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Your Social Media profile represents your employ-ability – use it to your advantage. I’m a Xellenial. The first part of my childhood was largely free of technology – no mobiles never mind smartphones, no internet, 4 channels on the telly (3 for the first 5 years of my life) with remote controls being a luxury. The latter part …
THE TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO WIN AT JOB INTERVIEWS: Job Interviews! It seems we’ve had plenty of CV success in the Coaching for Geeks Community, and also some job interview success, but not as much as we want… so let’s recap! 1. Do Your Research Before The Job Interview Almost everything that follows hinges on this. DO …
Your ideal company doesn’t have any job vacancies – but you’re available. That just means you should try a better way, with a speculative job application… So the company you REALLY want to work for don’t seem to have any positions vacant. That means you’re out of luck right? Just gotta bide your time, see what comes up, play it …
It takes most geeks 12 minutes to update all these things on their LinkedIn profile… Do it. Do it right now! LinkedIn is a massive tool to help you get a job. It’s your living, breathing CV (or resume). At the time of writing LinkedIn has over 562 million users and there are 3 million active job listings …
The 3 Best Questions To Ask To Find Out If The Job Is For You – and Uncover Secret Fires With 1 Bonus Question. Well done! You made it to the interview stage… Your heart rate is elevated and you’ve been giving the right answers, matching your experience up to their questions, demonstrating competence in all the expected areas. You …
How to Ask for a Pay Rise and get it Your company does not want to pay you more money. Sorry but that’s true. They want to keep all the money for their bottom line/shareholders/projects/warchest. You don’t get rich by giving money to the people who actually make the money! If you do that they’ll expect more… Ahh the annual …
5 CV Mistakes That Won’t Get You a Call Back You’ve been through our guides to CV creation like the good jobhunter you are; yet somehow that phone never rings. WHY? “Why don’t they call me, Robin?” you ask, desperately seeking Susan answers. Well my friend, if you want your career to thrive, like Madonna’s acting career *cough* then beware …
Five Ways Interviewers are Testing You (without you even realising you’re being tested) SO YOU GOT AN INTERVIEW! Sweet. Nailed it. Your CV sang like Chop Chop Master Onion (OK it rapped but that doesn’t work as well), the recruiter/recruiting manager saw what they wanted in there, and now it’s time to talk about your knowledge, skills, and experience, …
I turned 30 this year, and I reflected on some life lessons about my relationships and the nature of love. It really does feel like a significant number, because I’ve learned so much in this time and yet I know there is SO much more to learn. (And re-learn!) Looking back, I wish I could go back to my …
So you want to be a YouTube video content creator? Great! But how do I get people to listen to me? There’s millions of people doing the same thing and… *cue exsistential crisis* Now, I don’t have millions of subscribers but I do have a wonderful and growing community I couldn’t be prouder of, as well as a few videos …
That’s it! School’s out! For… summer, for… ever! You might have booked that road trip, that holiday, and planned that EPIC night out. Or maybe, you can’t quite afford it yet. Maybe, you are fired up with passion at the very start of your career. Because right now, it is time. Time to enter the real …
OH Linkedin. How we laughed at you… And now you’re a big deal. Seriously. You need to have a LinkedIn profile at the moment. LET’S RUN THE NUMBERS! Over 433 Million members in over 200 countries That’s a lot of people and a lot of countries. Over 90% of recruiters use LinkedIn to find candidates and verify candidates’ ability …
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius Ah, the dream job. That elusive creature we’ve hunted for since childhood. That magical convergence of our purpose, passion, talents, and mission. The place where work and life are perfectly balanced. Where we love what we do so it …
Apologies… Life has really gotten in the way recently and I’ve started a new role. I’ve been to a LOT of events, and life has seriously gotten in the way! But I was DETERMINED to write up my experience volunteering at Stratford Upon Avon Comic Con in April. I wasn’t intending to go to one so close to Wales, but …
Now you’ve done your CV with our help and you’re ready to apply, right? WELL THAT’S NOT ENOUGH. Sometimes… Sometimes you need a cover letter. Let’s cover (see what I did there?): what a cover letter is, when you need to include one, and how to make YOUR cover letter stand out from the crowd. FOR THAT IS THE PURPOSE. …
How to make a creative CV – your Character Sheet Now that we’ve covered the basics, it’s time to learn how to have some fun with it and stand out from the crowd – with a creative CV! In a world where resumes and CVs (I’ll probably use both interchangeably since I’m from the States but have heard it both …
Robin met Colin at Insomnia62. Colin was at the SpecialEffect community party and wearing a bear kigu. Naturally Robin spoke with him almost immediately to find out who he was and what he was doing dressed as a bear. 4 weeks later and here’s Colin Wallace to talk about his career in the film industry. Listen on the player below, …
Happy Monday! But is it for you? Or are you stuck in a job you hate? In that case, we’re here to help you on your first step to a better job – with a better CV! Whether you call it a CV or a resume, (we’ll call it a CV here for I am English and Curriculum …
James Banks has been in esports for years. From a player in Counter Strike, Street Fighter V and Tekken, to his current place as a top commentator and host. His career has taken many turns, including engineering and journalism, and taken hm around the world. Robin met James Banks to chat about climbing up the esports ladder and what’s next …
Tim Schafer is a god. Not an actual one, but in my eyes he, well ‘can do no wrong’ would be a lie but which deity ever gets things 100% right? See Greece, Rome, God of War, the holy wars, the dark ages… You get the picture. The man who worked on The Secret of Monkey Island, Day of the …
TOUGH LOVE TIME, KIDS Your job is YOUR responsibility. The amount you earn is YOUR responsibility. It’s time to take charge. Here’s a pattern I see all too often. 1) You hate your job 2) You feel like you should and could be earning more 3) You keep doing your job 4) You hate your job even more …
Stuck with these fuckwits – doing a job you’re stuck in All day with people you hate, doing things you hate, for not much money… you might feel stuck. You are not stuck. Believe me, I’ve been there – the only reason Coaching for Geeks exists is because I ended up there. I was so miserable I quit …
I got some feedback on one of our ads yesterday. OOH CRITICISM. Once upon a time (and not all that long ago) I’d have taken this to heart and agonised over it. Instead I hid it. Used it as the basis for this piece of content, and moved on. You can’t please everyone, if you do then you’re probably …