by Zena Everett | Jan 17, 2018 | Uncategorized, Zena Everett's Blog
A fed-up 50-something Finance Director wrote to me recently, saying that she keeps getting turned down for new roles ‘because of her age’. I asked her what evidence she had that her age is the reason for the rejection and if the problem possibly lay...
by Emma Fletcher | Jun 19, 2017 | Zena Everett's Blog
Losing a job through redundancy (or a general election) is rarely a pleasant experience, no matter how welcome the pay-off. We tend to take it personally, regardless of the logic or the number of other people involved. How can they do this to ME? After all I have...
by Emma Fletcher | Mar 31, 2016 | Zena Everett's Blog
Three Reasons why Recruiters don’t return your calls Part of a balanced job search campaign should involve engaging with recruiters, particularly the ones specialising in your function or sector. (Only about 20% of your time though, with the rest spent mining...
by Zena Everett | Jan 27, 2014 | Zena Everett's Blog
And do you have any questions for us? At this stage of an interview the temptation can be to either escape as soon as you can or ask something clichéd about the organisation’s training and development plans. Instead, now is the time to ask some smart questions...
