In recent weeks I have met a number of people who are unhappy with their current situation and are concerned about looking for something new in case “The Boss Finds Out”.
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A better way to job-search
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Our third and final post in this series looks at the rules of job hunting while you are still employed. Above all you need to be very quiet about your search, one person who knows is one person too many. The first part of this series considered the general background to being employed in today’s market and this second part will focus on how to see what is going on around you and what steps you should be taking to keep the job you have. Are you watching what is going on in your employer’s organization or are you, as most people are, keeping your head down and hoping that this time the downsizing won’t affect you? Keeping your job at a time when everyone around you is losing theirs is not a bad idea. The obvious question is ‘How’? There are some very obvious and not so helpful suggestions such as being really, really nice to your boss, otherwise known as ass kissing, but there is no guarantee that this will keep [...] I met a client the other day who spent almost half of our appointment time bemoaning the fact that they had not seen the layoff coming. As a result of which there is No Job, No Resume and No Network in place. There is no reason why everyone from the top of the company to a [...] The salary question raises it’s head at a number of different times during our careers and the two most common of those are what we will talk about today. Prepare yourself with choices and options for when this particular subject [...] Being out of work sucks! Being in the wrong job/bad situation sucks too!. But is your desire to be in the “greener grass on the other side” sooner rather than later clouding your judgment? I wrote earlier about a neighbor who’d taken a job with a new company only to find out, soon after she started, it [...] Some thoughts for people fortunate to be in employment. This is not a time to be [...] How many people are unprepared for an uncertain future? Some thoughts as to how to prepare for the [...] |
Simon Clay Michael
 Barry Simpson 
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