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    • The most powerful version of me! How do I achieve it?

      Posted at 3:12 pm by OrlaCahill Transformational Coach., on December 2, 2019
      Anna Fisher, the first mother in space, 1984
      © reddit.com  

      As my career coaching and life coaching has evolved over the years, I have focused on women and work. And the following are the most prevalent topics of conversation.

      Do any of the following resonate with you?

      • I find myself at a crossroads in my career/ my life
      • I need a change and would like to get back to the workplace
      • I’m confused as to which option to pursue
      • I’m afraid of making the wrong move
      • There is so much negativity that I don’t know what to focus on first
      Make the Change
      Make Contact

      So what do we do? for those of us in the workplace dealing with a toxic work environment where we may be feeling undervalued, bullied, mistreated, disillusioned and in pain, we have a knee-jerk reaction to run as far away as possible from our current working norm.  We want to change career, change industry, and change everything. 

      For mum getting back to the workplace it is a similar story, we are in pain, we feel undervalued, we don’t believe our skill set is still relevant, we are unhappy with the fact that we have somehow lost the person we were (pre-children) and wonder how to discover who we have become.  

      What I have discovered during my experience, as a coach is that the first thing to be addressed is how we interact with the world.

      As mum leaving the home we often forget to focus on ourselves.  We forget to give time to our own development as an individual; every decision is based on what is right for the family, the children, and the partner/husband/wife.  So much so, that when it comes time to focusing on ourselves to get a CV written up or to remember the skills necessary to be successful at interview we have forgotten and no longer feel capable of these basic steps.   We have forgotten how to successfully interact with the world outside of the warm blanket of motherhood.

      We all forget that vital step of recognizing how we engage with the world.  

      Ask yourself the following  

      • Am I actually showing up at work,
      • Am I courageous enough to be vulnerable?
      • How is my self-awareness and emotional intelligence,
      • How are my communication skills,
      • Relationship building skills,
      • Decision making skills,
      • Boundaries,
      • Work-life balance? 

      The question we never ask is what can I do to improve and develop myself, to be more resilient, to plan and manage my career, to negotiate, to pass that interview, to get that job, to change myself and as a consequence improve my life/career/relationship/etc.  

      Ask the question?
      Don’t wait!

      Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged Be my best self, Career Change, job hunting, new professional, professional women, professional women returning to work after maternity leave, Self Care, Work Life Balance
    • Applying for a job.

      Posted at 3:34 pm by OrlaCahill Transformational Coach., on August 16, 2018

       

      THE PROCESS

      When you see that perfect job what is the first thing you do?

      Is the answer ‘apply immediately’? Probably not!!

      The process of applying for a new position is often a lot longer than people imagine it will be.  Which is why we often need support.

      If we are looking for work there is normally a good reason.  Either we can no longer work for our current employer and need to get out (more often than not we leave a person and not a job) or we are unemployed and need to get back into the workplace.

      Either way, the point of the exercise is to become employed again!

      As an HR professional with experience in recruitment, I have found that people seem not to have given the process any thought whatsoever. Often it seems that people just send the same CV to every available job on whatever website they are looking for.    (Seems unbelievable…… you would think so, but no so).

      If you are serious about applying for a position with any company the first step is to learn about the organisation.  This is not just to make our application a little more readable for the recruiter, but it is also for us to better understand if this is the right company for us and just as important are we the right person for this company.

      The next step is to align your experience and skill set with the job description in the advertisement. Easier said than done I hear you say.

      A small tip is to draft the CV template with every single skill and piece of experience we ever had.  Make sure there are no gaps and when finished don’t be tempted to use it for any application.

      Once the template is complete then we can think about what each application needs.  With some applications, we will flesh out a specific skill or previous position to allow the CV to speak to the recruiter. With other applications, we will focus on other parts of our skill set or other positions.

      What’s the moral of this story. Give each application the time it deserves and give yourself the best chance of being invited to interview.

       

       

       

       

      Posted in Changing Jobs, New Graduate, New Job | 0 Comments | Tagged Career Change, CV, Graduate, job hunting, new professional, professional women, professional women returning to work after maternity leave
    • The Graduate Path to Employment

      Posted at 3:30 pm by OrlaCahill Transformational Coach., on August 16, 2018
      Goal - SMART Goal

      There are several different paths to employment at this stage in your career, the forward-thinking student will have been doing some work during their summer holidays to gain experience as an employee.  For those students who did not get the opportunity to do that, some of the following options might help:

      • Talk to your professor; ask him/her if they know anybody who would give you a job or an internship, or merely an interview.

      o   All universities are in some way linked to the organisations that are offering courses, whether it is through personal friendships or professional relationships.

      • Apply to do an internship in your area of study

      o   Start with the Google search word Internships, and this will take you to all sorts of possibilities.

      o   Once you are in the company, you have the opportunity to make an impression.  This is vital in today’s competitive graduate job market.

      • Consider taking a temporary position

      o   For the same reason as above, once you have your foot in the door, you have the chance to make that all-important good impression, if and when a permanent position becomes available you will be in the right place at the right time

      • Apply for jobs on a jobs board related to your field of study

      o   For this action, you will need a CV.  But you don’t have much work experience to put on your CV so what should you do. This is the time for you to learn about the different kinds of CVs and which is the most suitable for you in your time of life and career.

      • Look at the Times top 100 Employers and find out which employer is in your field of study.

      o   Make your application directly to these employers using your functional CV and a portfolio if one is called for.

      • Register at an Agency

      o   Recruitment agencies are always looking for new candidates to register with them.  The agent will then place your CV with the employer he/she thinks is most suitable.  The agent works on commission so they will do the best they can to get you employed.

      Posted in New Graduate | 0 Comments | Tagged Business, Career, CV, Employment, Graduate, job, job hunting, New Graduate, new professional, recruitment
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