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8th August 20197th August 2019Business, 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 CareerBy

David Dean

Zig-Zag Career Paths

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 […]

27th June 20191st July 201950+ Careers, Cambridge, Career Coaching, Career Evolution, Career Path, Careers, Coaching, Psychology, Redundancy, Small Business, Value, WorkBy

David Dean

Mr Darwin and your Career Evolution

Mr Darwin and your career evolution is a hell of a title I’m sure you will agree. Initially, it might be a tough sell to ask the reader to make a connection between what you do for […]

8th February 201827th November 2018Appraisals, Assessment, Business, Cambridge, Career Coaching, Career Psychology, Careers, Coaching, Decision Making, Executive Coaching, Goal Setting, Leadership, Learning & Develpment, Organisations, Psychology, Small Business, Training, Work, Working at HomeBy

David Dean

The Self employed & Freelancers need appraisals too – here’s how.

Do you miss the appraisal process as a freelancer or a self-employed person? You might have had a yearly appraisal at work with your line manager. The appraisal would have probably focused upon goals and objectives for […]

20th June 201627th November 2018Business, Cambridge, Career Coaching, Careers, Coaching, CV, Education, Employment, Home based working, Home Office, Jobs, Learning & Develpment, Psychology, Resume, Small Business, Work, Working at Home, Working ParentsBy

David Dean

CV or not a CV that is the question?

I can vividly remember a very peculiar lecture whilst studying for an MSc in Occupational Psychology. A recruiter arrived to discuss the recruitment process and the curriculum vitae (CV)/résumé sifting process. All interesting stuff. There we were sitting politely […]

25th April 201627th November 2018Business, Cambridge, Career Coaching, Careers, Coaching, CV, Education, Employment, Home based working, Jobs, Learning & Develpment, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Psychology, Small Business, Uncategorized, Work, Working at HomeBy

David Dean

Mental Health – The Last Workplace Taboo

Not necessarily what will be going through your mind in terms of the last workplace taboo I am sure. You may well have your own thoughts on a workplace taboo. Or you perhaps recognise other issues that may […]