12 Job Hunting Tips for the New Year – Part 8: Guide the conversation to your safe places

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,...

Listen Up!

by Oliver Hansard | Dec 14, 2020 | Job Hunting

This guest blog is by friend of Catalyst Thinking Partners, Zia Savel, in response to Part 7 of the ’12 Job Hunting Tips for the New Year’ series.   Coaches talk about listening to listen, rather than listening to respond or comment.  Listening...

12 Job Hunting Tips for the New Year – Part 7: Listen, actively

by Oliver Hansard | Dec 13, 2020 | Job Hunting

I believe the art of listening is massively underrated. Too often we are so eager to talk, to share our opinions and win the argument that we fail to listen and learn from those around us. Never is listening more important than at an interview. Of course we need to do...

12 Job Hunting Tips for the New Year – Part 6: First Impressions Really Do Count

by Oliver Hansard | Dec 11, 2020 | Job Hunting

When I interview, one of the key questions I try to answer is, will the interviewee really fit in here? There are many different indicators as to whether or not this will be the case, but if you really like the opportunity you can make it clear that you are the right...

12 Job Hunting Tips for the New Year – Part 5: Be Up To Date

by Oliver Hansard | Dec 9, 2020 | Job Hunting

If, like me, you work from the premise that performance in an interview is indicative of how you might operate if you got the role, be prepared to do just that at the interview. Start to operate like someone already in the business. Gen up on the industry, know what...