Steve Nicholls

The CV and Personal Branding Consistency

Posted under cv advice on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 1 Comment

What else can be written about the trusty CV that hasn’t already been said? It’s been a career/job staple now for many years, but depending on what articles you read, there seems to be a movement toward cloud based options (storing your data remotely at continue reading

Generating New Career Ideas

Posted under career advice on Thursday, April 26, 2012 No Comments

Start At The Beginning When you’re considering a career change the very best starting point I can suggest is for you to begin to capture all your career ideas in one place. Let’s call it an Ideas Bank. One possibility is a folder which you continue reading

How to Switch IT Careers – Strategies For A Career Change

Posted under IT recruitment on Friday, April 13, 2012 No Comments

There are many challenges associated with switching industries (or a vertical market move) in the IT world, but doing so is not impossible. One of the first things I would suggest is to try to spend some time working / volunteering in a friendly company. continue reading

Talk to everyone! It really can make the difference in a job interview!

Posted under job interview tips & advice on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 No Comments

Prepared for that upcoming job interview? Chosen your outfit, shoes shined, answers rehearsed? While I am a massive advocate of properly rehearsing the answers to potential interview questions (there really is no excuse these days not to have prepared in this way), I would urge continue reading

You’d Like A Career Change, But What Career?

Posted under career advice on Friday, March 23, 2012 1 Comment

Competition for jobs has never been more fierce, so ensure you have decided on what you really want to do next in your ideal career before jumping from the frying pan to the fire (whether you’re currently working or not working). This requires taking a continue reading