Turning down a job offer can seem like a risky thing to do. It can even seem foolish. This is especially if you’ve been applying for jobs over a long period of time and have had little success. However, accepting the wrong job offer is more likely to damage your career in the long-term than turning down something which isn’t quite right.

You might think that a job interview is a lot like a sales call from the perspective of the candidate. However, this is only partially true. In this blog, we discuss how you can play a critical role in shaping the direction of an interview by smoothly and effectively influencing the interviewer.

During times of change and perhaps crisis, you might start to ask: ‘Is it time for a rethink?’. We can say that a career is built on skills, momentum, direction and desire. The topography is always shifting but much of the time, change is almost imperceptible. However, there are times when something big happens and that forces reflection. So is now the time for a rethink?

It’s one of the most frustrating job search scenarios that my coaching clients talk about. You secure a job interview. Everything seems to go well in the interviews. And then, it turns out you didn’t get the job.

Staying motivated in a job search can be difficult, especially if you’ve applied for jobs, made it to interview, and then fallen at the final hurdle.

Momentum is a critical factor in closing any deal and the same is true for getting hired. So why to firms sometimes lose momentum in hiring and what if anything can we do to keep things moving forward at more than glacial pace?