by Oliver Hansard | Dec 19, 2020 | Job Hunting
Demonstrate the right skills and behaviours at every stage of the interview process Use the whole interview process to demonstrate all your skills. It’s the best chance for your potential employer to have a real sense of what it will be like to have you in their...
by CatalystPartner | Dec 18, 2020 | Job Hunting
This guest blog is by friend of Catalyst Thinking Partners, Kerry James, in response to Part 9 of the ’12 Job Hunting Tips for the New Year’ series. Why Should You Get The Job? Some of our work as coaches involves helping people with career progression – working out...
by Oliver Hansard | Dec 17, 2020 | Job Hunting
Be prepared for open questions “Tell me about yourself.” It’s the inevitable, killer opening question. But it’s going to come, so be prepared for it. And in many ways it’s a great opportunity to share enough of who you are and to find out, by their reaction to your...
by Joss Mathieson | Dec 16, 2020 | Job Hunting
Many, many years ago, I was a graduate going for interviews in the recession of the early 90s (I feel quite old suddenly sharing this…). Jobs for graduates at that time were scarce and applicants far outnumbered the places available. While the odds of successfully...
by Oliver Hansard | Dec 15, 2020 | Job Hunting
The best interviews I have been involved in, be that as interviewee or interviewer, are those that flow as normal conversations. The less stilted and structured an interview is, I would say, the more successful it will probably be. The more likely it is that the real,...
