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My quest for a stand-out LinkedIn summary!

03 Mar

By Saffron Rolph-Wills, Career Branding, Career Circus, Career Motivation, Careers Advice, Clownfish, ENFP, LinkedIn Insights, LinkedIn summary, Myers Briggs, Personality Tests, Professional Development, Saffron Fidgett, Selling yourself, Leave a comment

My quest for a stand-out LinkedIn summary!

I always advise my career clients that your CV and your LinkedIn profiles should be ‘work in progress’ updating and adding to them on a monthly basis to ensure they are up to date. When I was doing a bit of ‘tidying’ on my profile the other day I noticed that my summary section was … Continue reading »

Neuroplasticity: making your neurons work for you

08 Jan

By Saffron Rolph-Wills, 2 Comments

Neuroplasticity: making your neurons work for you

If you could rewire your brain and make yourself more productive, confident and happy – would you do it? That was the topic of discussion when the #YPNetwork gathered in the Green Room on Colchester’s North Hill to hear from Damian Culhane – NLP Practitioner and professional coach in September. So what is neuroplasticity? Simply … Continue reading »

15 Jul

By Marie - The Digital Acrobat, career guide, How I look online, networking in London, personal branding, self-improvement, the importance of networking, Leave a comment

The Ultimate Guide to Personal Branding

You might think that this is useless, this personal branding thing. However, if you instead of feeling scared about the wealth of information the internet has on you, start using it to your advantage, be you a student, a job seeker, a entrepreneur or a business mogul, you will earn your weight in virtual gold … Continue reading »

10 Steps to Successfully Changing Your Career

12 Jun

By Marie - The Digital Acrobat, Change careers, how to change career path, new job, professional career change, Leave a comment

10 Steps to Successfully Changing Your Career

A career change is like an investment – if you want it to be successful, your decision should be based on solid information. Here are 10 key steps to guide you towards your professional goals. 1. Understand yourself as a professional Before you make any radical changes, you should understand yourself much better … Continue reading »

How to approach informal interviews & networking

31 May

By Marie - The Digital Acrobat, coffee meeting, how to deal with informal interviews, informal interview, informal networking, job interview, Saffron Fidgett, Leave a comment

How to approach informal interviews & networking

Here is the scenario – you are looking for a new job, maybe a change of industry, you’ve been really proactive and reached out to your contacts and got a ‘coffee meet’ lined up with someone who is happy to share their insights into the company with you. Fantastic. Contacts are everything, however approach them … Continue reading »

My Life Is A Circus #7: How I got 4 job interviews in one week

26 May

By Marie - The Digital Acrobat, 10 good reasons to hire Marie, Graduate Career, Job interviews, marie mathisen, out of the box, student, Leave a comment

My Life Is A Circus #7: How I got 4 job interviews in one week

Every last year student both dreads and loves the idea of graduating: We dread it because of the risk that we don’t get a job quickly enough, or maybe we have to live with a minimum wage job at a store for the first couple of years after working ourself to exhaustion before nearly every … Continue reading »

How to position yourself for Promotion – and get it!

04 May

By Marie - The Digital Acrobat, Masterclass, Promotion, salary, STAR, Willis Group, Young Professional, YPNetwork, Leave a comment

How to position yourself for Promotion – and get it!

On Tuesday the #YPNetwork had a Masterclass from global recruiters from the Willis Group, a leading global risk advisor, insurance and reinsurance broker. Cat Gault and Lisa O’Brien shared expert tips on how to stand out amongst colleagues and external candidates. Want a Promotion? Then you’ve got to ask for it! Utilise one to ones … Continue reading »

4 Tips for the Entrepreneur Women in Tech

28 Apr

By Marie - The Digital Acrobat, Leave a comment

4 Tips for the Entrepreneur Women in Tech

One of the most important things for women entrepreneurs in tech to remember is that the word for the foreseeable future is opportunity. Opportunity as in the sky is the limit for talented women that have a great idea and a solid business plan to back it. The reason for the opportunity is that despite … Continue reading »

My Life Is A Circus #6 – It’s all about teamwork

18 Mar

By Marie - The Digital Acrobat, Challenge Yourself, job market, marie mathisen, My life is a circus, Networking, Team work, teamwork, Leave a comment

My Life Is A Circus #6 – It’s all about teamwork

My current education focuses a great deal of energy on what we are to do when we are done, they pack in a 6 week placement during our final term, and they plan the areas of study to focus on a mix of skills that will help us out later on. The current subject at … Continue reading »

09 Jan

By Marie - The Digital Acrobat, 2015, Career Detox, Development, goals, new years, new years resolutions, planning, Resolutions, Saffron Fidgett, Leave a comment

Time for a Career Detox for 2015!

Welcome to 2015! What will this year bring for you? If you are a traditionalist like myself then you would have diligently set yourself some New Years Resolutions – everything from getting healthier, fitter and being more successful in your career. Sound familiar? Now we are entering our 2nd week of January some of those … Continue reading »