Thought for the dayTime to make a change Thursday

Building your CV: section by section Personal Details It is vital that the reader can spot, at a glance, not only your name but also how to get in contact with you. Your CV should be headed with your name – boldly and clearly – before any other details. You should follow your name with […]

How to structure your CV Over the last couple of weeks I have covered the basics that need to be put in any CV. In this post we will be looking at the structure of the CV. Readers of my blog may range from manual workers to senior executives and the way you structure your […]

Content and Style The most professional CVs are written in the style of the third person and this is favoured by recruiters. For example: Possesses excellent organisational, communication and negotiation skills. Able to work well as part of a team and can demonstrate effective leadership to ensure the team reaches targets. Action Verbs Another effective […]

How to start! Over the next few Thursday’s I will providing information in my blogs about how you can write the perfect CV, starting with basic presentation, to content and style, structure, what to include and what not to include, the common mistakes, tailoring for a specific role and to finish i’ll provide some examples […]

What Are Your Needs? This exercise is designed to start you thinking about which of your important needs aren’t being met, and where you want your priorities to be. One way of classifying needs, is that developed by Abraham Maslow in his theory explaining human motivation. In the most advanced version of his theory, he […]

How to assess the risks when embarking on change If you’re embarking on a significant change in your life, it’s usually important to assess the risks first and decide how you’re going to deal with them.  Create a plan, using the Managing Risks Table below, specify the situation you’re in or the change you are […]

Think about a change or changes you want to make, but there are decisions that you have to make in order to make these decisions Answer the following questions to help you clarify your thoughts about a decision you have to make: 1-What decision is it that you have to make? 2-What do you feel […]

What can you do to prevent Stumbling Block? For each stumbling block which might prevent you achieving something you are trying to do or reaching a dream you want to pursue answer the following questions: The stumbling block may be a practical obstacle or difficulty to overcome or it may be a psychological block which […]

What is Procrastination? From time to time we all put off doing things and this may make us feel guilty because we know we are not doing something that we really should or want to do. Although our actions in these instances may seem to be irrational to us, they usually have some sort of […]