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A friend has just found a new job. He’ll serve his time with his old company, but has asked me whether he should start immediately the next Monday, supposing your new company is flexible in start date. How much time should he take, if any, between jobs? And what’s the best things to do with that time?
I suggest taking at least one week off to allow yourself to refresh, recharge, and refocus.… Read more
When you are new to a company, it’s tough to get noticed. I have a few ex-colleagues who are joining new companies and here’s my suggestions for them to try.
When you’re new there’s a fine line between calling positive attention to yourself at work and seeming like a braggart and earning the emnity of your new colleagues. In the business world, you need to learn how to walk this line or risk limiting your chances of success.
As an employer I used to ‘Google’ applicants for jobs. See what presence they had on the internet.
I was usually disappointed, other than the odd Facebook account (and sometimes I mean ODD), or a banal twitter feed, or the occasional picture somewhere, most applicants left little evidence of their views or thinking.
And whilst we are warned not to indulge in silly pictures or posts in case these come back to haunt us, i would like to turn this around and propose that the internet is a great way to get a profile to boost your changes of that great job you want.… Read more
In my new self directed role, I am happy that I have no team members.
Looking back on my management career, the biggest people mistakes I made weren’t in hiring people too quickly, but in firing too slowly.
Let me be clear, a bosses job isn’t to go around and look for people to fire. But to assess when a person becomes a bad fit with their work, team, and company.… Read more
My old work colleagues are occasionally complaining about the culture in their new place of work. I listen, empathise and then disagree with them.
Culture is what you make of it, good or bad… do something don’t complain. While I agree that an internal culture is based on a foundation laid out by employers, it is up to employees to make it thrive.… Read more