Vicki MarinkerCandid Career Coach 🎯 Hi Reader Everyone loves a productivity tip right? Who among us doesn't want to get more done? I have a few tips to share with you today. But before I do, I'd like you to ask yourself, whether you really need to take on that task at all? On average, we only have 4,000 weeks on the planet. Our time on earth is limited, so how can we do everything we want to do? Oliver Burkeman, in his book 4,000 Weeks, says that when we come to terms with the fact that life...
5 days ago • 2 min read
Vicki MarinkerCandid Career Coach 🎯 Hi Reader Did you miss me last week? It's all been a bit hectic in Marinker Towers. This time last week I was at a conference in Birmingham, followed that evening by the start of my induction into post-graduate university life. I've taken on the challenge of returning to university, so I can bring more intellectual rigour to my coaching. And I'm hoping to have a few fun anecdotes to share with you along the way. Enough about me. Let's talk about YOU. You...
12 days ago • 2 min read
Vicki MarinkerCandid Career Coach 🎯 Hi Reader If you feel that you're a perfect match for the job, but can't even get an interview, this is one of the reasons why. How companies look for candidates, and how candidates look for jobs start from opposite directions 👀. Companies will always begin with their employees, followed by their network. Whereas candidates tend to start with the least effective strategy - job boards. This is the job search paradox. If you’re proactive with your networking...
26 days ago • 2 min read
Vicki MarinkerCandid Career Coach 🎯 Hi Reader I've been banging on about how amazing LinkedIn is for years now, to anyone who will listen. LinkedIn has changed my life. It sounds dramatic, but it's true. For the first two years of my coaching business, the majority of my clients found me through my LinkedIn content. As I built up the business, referrals started coming in. And now - BECAUSE I'm so active on LinkedIn, people are finding me through Google Search. The screenshot below is of a...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Vicki MarinkerCandid Career Coach 🎯 Hi Reader "In the long run, we’re all dead". Not my words. That’s the first chapter heading in Four Thousand Weeks, by Oliver Burkeman. On average we all only have Four Thousand Weeks. Our time on earth is limited, so how can we do everything we want to do? So far, so depressing right? But the overall theme of this book is that when we come to terms with the fact that life is short, and focus on the things that REALLY matter to us, we set ourselves free....
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Vicki MarinkerCandid Career Coach 🎯 Hi Reader 200 applicants! Grr 🤬 There are hundreds of people applying for YOUR job! Firstly, that number you see on LinkedIn, showing you how many people have applied, is a load of baloney. Many of them won’t be eligible to work in the UK, nor will they meet ANY of the job requirements. I know this because I used to post jobs on LinkedIn, and was overwhelmed with applications from people I could never help. Secondly, there are several things you can do to...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Vicki MarinkerCandid Career Coach 🎯 Hi Reader I've failed over and over and over.Here are some of the many times I’ve failed: Failed GCSE Maths and Sociology A Level. Dabbled as a makeup artist for six months and barely broke even. Went through dry spells as a recruiter, earning a grand total of £0 some quarters. Spent time advising and chasing prospects who never became clients. Regularly fall out of boats. Manage to kill even the hardiest of plants (including cacti). And yet, despite all of...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Vicki MarinkerCandid Career Coach 🎯 Hi Reader It's been a while! I've had a break, which I wouldn't describe as a holiday. There were so many adrenaline sports and near death experiences, it was more like Takeshi's Castle than a holiday. This is a non-negotiable I want to address something that comes up in a lot of conversations about LinkedIn. Most comms folk don't love it. The figures speak for themselves. Only 1% of LinkedIn users post regularly. Comms people might use it as a channel for...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Vicki MarinkerCandid Career Coach 🎯 Hi Reader Shan was bullied. She was so low she could barely leave the house.She felt trapped. She didn’t want to stay in a toxic work environment, but she felt so broken, she didn’t know how to move on.“I’d forgotten my worth. I’d forgotten my place in the world… How do I tell the world that I couldn’t cope in this role, having achieved in so many different places before.”During our three months of coaching, Shan:✅ Rediscovered her courage and got her mojo...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Vicki MarinkerCandid Career Coach 🎯 Hi Reader TFI Friday! Do you go into the weekend dreading the Sunday Scaries? Are Mondays full of malaise? Do you experience any of the following?: Mild anxiety over the week ahead Lack of motivation or focus Overwhelmed by the tasks and appointments ahead of you Longing for the next weekend Perhaps you’re in a job where you don’t feel you ‘fit’, or you’re under-valued, or unappreciated. Or worse. You’re being micromanaged, bullied or you’re overwhelmed....
3 months ago • 2 min read