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3 Steps to an Eye-Catching Cover Letter

March 19, 2013 by Alexandra 2 Comments

The 1-2-3 of Effective Cover Letter Writing

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Welcome to this article on how to write an eye-catching cover letter. It follows on last month’s offering in which I shared my top 5 tips to help you produce a CV which would get you noticed by its reader and get you that interview you deserve. If you missed it, just click here to catch it up.

In this article, I will focus on the top 3 ingredients you need to put in your cover letter. But first, let’s remind ourselves about what a cover letter is and what role it plays. Well, a cover letter is a concise letter – no more than a single page with plenty of space on the sides, top and bottom filled with 3-5 paragraphs which, in turn, do not each exceed 4 lines of text to keep that airy feel – that you send together with your CV when applying for a job. If it’s well done, it will help your CV get noticed by creating a good impression and generating interest for your professional achievements.
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Top 5 Tips to Making an Impact with your CV

February 12, 2013 by Alexandra Leave a Comment

The Noteworthy CV: A Preview of Coming Attractions

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Hello! So how are you doing with your New Year’s resolutions for 2013? I’m asking because most of us make some every January. For that reason, I had dedicated my first article to picking the right kind of New Year’s resolutions for you in 2013 so you stood a greater chance of keeping to them. If you missed it, just click here to catch it up.

Curriculum Vitae What I’d like to ask you now is: when you were pondering your New Year’s resolutions, did you take some time to honestly reflect on your job satisfaction? If so and if you are happy where you are, then you might want to make a note of this article for future reference. But if not, then read on. In this and upcoming articles, I will be looking at CV writing, cover letter composition and interview preparation. In this article, I thought I would share my top 5 tips so you produce a CV which will catch the eye of its readers and get you that interview you deserve.

Before I start, let me set the scene for you: in my experience, people hire folks who they can envision collaborating with as well as having a chat with by the coffee machine. How you present yourself professionally — whether in your CV, cover letter or during the interview – must be about demonstrating your competences as well as your ability to fit in and get along well.

3 Steps to Setting and Achieving your Goals in 2013

January 15, 2013 by Alexandra Leave a Comment

A Recipe to Keep your New Year’s Resolutions

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Hello and a happy and prosperous 2013 to all! For many, January is the month of so-called "resolutions". And yet, I just read that one in four New Year’s resolutions are broken in the first week, that is to say 7 days – at most – since they were made. Impressive! That is to say: impressively depressing!

So how can one do better and keep to more New Year’s resolutions in 2013 of course but also for the following years? Here is a small recipe with just three ingredients that will allow you to make the right New Year’s resolutions for you and to stick with them. I have been using it for years so I know it works!

4 Steps to Discussing Under-Performance

December 18, 2012 by Alexandra Leave a Comment

TELL™ Them What’s Gone Wrong

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For many, December is synonymous with Christmas. For others, Hanukkah is the highlight of the last month of the year. But, in the office, for millions around the world, December is the month of performance evaluations. For this reason, I am dedicating this last article of 2012 to discussing the dreaded issue of under-performance.

While many team leaders forget to say ‘thank you’, what many really struggle with is appropriately addressing under-performance. If you’ve just gone "hmmm" then you know what I mean: how uncomfortable the prospect of such a conversation makes you. Well, let me suggest to you that you are not alone: those folks who under-perform typically know that they are not doing well and they too feel dreadful. So how about putting an end to both your and their misery and finding the words to finally tell them what’s gone wrong?

So let me offer the TELL™ model, a 4-step process to assist you with preparing for and then having that delicate conversation around under-performance which does not end in – just – tears.

5 Steps to Leading Others through Change

November 20, 2012 by Alexandra Leave a Comment

Help Them to SHIFT™

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Welcome to chapter two of my two-part series on change! Last month, the onset of autumn provided the inspiration to look at how we cope with change, that challenging constant at home and at work.

I shared with you the VEER™ model, a 4-step process to assist you with coping constructively with change so it’s not so draining, either mentally and physically. It was my hope that VEER™ might enable you to manage yourself better through change and even discover how to benefit from it! If you missed VEER™, you can find it here.

Now that you are able to handle change constructively for yourself, how about helping others manage change? If you are a line manager, how about leading your team through change?
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4 Steps to Finally Embracing Change

October 16, 2012 by Alexandra Leave a Comment

How to VEER™ Gracefully

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Welcome to fall! Welcome to autumn! In the UK, where I live, the rain is back and it’s getting chillier in the mornings and evenings. It’s a time of change with the leaves turning all shades of yellow and red. So the change of season is inspiring me to talk to you about change.

It seems that, in some companies, change is never-ending. People joke that the only thing they can be certain about is that more change is on the way. And indeed, it looks to me like the pace at which new waves of change hit has increased in the last 10 years.

So I’d like to offer some food for thought so that, if change makes you uncomfortable, you may in fact learn to manage yourself better through change and even discover how to benefit from it!

4 Steps to Effective Decision-Making

September 10, 2012 by Alexandra Leave a Comment

Taking your PICK™

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To all those of you who took a well-deserved break, let me welcome you back! You know, there is an interesting piece of statistics I always think about when it comes to September: September is the month when people make the most decisions. It’s not January despite that month’s association with New Year’s Resolutions. Rather, it seems that a lot of us take the time to reflect during a summer break and in September, we decide to do something about our fitness and join a gym, or to stop smoking or to really start looking for a new house.

So, with September being a bit ‘Decision-Making Month’, I thought I would talk to you about the process of decision-making so that you can self-assess how you go about making decisions today and see whether tweaking your approach could help be even more effective.

So, in the rest of this video, I will share with you the PICK™ model which is a 4-step approach to making effective decisions. PICK™ is also quite unique because you can use it in a number of ways to suit your style: it is a flexible approach which anyone can use and yet a robust method too.
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3 Simple Ways to Motivate your Team

August 2, 2012 by Alexandra Leave a Comment

Secrets of Team Effectiveness

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I am publishing this article just as the Olympics conclude here in London. Did you watch the Games? Or better yet, did you have a chance to go to any of the Olympic venues and be part of that unique event that is the Olympic Games?

In last month’s article, I shared with you a simple method to optimise your performance. It’s called GOLD™ and, if you missed it, you can catch it up by clicking here.

During the Olympics, star performers winning gold got a lot of attention but the Games also featured many collective events in which small and big teams competed. And so, in this article, I thought I would take a look at the dynamics of collective rather than individual performance and try to answer the question: "how can you as a manager get the best out of your team members?"

To get you going, may I suggest you take a short self-quiz? You can access it here: Are you good at motivating others?

4 Steps to Optimal Performance

July 22, 2012 by Alexandra Leave a Comment

Going for GOLD™

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Welcome to the Olympic edition of the Career Tips Bulletin! As some of you will know, I live in London and Games fever is upon us. As such, I could not escape the feeling and I too have found myself inspired by the spirit of the Olympics.

For that reason, I thought I would share with you a simple method to optimise your performance. Many of you are likely to have had a mid-year performance review so you know where you stand – what is working well, what you need to pay attention to and what remains to be done.

It is my hope that the GOLD™ method will come just at the right time to both inspire you and provide you with pragmatic tips so you add value to your employer and you too get a gold medal for your performance in 2012!

5 Tips to Help You Structure your Talk and Slides

June 19, 2012 by Alexandra Leave a Comment

Overcoming Presentation Challenges Part 3 (of 3): Structuring your Talk

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In this third and final article on the topic of presentation challenges, I am turning my attention to how to structure your slides and your talk for maximum impact.
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3 Steps to an Eye-Catching Cover Letter

Top 5 Tips to Making an Impact with your CV

3 Steps to Setting and Achieving your Goals in 2013

4 Steps to Discussing Under-Performance

5 Steps to Leading Others through Change

4 Steps to Finally Embracing Change

4 Steps to Effective Decision-Making

3 Simple Ways to Motivate your Team

4 Steps to Optimal Performance

5 Tips to Help You Structure your Talk and Slides

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