Hats off to you. You’ve managed to hold on to your job through countless rounds of redundancies and reorganisations. And what you’re doing has become so much more mission critical to your boss as a result. But you’ve got other ideas. As relieved and flattered as you are, you just don’t want to keep doing…
Category Archives: Recession
How To Re-Engage With Your Job (Even When You’d Really Rather Not)
You didn’t imagine you’d be sat there much longer. But the uncertainties in the marketplace are making your job search or longed for promotion take more time than you’d hoped. One of the most soul-destroying things is turning up for a job every day when you outgrew it some time ago, but need to stick…
Warning: More Government Insanity About Jobs On The Way
You’ve got to love the UK coalition government. A couple of weeks ago they were expressing disappointment that the private sector may not, after all, be able to pick up the slack on public sector job losses. And today Iain Duncan Smith pronounced that the unemployment issue is really one of inefficient job matching. “It’s…
How Being A Little Badass Will Help You Thrive In 2011
What mindset are you choosing to adopt as you come into this New Year? That’s the question I’m asking as we kick off the Recession Proof Your Career in 2011 series. With the squeeze on jobs and small businesses there are two places you might be. The first is siege mentality: head down, resigned to…
Recession Proof Your Career In 2011
Happy New Year to you! Did you manage to get a bit of a break over Christmas? How are things now that the decs are down and life is getting back to normal? Normal. I’m so aware that for some of you that’s not a comfortable place right now. My UK public sector readers are…
How Bosses Gamble With Your Loyalty: 5 Ways To Protect Yourself
Companies often take their best, most dedicated people for granted. When bosses are awash with all kind of short- and long-term problems, loyal old, hardworking you are the last thing that gets on their agenda as needing time, attention and consideration. Which can leave you feeling more than a tad resentful. Not good when you’re…
How Safe Is Your Career From Extinction?
With temperatures reaching 20 degrees centigrade, it’s been summer again over the weekend here in the South of England. But, with David Cameron’s call for us to pull together to get Britain back on track, at the same time as Civil Service Unions were negotiating redundancy payment terms that could allow up to 100,000 job…
How The Threat Of Lay Off Can Scare You Sh*tless (And What To Do About It)
So, there have been like three rounds of job cuts at your place already over the last couple of years. And just when you were beginning to think it might finally be safe enough to move from your rented apartment to buying your own place, they put you under notice of lay off again. The…
7 Warning Signs That It’s Time To Quit Your Job
photo credit: DaveBleasdale According to a recent survey, 40% of professionals are considering going in search of a new job when they get back from their summer vacation. They’re battle weary after months of slogging it out in positions where their promotion prospects are disappearing, their bosses aren’t living espoused company values, and their bonuses…
What Keeps You Awake At Night?
The other day I was doing a thorough review of the analytics of my site with Marketing Coach, Jim Connolly. We discovered an interesting thing. Lots of people are reading my stuff at 2am. There could be two reasons for this: Either you’re so passionate about what you’re doing that you’re burning the candle on…
Category Archives: Recession
How To Swing An Internal Job Move When Your Boss Really Wants You To Stay Put
Hats off to you. You’ve managed to hold on to your job through countless rounds of redundancies and reorganisations. And what you’re doing has become so much more mission critical to your boss as a result. But you’ve got other ideas. As relieved and flattered as you are, you just don’t want to keep doing…
How To Re-Engage With Your Job (Even When You’d Really Rather Not)
You didn’t imagine you’d be sat there much longer. But the uncertainties in the marketplace are making your job search or longed for promotion take more time than you’d hoped. One of the most soul-destroying things is turning up for a job every day when you outgrew it some time ago, but need to stick…
Warning: More Government Insanity About Jobs On The Way
You’ve got to love the UK coalition government. A couple of weeks ago they were expressing disappointment that the private sector may not, after all, be able to pick up the slack on public sector job losses. And today Iain Duncan Smith pronounced that the unemployment issue is really one of inefficient job matching. “It’s…
How Being A Little Badass Will Help You Thrive In 2011
What mindset are you choosing to adopt as you come into this New Year? That’s the question I’m asking as we kick off the Recession Proof Your Career in 2011 series. With the squeeze on jobs and small businesses there are two places you might be. The first is siege mentality: head down, resigned to…
Recession Proof Your Career In 2011
Happy New Year to you! Did you manage to get a bit of a break over Christmas? How are things now that the decs are down and life is getting back to normal? Normal. I’m so aware that for some of you that’s not a comfortable place right now. My UK public sector readers are…
How Bosses Gamble With Your Loyalty: 5 Ways To Protect Yourself
Companies often take their best, most dedicated people for granted. When bosses are awash with all kind of short- and long-term problems, loyal old, hardworking you are the last thing that gets on their agenda as needing time, attention and consideration. Which can leave you feeling more than a tad resentful. Not good when you’re…
How Safe Is Your Career From Extinction?
With temperatures reaching 20 degrees centigrade, it’s been summer again over the weekend here in the South of England. But, with David Cameron’s call for us to pull together to get Britain back on track, at the same time as Civil Service Unions were negotiating redundancy payment terms that could allow up to 100,000 job…
How The Threat Of Lay Off Can Scare You Sh*tless (And What To Do About It)
So, there have been like three rounds of job cuts at your place already over the last couple of years. And just when you were beginning to think it might finally be safe enough to move from your rented apartment to buying your own place, they put you under notice of lay off again. The…
7 Warning Signs That It’s Time To Quit Your Job
photo credit: DaveBleasdale According to a recent survey, 40% of professionals are considering going in search of a new job when they get back from their summer vacation. They’re battle weary after months of slogging it out in positions where their promotion prospects are disappearing, their bosses aren’t living espoused company values, and their bonuses…
What Keeps You Awake At Night?
The other day I was doing a thorough review of the analytics of my site with Marketing Coach, Jim Connolly. We discovered an interesting thing. Lots of people are reading my stuff at 2am. There could be two reasons for this: Either you’re so passionate about what you’re doing that you’re burning the candle on…
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Category Archives: Recession
How To Swing An Internal Job Move When Your Boss Really Wants You To Stay Put
Hats off to you. You’ve managed to hold on to your job through countless rounds of redundancies and reorganisations. And what you’re doing has become so much more mission critical to your boss as a result. But you’ve got other ideas. As relieved and flattered as you are, you just don’t want to keep doing…
How To Re-Engage With Your Job (Even When You’d Really Rather Not)
You didn’t imagine you’d be sat there much longer. But the uncertainties in the marketplace are making your job search or longed for promotion take more time than you’d hoped. One of the most soul-destroying things is turning up for a job every day when you outgrew it some time ago, but need to stick…
Warning: More Government Insanity About Jobs On The Way
You’ve got to love the UK coalition government. A couple of weeks ago they were expressing disappointment that the private sector may not, after all, be able to pick up the slack on public sector job losses. And today Iain Duncan Smith pronounced that the unemployment issue is really one of inefficient job matching. “It’s…
How Being A Little Badass Will Help You Thrive In 2011
What mindset are you choosing to adopt as you come into this New Year? That’s the question I’m asking as we kick off the Recession Proof Your Career in 2011 series. With the squeeze on jobs and small businesses there are two places you might be. The first is siege mentality: head down, resigned to…
Recession Proof Your Career In 2011
Happy New Year to you! Did you manage to get a bit of a break over Christmas? How are things now that the decs are down and life is getting back to normal? Normal. I’m so aware that for some of you that’s not a comfortable place right now. My UK public sector readers are…
How Bosses Gamble With Your Loyalty: 5 Ways To Protect Yourself
Companies often take their best, most dedicated people for granted. When bosses are awash with all kind of short- and long-term problems, loyal old, hardworking you are the last thing that gets on their agenda as needing time, attention and consideration. Which can leave you feeling more than a tad resentful. Not good when you’re…
How Safe Is Your Career From Extinction?
With temperatures reaching 20 degrees centigrade, it’s been summer again over the weekend here in the South of England. But, with David Cameron’s call for us to pull together to get Britain back on track, at the same time as Civil Service Unions were negotiating redundancy payment terms that could allow up to 100,000 job…
How The Threat Of Lay Off Can Scare You Sh*tless (And What To Do About It)
So, there have been like three rounds of job cuts at your place already over the last couple of years. And just when you were beginning to think it might finally be safe enough to move from your rented apartment to buying your own place, they put you under notice of lay off again. The…
7 Warning Signs That It’s Time To Quit Your Job
photo credit: DaveBleasdale According to a recent survey, 40% of professionals are considering going in search of a new job when they get back from their summer vacation. They’re battle weary after months of slogging it out in positions where their promotion prospects are disappearing, their bosses aren’t living espoused company values, and their bonuses…
What Keeps You Awake At Night?
The other day I was doing a thorough review of the analytics of my site with Marketing Coach, Jim Connolly. We discovered an interesting thing. Lots of people are reading my stuff at 2am. There could be two reasons for this: Either you’re so passionate about what you’re doing that you’re burning the candle on…