Headspace: Why imposter syndrome grips even the high-flying July 30, 2022 Each month City A.M.’s mental health columnist Alejandra Sarmiento writes about the Square Mile’s often-taboo subjects – and how you can deal with them Franz Kafka is best known today as one of the most influential writers of the 20th-century. The author of masterpieces such as “The Metamorphosis” and “The Trial,” Kafka was, in fact, [...]
From No to Yes: persuading clients with the 3Ps method July 26, 2022 | City Talk Nobody likes rejection. This is why, over the years, I’ve developed a three-step process to transform situations from hopeless to hopeful. I call it the 3Ps approach: Perseverance, Perspective, Positivity. Let me give you some examples of how to put the 3Ps into action. Leaving by 7 pm Getting a table on a weekend at [...]
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How To Ask For Feedback From A Job Interview June 7, 2022 There’s no point in sugar coating it: Interviewing for a new job is exhausting. If you’re applying for multiple roles at the same time chances are you’ll experience interview fatigue at some point during the process. At mid-to-senior levels any interview requires extensive research and preparation, not to mention CV rewrites and presentation preparation. If [...]
Less time but same pay for thousands of Brits as they move to four day work week on new 100:80:100 model June 6, 2022 The world’s largest trial of a four-day work week begins today in the UK and will continue for six months. The pilot is being trailed by 3,300 workers across 70 UK companies, and is based on the 100:80:100 model – 100 per cent of the pay for 80 per cent of the time, in exchange [...]
Burned Out? Here Are Great Companies To Move To May 17, 2022 Burnout is nothing new – many of us have experienced it at work at some stage, and it is so real that the World Health Organisation has classified it as an “occupational phenomenon” in its International Classification of Diseases. A term that is a bit newer, but probably still pretty familiar, is the concept of [...]
11 Resume tips: The perfect CV May 10, 2022 | City Talk Does your curriculum vitae (CV) pass the six-second test? When they look at applicants’ resumes, recruiters and hiring managers will spend six seconds on average looking at each. If your CV doesn’t set you apart in that brief moment, you are likely out of luck. So how can you craft a resume that aces that [...]
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What’s Your ‘Worth It’ Equation When It Comes To Work? May 6, 2022 Depending on how super-organised we are (or how much we really, really love Excel), we’ve all got a list somewhere, either in our heads or in an aforementioned spreadsheet, of the things we want and need when it comes to work. Those can be a competitive salary, flexible working hours that can be a mix [...]
Cut The Commute With These Remote Working Roles May 3, 2022 It may have taken a little bit of time for some of us to come around to the idea of remote and hybrid working, but the majority of office workers have seen the benefits by now. 77% of remote workers say they’re more productive when working from home and additionally, we tend to enjoy a [...]