Career Planning, Learning and Performance

What’s the final deal clincher that persuades the decision maker to employ you over someone else? Give this thought before working on your application process. I’m going to share some popular business/sales and marketing advice with you that I think is conjecture, or just plain wrong, and then ask you to apply it to your [...]

Here’s the common long way to do your job search: (afterward, I’ll show you the fast way) 1. start sighing, and begin your job search (sighing every so often to spur you on) 2. find and read tarted-up job spec ads designed to promise you a wonderful career doing wonderful things with wonderful people (ensure [...]

Are you playing a game you can win? Are you currently playing in a league you can win? If not, choose a game, or league, or career that you can win. Choose your competition so that you can win in certain areas (and get rewarded appropriately). Of course at the same time you want to [...]

Are you playing a game you can win? Are you currently playing in a league you can win? If not, choose a game, or league, or career that you can win. Choose your competition so that you can win in certain areas (and get rewarded appropriately). Of course at the same time you want to [...]

It would be tricky to aim to be the best, fastest and smartest in your team.  But certainly fun trying.  However you can and should be one of them, or at least the ‘something-est’ in your team.  Tip: don’t be the lazi-est.  Go for something positive! I learned this idea from Mike Michalowicz who wrote [...]

One of the biggest reasons why it’s so hard to get in to certain employment or career positions is that there’s too much competition.  These days it’s worse than ever.  Far too much noise. Yet people insist on competing at this level against the thousands.  The person who gets to the top at this level [...]

I sent this post out as a newsletter back in 2008. For those who missed it, it’s worth a look: My advice this month was given to me 10 years ago by a colleague who I deeply respected.  It still holds true and I often think about it.  He explained to me that to increase [...]

These books have all made a great impact on my work over the last 8 years or so.  Highly recommend them all. http://www.epi-learning.com/books.html Any to share with us that have made a great impact on your work?  Post them below in the comments.

You’re either attracting or repelling. At any given moment in your life or career, through your thinking and actions you’re attracting some things and repelling others. It’s cause and effect. You’re attracting or repelling: problems clients employers relationships more work respect attention moods better odds happier moments Are you attracting and repelling the right things? [...]

Depends what job you’re going for. Yes it should be a functional cv in that it must effectively do what you intend it to do.  If it’s to show your ‘technical’ competency for the role, then this is your priority over aesthetics. Although never neglect to attempt to keep something easy on the eye. If [...]