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Catherine Cunningham is one of Australia’s leading career specialists. She is the author of ‘My Career Rules: Recipes to Crack the Career Code in 21st Century Australia’. Catherine takes a deep dive into all aspects of career happiness. This podcast is full of practical yet strategic tips to help you manage your career so that you are happier at work. Catherine's hashtag expresses her philosophy ... #whynotbehappyatwork.
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Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
The number of interview questions that can be asked by Human Resources, the hiring manager, and other interviewers is limitless.
Imagine your horror (and resultant poor performance) when their first question is one of those hoary old questions you thought were as dead as a dodo.
In this p0odcast Episode, Catherine covers practical tips to help you deliver confident, genuine and authentic responses to these common interview questions. She offers example answers along the way that will hopefully help you to win the job.
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Are you on the hiring end of the recruitment process? If so, you really need to hone in on your recruitment practices if you want to find the top candidates.
Candidates may be left with a bitter taste in their mouth if they encounter any obstacles with the application process.
In this podcast episode, Catherine covers 7 ‘real life’ key issues that recruiters may face during the recruitment process. She discusses the pitfalls of each one, and offers advice on how to move towards ‘Best Practice’ methods.
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
How would you rate your career happiness? Do you enjoy going to work each day, or do you dread getting out of bed knowing what’s ahead?
Finding joy in your work and workplace may not always be easy, but it is achievable.
In Episode 15 of Catherine’s Podcast, she covers 12 specific career issues that should help you to be happier at work.
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Christmas time...end of year celebrations...there is always so much happening in December. It’s important though, to take some time out to consider your career happiness. Are you actually happy with your job?
In Episode 13 of Career Chinwags for the 21st Century, Catherine talks through 3 ‘brickbats’ that could be holding you back from finding happiness in your job. She then moves onto the ‘bouquets’, providing 3 examples of how doing it right can lead you to your dream job.
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Interviews are a tough gig! You have to get every aspect right to be in with a winning chance.
Once you’ve nailed body language, tone of voice and appearance…you need to focus on communication styles AND how you can best influence your interviewer.
In this podcast Episode, Catherine introduces Carl Jung’s assessment tool ‘I speak your language’ and the 4 basic communication styles related to this. She goes into depth about each of the 4 styles, and how you can win the interview by changing your style to match the interviewer's. This technique requires high skill, but nailing it could be the difference between winning and losing the job.
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
If you're having trouble making it through to the interview stage when applying for jobs, you need to go back and look at why the employer is not wanting to meet you. It's likely your Cover Letter isn't doing the job it's meant to do.
Statistics reveal that 40% of employers think that a Cover Letter is more important than the résumé. And, 76% will reject a candidate due to poor grammar or a spelling mistake!
The bottom line is, your Cover Letter is a crucial element to the application process. In this podcast episode, Catherine covers 10 critical areas you need to consider when writing a Cover Letter. By the end of the episode, you will be able to write a winning cover letter that has the hiring manager think 'wow, I can't wait to find out more'.
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Are you in your fifties or early sixties and have the desire to keep working, but not the confidence or belief that you'll be able to do so? You might feel as though the market place has written you off?
As Baby Boomers retire and the power moves decisively to younger generations, you may need to work a bit harder to pick up that next role if you are an older worker.
In Episiode 10, Catherine covers 4 specific techniques that older workers should adopt to win their next job.
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Do you get at least one phone call a year from someone asking you to come work for them?
We all know and probably envy people who regularly get poached from their current role by another employer. What these people are doing is reaping the reward for their ongoing Career Mastery. Perhaps without realising it, they behave as if they are a business – in career terms, it’s called “Me Ltd”.
In this Podcast Episode, Catherine introduces this concept of ‘Me Ltd”. She covers 2 areas – how to excel in the workplace and how to create a persuasive career marketing kit.
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
On any day at work, you are likely to speak more than 60% of the time - persuading, instructing, influencing, explaining, motivating or counselling others. Sometimes the words and phrases you use may damage your interactions with work mates, or even worse, they may affect your job prospects at interviews!
In this Podcast Episode (and upcoming episodes), Catherine takes a break from the Managing your Career during the Corona Virus Season. Instead she will discuss various career issues. The issue of damaging words, is an important one, especially in a job interview when you only get short time to impress your potential employer.
Episode 8 covers 10 words and phrases that you should try to avoid at work AND in a job interview.
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
How do you feel about your current job? Are you happy…bored…or are you just feeling a little lost in your career and not sure where to go from here?
In Episode 7 of Managing your Career during the Corona Virus Season Catherine covers 4 tips to help you find the ideal job. She talks about the important self-assessment tools used to determine what a 'perfect' career might look like.
The self-assessment tools include:
- Myers Briggs Type Indicator
- Career Values
- Career Skills and Interests
- Assessing Workmates and Work Environment