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The biggest energy drain in a job search isn't rejection. It's getting the job in your head before you've even had the first interview. I've seen it for years. Someone spots a role they're excited about and immediately starts imagining themselves in it....
When I talk to people about their strengths, I often get this response: "but that's just how I do things." That line tells me more than they realise. It means the thing they do best has become invisible to them. It's not special, it's just Wednesday....
I read something in The Australian this week that took me straight back to my twenties. I had a national sales role early in my career, in a culture that ran on chronic pressure and fear. Nothing was ever celebrated. There was always a push for more, or a...
”I want to do something completely different.” That was the starting point with a client of mine when we first spoke about their upcoming job search. They sounded clear. Decisive. Almost urgent. A new role with less travel, a smaller team to lead. A big...
The biggest energy drain in a job search isn't rejection. It's getting the job in your head before you've even had the first interview. I've seen it for years. Someone spots a role they're excited about and immediately starts imagining themselves in it....
"I don't want my CV to look choppy." A client said this to me last week when we were discussing interim and contract opportunities. He is worried that taking a shorter-term role might create the perception that he couldn't get or hold down a permanent...
If you're job hunting right now and it's taking longer than you expected, it's not you. I listened to a podcast this week that laid the numbers out plainly (with my own ears, no AI summary). Job ads are down. Applications per ad are up. There's over...