Grant Verhoeven is a career and leadership coach who has amassed over 2000 coaching conversations with clients. Describing himself as a ‘recovering door to door salesman’, he realised he found joy in helping others to identify their strengths and make career decisions. In this episode Grant explores the impact of the Great Resignation, sharing what…
Category: interviewing
David Sharples / Cherie Perrow: Lockdown Career Tips 2
Given New Zealand’s return into Lockdown, my thoughts are with job searchers and career explorers during this challenging time. The purpose of this special episode is to feature my friends from the careers industry who will share useful career tips and advice. My first guest is David Sharples, a Vocational Consultant from Alpha Consultants who…
Top interview tips for students
Job interviews can be scary… daunting, challenging, and even bewildering. But they can also be energizing, engaging, enjoyable and even fun. A key to experiencing the latter is to make sure you thoroughly prepare for your interview. More preparation = less stress and tension. Interviews are a universal experience, so I thought it would be…
Networking doesn’t have to feel scary
As a naturally shy person, I do not find networking to be an easy thing to do! This is despite the fact that I need to network and connect with many people, students, colleagues, stakeholders, and industry guests on a regular, if not, daily basis. Even the term ‘networking’ conjures up connotations of meeting people…
Pleased to meet you
The idea of speed networking is not new, but can be very overwhelming and scary for many. Imagine trying to make a great first impression in the space of a few minutes? On Monday I took group of year 13 students to the Got a Trade! SpeedMeet event at Glenfield College, where students got to…
Recruiter tips and insights for job seekers
Yesterday I attended a CDANZ breakfast panel discussion entitled “Applying for a Job” What do candidates need to know about the recruitment process? The panellists included recruitment specialists Katy Lloyd (Talent and Culture Manager, Accor Group), Holly Sheldon (Recruitment and Talent Advisor, Foodstuffs) and Jacqui Shore (People and Performance Advisor, Delegats Wines). The three specialists…
From student to graduate
Another year, another successful graduation completed! It was absolutely fantastic to see many Unitec students graduate despite the awful weather we’ve been experiencing in Auckland recently. Even though the muggy weather left many looking like they stepped out of a sauna, this didn’t dampen (excuse the pun) the positive vibe that reverberated around the…
A – Z guide of (hopefully) useful job search tips
Attitude. Job searching can be stressful, so create a positive mindset by reminding yourself (constantly) that a good outcome will come soon. Be on time. Do not be late for an interview. Ever. Try and arrive at least 5-10 minutes early and use the time to focus and calm yourself. Confidence. Build your confidence by talking…
Career Coffee Chats 