Active Listening
Active listening is one of the most useful coaching skills in recruitment and careers advice, but it is often misunderstood. It is not simply being quiet while someone speaks, a...
Coaching guidance for advisers, recruiters and employers helping people make progress towards work.
Active listening is one of the most useful coaching skills in recruitment and careers advice, but it is often misunderstood. It is not simply being quiet while someone speaks, a...
Momentum is often the difference between a candidate who looks “nearly ready” and one who is ready to contribute quickly. In recruitment and careers advice, it is easy to over-f...
When people are rebuilding confidence after redundancy, a career break, illness, caring responsibilities or a difficult job search, progress can be easy to miss. Recruiters, emp...
Accountability is one of those qualities everyone wants, but few teams define clearly. In practice, it means more than “takes ownership”. It shows up when a person turns plans i...
Good feedback does more than explain a decision. It helps a candidate understand what happened, what to improve and what to do next. For recruiters, employers and careers advise...
Many candidates can describe what they have done, but struggle to explain what they are good at. Others underplay their strengths because they see them as “just part of the job”...
Some candidates can talk convincingly about goals, but still struggle to turn intent into action. For recruiters, employers and careers advisers, the real question is not whethe...
Good recruitment conversations are not just about getting answers quickly. The best questions help candidates think more clearly, explain their decisions and show how they appro...
Candidates rarely fail to perform for one simple reason. More often, a mix of practical, emotional and confidence barriers affects how they present, prepare and respond in recru...
Some candidates do not lack ability; they lack recent evidence that they can still do the job. Redundancy, career breaks, repeated rejection, poor interview experiences or a dif...
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