Networking. It’s a word the induces shudders of horror in many of us: we often imagine stuffy meetings with men and women in suits carrying briefcases and talking about economics and commerce and legislative changes. This image of networking can be quite daunting to anyone, and yet it is a tool that is vital to […]
As both a recruiter and a careers practitioner, ‘anything’ is the answer I have often heard when I have asked someone what they want to do for a job. People perhaps don’t want to appear to be picky in case you don’t consider them for a role that would mean money to them, or perhaps […]
Life can sometimes throw the most unexpected curve balls. When I was a school kid (here, in Albury in fact), I can honestly say being a Career Development Practitioner was never my response to the question ‘what do you want to be when you grow up.’ It doesn’t seem to be the kind of career […]