Why Should You Get The Job?

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...

Just remember, you’re interviewing them too…

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...

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...