It’s tempting. That call out of the blue seems to promise so much. Just the kind of thing you’ve been dreaming of. Prestigious company for someone in your profession. Signs that they’re going places and could take you with them. It’s like the unexpected date after months of romantic drought. And you’re feeling pretty proud…
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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…
The Shocking Truth About Corporations
Big business’s lack of respect for people came home to me yet again this weekend, when an invoice I’d submitted to a company for a piece of executive coaching was returned unpaid three months after it was raised. I’d made a small, but apparently significant error in addressing it. The whole thing angered and saddened…
Twitter’s Role In Human Resources!
Twitter is at its best when it connects different people around a common interest. Today I want to share the inspiring developments I’ve seen among some Human Resources folks from the UK. You might wonder what this has to do with me. My mission these days is less corporate and more personal. In a sea…
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…
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Christine Livingston is a coach and writer, who helps professional people wanting to work and live on their own terms. With a successful career both inside and beyond the corporation to draw from, Christine gives the support, challenge, tools and inspiration that enable people to thrive.
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