5 powerful ways to leverage your network and find your next role
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5 powerful ways to leverage your network and find your next role

“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know” is a pretty well-known phrase when it comes to job seeking. It’s no wonder really, as according to a recent study published by LinkedIn, 80% of all vacant job roles are found and filled through networking before they’re even published! I’ve spent a long time with…

The ultimate guide to putting together your networking strategy to save you time (and heart ache)
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The ultimate guide to putting together your networking strategy to save you time (and heart ache)

Probably the biggest waste of time I see lawyers, accountants and consultants do with their business development, is to network without a clear purpose or strategy. It isn’t helped by many firms asking their people to sub in for another person at the drop of a hat either.  Having a personal networking strategy that you…

How to accelerate your career by moving firms (our 3-step guide)
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How to accelerate your career by moving firms (our 3-step guide)

Sometimes, the best way to get out of a career rut or to get ahead at work is to move firms. A scary thought, we know, but a move brings with it new opportunities for you to grab by the horns. If moving firms is part of your strategy for getting ahead at work, here’s…

7 questions to ask yourself if you want to move your personal contacts to work-winning relationships
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7 questions to ask yourself if you want to move your personal contacts to work-winning relationships

You’re good at linking up with people and developing relationships. However, you’ve still not cracked how to translate these friendly relationships into work-winning relationships. This was the context to a question I was asked recently – and am often asked. This was how I answered the question. Are you senior enough to get instructed? Having…

5 practical steps to going back into a partnership after a career break
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5 practical steps to going back into a partnership after a career break

Whatever your reasons for taking a career break, it can be daunting to start the process of getting a role back in a partnership. It’s fairly common to be worried about: are my technical skills up-to-date? it’s a challenging time for getting a new job, will it be possible for me to actually get a…

12 ways your LinkedIn profile will help you get a new job
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12 ways your LinkedIn profile will help you get a new job

Have you updated your LinkedIn profile recently? Your LinkedIn profile is your shop window to recruiters and potential employers, and the first place which potential recruiters will look when they are considering contacting you. This is the second half of our article on how your LinkedIn profile can help in your job search. You can…

12 ways your LinkedIn profile will help you get a new job
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12 ways your LinkedIn profile will help you get a new job

Have you updated your LinkedIn profile recently? Your LinkedIn profile is your shop window to recruiters and potential employers, and the first place which potential recruiters will look when they are considering contacting you. Here are our top twelve tips to make sure your LinkedIn profile is found by the RIGHT people: 1. Consider your…

How to answer the interview question “why are you looking to leave your current firm”?
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How to answer the interview question “why are you looking to leave your current firm”?

Recently I’ve been working with a handful of clients who are interviewing for a new role. This blog post is all about how do you answer the tricky question, why are you looking to leave your current firm? Why is this a tricky question? Firstly, you always need to be honest when you answer this…

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6 essential questions to answer if you want a steady stream of referrals from your network

How to get referrals from your network Confidence is essential if you want to establish a good pipeline of work via referral from your network. But the question is how to get referrals from your network? However, you often only get the confidence when the work starts to come through by referral. It’s the age…

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