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You are sat in the interview, your potential new boss smiles and asks, “So, Johnny, do you have any questions for us?” What should you ask at this stage, why is this even a stage, aren’t you the one being interviewed?!?! This section of the interview is a great opportunity to do three things Show the employer you are serious about the role Get a feeling for if their company ...

Joining a new company is very stressful, it ranks up there with moving house, 1st dates, even interviews! The first 30 days of a new role can be make or break, not every company has the onboarding process of google or facebook, but there are things that you can do to help you transition into your new role, giving you the best possible start in your new organisation. Here is ...

The Project Management community is filled to the brim with great sites, bloggers, experts and information. After speaking with numerous Project Managers and Directors, we have found the 4 blogs that seem to be the most popular with our candidates and clients. Here they are: A Girls Guide to Project Management http://www.girlsguidetopm.com Run by Elizabeth Harrin, she notice...

Project / Program Management is tough, customers’ demands change, budgets change, resource levels change time scales change everything is changing and you have to manage the process. Good project / program managers know this and recognise that it is part and parcel of the role. We asked our network of project managers and program managers for their top frustrations, the impa...

OK, great, you have just seen a vacancy that is perfect for you and you are keen to apply, hold on for just one moment. Did you know first applications occur roughly 200 seconds after an ad has been posted, there are an average of 250 CV’s received per application, no wonder it takes 5 – 7 seconds for the person reading your CV to rule you in or out of the process. With thes...

Ever gotten out of a car upon arriving at work, snapped out of a daze and not really remembered the commute? Neurologists explain this as the way your mind perceives time. So in an activity that happens regularly, your brain isn’t recording anything that is out of routine, but if you go off somewhere for fun weekend then you look back and think “Wow, that was a long weekend”...

Resignation is tough, there are multiple factors that go towards making it a difficult task. The working relationships you have built, the time you have invested into your work and the energy you have poured into your projects. Top this off with the fact that if you resign in a bad way, it has the potential to damage your career, and you have one very stressful situation. In...

Please raise your hand if interviews fill you with dread, When you sit in the hot seat, all the information that you had crammed into your head about the company trickles out in the sweat from your pours. The well thought out questions you had evaporate into thin air, or worse yet get answered during the interview leaving you with nothing at the “have you got any questions f...

5 Motivational TED Talks for Quality Engineers Staying motivated can sometimes be difficult, there are lots of things that can drain your motivation over the days, weeks and months at work. Lack of career advancement, no training opportunities, a difficult boss or just the commute to work! If we aren’t careful we can let the negative influences around us affect the way we th...

Having a mentor is a great way to fast track your career. Taking advice from someone that has been in your shoes, learning from their success and their failures can help you move up the ladder quicker. We were lucky enough to work with a great Quality Manager recently and place him with a large 1st tier automotive client. He was very keen to help send the elevator back down ...