It’s better to be brief if you want to keep people’s interest, and especially so if you’re being interviewed. So sometimes short and sweet is better
Category: Redundancy, Interviews, Work
Experiences of being made redundant midlife, searching for new jobs and working in middle age, including the fun and frustrations
I’m no “Distraction Dave”. Why your phone and email are more dangerous work distractions than me.
It’s not co-workers who reduce your productivity. It’s you phone and email who are the real “distraction Daves”. Phones impact concentration… read how.
Working from home is no laughing matter…don’t let it be the death of you
Working from home is dangerous. Don’t wait for it to become a killer before you do something to change your ways, especially during Coronavirus lockdown
Think you’re indispensable? Resigning from work might surprise you…
How does it feel to resign from work. How do you need to prepare yourself? One thing is to find out whether you have work colleagues or friends – you may be surprised.
6 crucial tips before inviting people in on work video calls. What’s behind you?
Work video calls can be great, but they also allow all sorts of people a peek inside your house. Be careful what’s in the background if you don’t want them to look at you in a different way in the future.
10 key ways to avoid madness when working from home during Coronavirus lockdown. What are you up to?
6 key lessons for starting a new job in middle age. First week of an old man learning new tricks.
It’s never easy starting a new job after redundancy. The first week in a new role is hard, especially when you’re middle aged, recovering from
Are your work meetings a disaster? 6 things you can do to stop wasting your life.
10 surprising redundancy facts to know if you’re leaving soon…
What does Daddy do all day? Getting traumatised by Loose Women isn’t all fun.
Shockingly I won’t be the next CEO. So what is midlife career end-game?
I won’t be the next CEO. And nor will you (probably). So what does that mean for your career and sanity midlife?
Devastatingly made redundant and left with just a biro and a book. How?
A brilliant excuse. Is daydreaming in dull meetings part of evolutionary make-up?
Office meetings can be dull, but are a necessary part of work life even if half the room is daydreaming or messaging their friends. It’s an evolutionary thing.
What makes an attractive organisation? We’re a sucker for our emotions
How do we make decisions about companies to join? What makes an attractive organisation – emotion or fact based?
Exciting role playing doesn’t just happen in the bedroom, it happens in interviews too.
Wearing inappropriate interview clothing could cost you the job. What should you wear?
Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It’s a lonely place.
How it was tumbleweed rather than job offers that rolled in after being made redundant, despite some effort being made
