7 reasons having a career coach could enhance your life

7 reasons having a career coach could enhance your life

No matter how much we talk about the work-life balance let’s face it, work usually wins!  With so much time spent at work, making the right moves in your career, and doing a job you really enjoy, is so important to a happy life. I can honestly say that I rarely come across anyone who […]

Help for researchers into post-university careers

Help for researchers into post-university careers

I'd like to introduce you to Steven Maude, who started to question 'what next' as his postdoc research contract at the University of Leeds was coming to an end. Talking of the University of Leeds Research Career Architect Programme, which was tailored and facilitated on this occasion by Careers Enhanced, Steven said "it's been greatly helpful in pointing out alternative careers and taught me a lot in how I should be presenting myself to prospective employers" - which is really welcome feedback, particularly as he explains his starting point as being "incredibly fed up following rejections". …
Interview on the state of the UK careers industry, Ruth Winden talks to the CDI

Interview on the state of the UK careers industry, Ruth Winden talks to the CDI

I was delighted to receive an invitation from Career Directors International (CDI) to participate in an interview about the state of the UK careers industry. Can the careers industry be standardised, and what role can the Government play in professionalising the industry through the Careers Profession Alliance? Listen to the 10 minute interview with …

The Now, the New and the Next in Careers

The Now, the New and the Next in Careers

Global Career Brainstorming Day provides an important focal point for the careers sector each year.  As the world of careers continues to change at a pace, it’s so important that we work as a profession to consolidate thinking, and critically to lead ongoing change. 15 brainstorming events took place in 2013, some ‘in person’ and …