Category: Employment

Managing Your Career Goals – Without You Even Knowing

Posted David DeanPosted in 50+ Careers, Appraisals, Business, Cambridge, Career Brand, Career Coaching, Career Path, Career Theory, Careers, Coaching, Decision Making, Employment, Goal Setting, Jobs, Nonconscious, Organisations, Primed Goals, Problem Solving, Psychology, Work

You know when you get really interested in a subject, things just seem to pop out of the woodwork without you even noticing?  Like when you have bought a new car and you start to notice all the cars same as yours. Same colour and same model etc. The motivation, goal or the drive to […]

Covid-19 – The Working at Home Plan

Posted David DeanPosted in Business, Cambridge, Career Coaching, Careers, Coaching, Education, Employment, Home based working, Home Office, Jobs, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Psychology, Small Business, Technology, Teleworking, Work, Working at Home, Working Parents

Needless to say, we are in the middle of unprecedented circumstances due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Infections are on the rise and you may be one of many who can or are being asked to work at home. Not stuck squeezed yoga-like into train/underground carriage, may be a good thing at the moment. Commuting and […]

Mind Over Matter – Mindfulness for day-to-day life

Posted David DeanPosted in Business, Cambridge, Career Coaching, Careers, Coaching, Cognitive Behaviour Coaching, Education, Employment, Home based working, Home Office, Jobs, Learning & Develpment, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Psychology, Small Business, Teleworking, Uncategorized, Working at Home, Working Parents

Mindfulness is the big thing these days. Google is awash with solutions to day to day this and that. Mindfulness can transform your life, make you more handsome, slimmer, unblock a drain and grow hair on a balding pate. Of course, I’ve made those claims up (no, really), though I wouldn’t be surprised if there […]

“So, tell us about yourself?”- What to say, when and how

Posted David DeanLeave a commentPosted in Cambridge, Career Coaching, Career Path, Careers, Coaching, Employment, Interviews, Jobs, Psychology, Resume, Unemployed, Work

When it comes to a job interview, you will probably have to answer a version of the age-old question, “So, tell us about yourself.” This simple interview question can fill many people full of dread, and constantly ask themselves “how much shall I tell them and about what?” Interviewers seem to love asking this question […]

Zig-Zag Career Paths

Posted David Dean2 CommentsPosted in Business, Cambridge, Career Coaching, Career Path, Careers, Coaching, CV, Education, Employment, Jobs, Learning & Develpment, Organisations, Psychology, Small Business, team leaders, Uncategorized, Work, Working at Home, Zig Zag Career

Would you describe your career as linear, a very nice straight line in a particular job or profession? Or like mine and many others, a bit of a zig-zag and haphazard career path? Having been at work now for more years than I care to remember, I have had a number of different careers and […]