By richscot, on September 26th, 2009%
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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