The Most In-Demand Skill for 2025 Isn’t What You Think
I see it every week. A talented, experienced professional sits across from me, their CV in hand, and tells me they feel obsolete. They’re worried they haven’t mastered the latest AI platform. They feel their knowledge of a certain software is becoming dated. They’re convinced they need another certification to stay relevant. It’s a conversation […]
Your Career History is a Goldmine. Here’s How We Find the Gold.
When you’ve been in the workforce for 15 or 20 years, your career history can feel like a jumble of job titles, projects, and performance reviews. You know you have valuable experience, but when you try to explain it, it comes out as a long, rambling list. You struggle to connect the dots and articulate […]
A Fresh Start: How Louise Found Clarity and Confidence in a Tough Job Market
I connected with Louise a few months ago after a mutual contact shared her #OpenToWork post on LinkedIn. She was an Agile Delivery Lead and an experienced contractor who, for the first time in her career, was finding the job market incredibly tough. Her typical smooth transitions between roles had been replaced by a wall […]
The 10-Year Rule: Why Your First Job Doesn’t Belong on Your CV Anymore
I was on a call last week with a client, a highly experienced Senior Manager in the tech sector. He had a fantastic career spanning over two decades. The problem? His CV was four pages long. It detailed every role he’d had since graduating from university, including his first junior position from 2002. When I […]
The People with Your Dream Job Can Help You Get It. Here’s How.
When you’re feeling stuck in your career, it’s easy to look at someone else’s success and feel like it’s a million miles away. You see that person with the job title you want, working at a company you admire, and it can feel like they know a secret that you don’t. I speak to so […]
Your Interview’s First 60 Seconds: How to Answer “Tell Me About Yourself”
The interview begins. You’ve prepared, you’re dressed for the part, and then it comes. The seemingly simple, yet incredibly daunting, opening question: “So, tell me about yourself.” If your immediate instinct is to start reciting your career history chronologically, stop right there. The single biggest mistake you can make is to say, “Well, my career […]
Let’s bust some myths about what ATS is doing with your job applications
We’ve all been there, haven’t we? You spend ages crafting what you think is a brilliant CV, hit “send” on that job application, and then… crickets. It’s incredibly frustrating, and often, the silent culprit is how your application is first interpreted by technology. This is where ATS software comes in. ATS isn’t a villain; it’s […]
I’m genuinely worried about the use of AI in job applications…
This isn’t a rant about how terrible AI is. Absolutely not. In fact, I’m a massive fan. I use AI daily. I barely “Google” anything anymore; I “Gemini” it. And I wholeheartedly, unashamedly use it in my work with clients. When AI is used properly, it actually makes me better at what I do, and […]
Trading the Corporate Ladder for My Own Path: Reflections After Two Months
Trading the Corporate Ladder for My Own Path: Two Months In Last week, I had a truly unexpected blast at a local innovation workshop in Belfast. It was one of those rare days where I actually had to pack a laptop bag, iron a shirt, ditch the Crocs, and brave the rush hour traffic across […]
The Robots Aren’t Coming For Your Job, But They Are Changing It: Here’s How
The Robots Aren’t Coming For Your Job, But They Are Changing It: Here’s How The world of work is shifting on its axis. Roles that have existed for decades are evolving, and new ones are emerging at a pace we’ve never seen before. At the heart of this transformation are skills. They are the currency […]