Career Management
Do You Need a Board of Directors for Your Professional Journey?
you make important decisions these days? Are they left on the back-burner and you get stuck in indecision? Or perhaps you make decisions on the run and deal with the consequences later! When you wish to make important decisions about your career or business, it is...
How to Update Your Career Interests on LinkedIn
An increasing number of people I meet got their last job from being approached on LinkedIn. At the time of writing this blog post there were 84,400+ jobs listed on LinkedIn in Australia, 18,400+ jobs listed in Melbourne, 29,000+ in Sydney and 9,900+ in Brisbane. For...
Career Q & A: Why You Need to Use Your Time Wisely
Many people are surprised when they read about the diverse profiles of the client communities I serve. I often work with mature clients, professional men and women, who are likely to have owned or run their own business or are experts in their chosen field. I enjoy...
Career Q&A: There is Always Room to Learn, Grow and Develop Skills to Better Yourself
Being in the earlier stages of his career, Tanila De Silva is younger than the guests I normally interview for the Career Q&A. I invited Tanila to share his story because his enthusiasm and presence is something I know will take him a long way in his career. It is...
Career Q&A: Living Out Childhood Dreams with Delux Kustoms
If I was going to be completely honest (and don't take this to mean that I am normally dishonest), it is Sasha Hollenbach from Delux Kustoms, who had a very strong influence on my decision to make my career change after I had my (well, our) first child. Yes, he's my...
4 Truths to Help Your Mid-Career Plan
When I mention the idea of career planning, this triggers memories with Career Counsellors in high school who were focussed on helping you decide which subjects to take in year 11 and 12 (or form 5 and 6!) so you could then be eligible for a suitable course or career...
5 Steps for Developing a Mid Career Plan
I first encountered career planning when I worked at Diageo Australia. As part of the annual review process we were asked to share what sort of roles we were aiming to work at next and where we saw ourselves in the next 5 years or so. It was the start of career...
4 Career Planning Tips for Career Changers
Are you thinking about a career change? As someone who's personally transitioned from a demanding corporate role to running my own business (which is still demanding, but much more flexible), here are my tips to help you make this career transition. 1. Don't think of...
Karen’s Story: How a Redundancy Helped My Career Change
When I returned to work in 2006, nearly 12 months after having my first child, I soon realised that my grand career plan needed to change. I wanted to play an active role caring for my son and needed to explore more flexible career options. My full time role at Diageo...
How to To Beat The Self Saboteur and Negative Ego
by Jane Kinnear Do you wake up on certain days and wonder why it all seems so hard? I know I do…. Sometimes the thought of getting to where I know I want to head next just feels a little bit too big or too difficult to implement! This is especially the case when I am...