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Adding More Value as an Accountant by Better Understanding the Business
There’s a huge amount of focus these days on the changing role of accountants in organisations. Specifically the move towards more of a finance business partnering type role. Whenever I’m running finance business partnering workshops, one of the most common things delegates raise as an action after the workshop is to spend more time learning more […]
Continue readingDon’t Blow Your Chances of Success in Your Next Accounting Job Interview
You have got through the screening process. Your marketing has been effective. Your CV has got you an interview. So far so good. You are one step closer to getting the job. Of course there is still a lot to do to get the job offer after interview. If you do this you will blow your chances of […]
Continue readingHow Many of These Leaks Are Stopping You Land Your Next Job?
I recently read an excellent book called Watertight Marketing. The book focuses on how leaks in your marketing bucket might be impacting on how effective your marketing is. It got me thinking about landing your next job. Do the right things and you increase your chances of success. Conversely if there’s leaks in the process you […]
Continue readingAre You Making It Easy For Employers To Reject Your CV?
Your CV is your personal marketing document. A good CV gets you interviews. A poor CV gets rejected. Conceptually you might understand this. On the other hand are you making it easy to reject your CV? Reality As many as 70% of CV’s are rejected before ever being reviewed by a human being! Are you making it […]
Continue readingHow To Make The Career History Section of Your CV Stand Out
As an accountant or professional you know that your CV or resume is an important document. Produce a good one and you get more job interview invitations. Produce a mediocre CV or resume and you get rejected at the first stage. You know that you need to have a complete career history on your CV and […]
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Why You Really Are The Best Person To Create Your CV
I was doing a career consultation with a senior finance professional recently. As well as other documents the individual sent over their CV to get my thoughts on it. Ultimately the CV has one primary objective. To get you through the screening process and get on to the job interview. These days that screening process may be […]
Continue readingHow To Ensure You Effectively Prepare For Your Next Accounting Job Interview
Job interviews are strange in some respects. From your perspective as a candidate you are making a decision on where you are going to spend a significant part of your awaken hours. From an employers’ perspective it’s a major investment decision. It’s not just your salary cost. There are other costs that could include:National insurance contributionsPension contributionsBonusesCar […]
Continue reading3 Top Tips for Setting Your 2019 Goals
The start of a new year is often a time when people think about goals for the year. Of course thinking about goals and actually achieving them is very different. So often people start off with great intentions. They might actually get started. All good. So what are my 3 top tips to increase the […]
Continue readingWhat I Learned About Leading From Being A Finance Director In The NHS
When we start out in our career, most of us want to go as far they can in their career. For me it was always about challenging myself to see if I could perform at the next level. Over the years I climbed the career ladder from Payments Clerk to Finance Director. So what did […]
Continue readingWhat Type Of Leader Do You Want To Be?
As a leader there are plenty of demands on you. It just goes with the territory. You will always have targets to meet, stakeholders to satisfy and the likes. At times this will test and stretch you to the limit. While leaders need to deliver, there is also the question of what type of leader […]
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