By Rachel Wright – Career Coach, Course Tutor and Client Relationship Manager at CCS Can People Professionals add strategic value to the many challenges organisations face? In today’s ever changing and uncertain environment, HR professionals have to navigate multiple challenges as well as opportunities.  These are often vast and diverse and amongst many others include […] The post Key Challenges for HR leaders and why career development matters appeared first on Career Counselling Services ..read more

By Joanna Lott, who specialises in supporting Career Coaches to successfully grow their own business practices. There is more to starting a business than being a great coach. This blog post will walk you through the 10 essential steps to gain your first paying clients and help turn your passion into a career. 1) Get […] The post How to start and grow your career coaching business appeared first on Career Counselling Services ..read more

The pandemic and post-pandemic era we now find ourselves in has shifted the way that we work and our attitudes to work that fundamentally that will not be fully understood without the benefit of time and history. However I think it is important to take the chance to reflect in real time on the most […] The post How is the current ‘Return to the office’ transition impacting on employee well-being? appeared first on Career Counselling Services ..read more

Who created the term “The great resignation”? It was Anthony Klotz, a psychologist and professor of business administration at Texas A&M University who coined this now somewhat hackneyed phrase when he said the great resignation is coming in an interview with Business week (May 2021). Like any catchy phrase it caught the imagination of many […] The post The Great Resignation: what employers can do appeared first on Career Counselling Services ..read more

Career conversations are what they say on the tin – a conversation about a career. Done well, and positioned effectively, they can contribute significantly to employee engagement and sense of well-being, especially important in this post Covid era, when many people have been re-evaluating their relationship with work.  More specifically, we have seen benefits including: […] The post 5 Tips for Creating a Network of Organisation Wide Career Mentors appeared first on Career Counselling Services ..read more

I’ve had several productive career conversations lately with clients and those within my network and many are in a reflective mood, myself included, especially as we are about to conclude another year. The common theme is that many of us are feeling overwhelmed by what needs to be achieved next year, regarding our career goals. […] The post Top Tips to Start Our Career Planning in 2022 appeared first on Career Counselling Services ..read more

There is no doubt that the onset of Covid 19 has placed a disproportionate amount of strain and responsibility on Human Resource professionals who have been placed into unchartered territories with no choice but to respond to the ongoing challenges brought about by the pandemic. Last month Rob Nathan and I ran a seminar aimed […] The post When will HR put on its own oxygen mask first? appeared first on Career Counselling Services ..read more

With the UK economy struggling to cope with the impact of COVID-19, unemployment is rising. More applicants are applying for fewer jobs, and the situation may worsen in the coming months. Faced with growing piles of CVs, recruiters will be looking for quick ways to thin the herd. Unexplained gaps in your employment history give […] The post Turning CV Weaknesses into Strengths appeared first on Career Counselling Services ..read more

COVID has thrown us off balance. We have had to adapt fast, as many of us have been forced into survival mode. Health, finances, infrastructure have all been at best under threat and, at worst, decimated. We may have been furloughed and are wondering about whether we will be taken back full or part-time. Our […] The post Four ways to manage your career after Lockdown appeared first on Career Counselling Services ..read more

It was only a couple of months ago that our world was different. We went to work, liked some things and grumbled about others, loved or hated our job, were stressed from an always-on culture, thought about starting a business of our own, felt secure but trapped by our pay and benefits, craved more autonomy […] The post Post Lockdown: What are your work priorities now? appeared first on Career Counselling Services ..read more