Jo Hampton CV guru is a guest writer this week for Allison Fisher, Career & Life Coaching. So you’ve set new goals, decided on your dream career, and are ready to launch yourself on an unsuspecting job market! How do
Career Coaching | 8 Ways to cure Boredom at Work
Boredom affects how we feel about our job, our career and life as a whole. Are you bored at work? Unhappy but due to personal circumstances can’t leave just yet? Or like your job, but don’t want to leave, trouble
Coaching The Spark!
As a Career & Life Coach I’ve always believed that everyone has a special something that they are gifted to do, that special talent that we are born with, the something we love to do and are good at. I’ve
Life Coaching | Is it a 10?
Ask yourself each morning what will make my day a 10? Decisions can be so difficult at times and as a coach coaching clients, when a decision needs to be made by them it can be tough to decide what
Top 10 Tips for a Career Change
Thinking about a career change but there’s some confusion, the should and shouldn’t I discussion going round and round in your head? Is the Clash song “Should I Stay or Should I go Now” ringing in your ears? Would a
Career Advice | It’s ok not to know!
When contemplating a career change it is so important to take the time to ponder and reflect. Often there is a confusion stage or an “I don’t know” stage which can be really uncomfortable. It can create anxiety and a
Are Schools Dream Makers?
I Have a Dream programme supports teenagers from low decile schools assisting them with extra tutoring and mentoring to enable them to be successful at school so that they can go on to higher education. This began in the US
What are you good at?
Sometimes we just need to focus on the simple things if we want to enjoy our work. Going back to basics and exploring what we are good at and what we enjoy, then next we can look at how to
Missing Something?
This exercise is useful if you are well into your career and have a sense that something is missing. Drill down and reflect on your earliest images of work. Consider these questions: What were your early desires that drew you
If you had no Fear….?
Sometimes in our lives Fear can overcome us so much that we don’t do what we really want to do. Sometimes we don’t even realise what is happening as our fear manifests in beliefs we have eg “I’m not good