Career choice & development

There are 2 typical responses when I tell people what I do… 1. What’s a Career Coach?  That’s easy – I help people create careers that play to their strengths and meet their individual needs. 2. So you work with school students? Well yes… along with everyone else. The days of a career for life are over […]

It’s not often that I’ll quote Star Trek, but the future really is an undiscovered country. And that’s something to bear in mind, when you’re thinking about planning your career. The biggest stress I see in my work? People trying to find their perfect place in that undiscovered country. They’re focused on finding career nirvana […]

What kind of relationship do you have with failure? When you think of failing, what comes to mind? I ask, because the way you think about and deal with failure is key to how you live – and to your chances of success. That holds true whether you’re searching for a new job, working towards […]

If you don’t have your career figured out yet, you’re not alone. If you’ve been trying unsuccessfully to figure it out for months – even years – you’re in good company. Chances are you’ve been online, trawled job boards and spoken to friends and family about your options. You’ve likely been online, looking for the […]

Career success is very individual.    As I’ve written about before, people find career satisfaction in very different fields, doing very different things. But whatever success looks like to you, there are some common themes that underpin the path to that success. These are my 3 C’s to a successful career…  Careers need… Curiosity There’s […]

I can clearly remember the first time I realized I was standing in my own way. I was 25 at the time, and holidaying with a good friend from university. Coming up to the final stretch of her (long and grueling) medical training, she was planning to take a year out back-packing, to see the […]