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Building a Resume that resonates
The strongest resumes don't tell your whole career story. They make it easy to see why you're right for the role.
Interview Success: Why Delivery Is Just as Important as Experience
As a recruiter, I often meet candidates with impressive backgrounds who don’t quite hit the mark in interviews - not because they lack experience, but because their delivery lets them down. The truth is, how you present yourself can be just as important as what you’ve done.
Preparing for a phone screening
An important part of a recruitment process is the phone screening. This stage allows recruiters narrow down the pool of possible candidates to take through to formal interview. From a candidate perspective, this is your second opportunity to shine (first being your written application!).
Starting a new job is a journey
Starting a new job is a journey—one that’s both exciting and challenging. The important thing to remember is that you’re not starting from scratch in a new role; you’re starting from experience. Let’s unpack all the emotions you may feel when starting a new role.
Maximising Your LinkedIn Profile
LinkedIn is a versatile platform that supports professional networking, job searching, branding and learning. From a job seeking perspective, having a stand-out LinkedIn profile can help increase your chances of being seen by potential employers and recruitment specialists.
Confidence in Your Interviews
Searching for the next step in your career takes time and effort. In an interview, you have a short time to showcase your experience and address why you think you’re the most suited candidate. Here are some pointers to make you feel more confident and ready to impress during your interview.
Major Gifts - Tessa's Recent Learnings & Tips
Tessa is continuously learning and sharing gems of wisdom and tips from seasoned fundraising leaders and insights from exploring the wonderful world of philanthropy. With a growth mindset, there are always learning opportunities.
What Are Some Qualities of Great Leaders?
A core component of leadership is harnessing positive influence to achieve desired goals for a business. We understand that leadership is not easy, so here we explore some key qualities we believe set a truly great leader apart.
Demonstrating Your Leadership Capability (or Potential) in a Job Interview
Whether you have extensive leadership experience, or want to step into your first management role, an interview panel will be looking for evidence of your leadership capability or potential. Let’s look at some insights and strategies to effectively demonstrate your leadership aptitude during interviews.
Is Your New Years’ Resolution to Find a New Job?
As we approach the end of 2023, we think now is the perfect opportunity to take stock of what has been; set intentions and create a list of resolutions and goals.
Setting Yourself Up for the New Year
As we reflect on the year that is drawing to a close, it’s a good time to think about the direction we’d like to take in our careers to set ourselves up for the New Year.
Dissecting a Workday… Every 15 Minutes
You’ve probably been there. You get caught up in the whirlwind of the daily grind, only to get to the end of the day, look at your to-do list that’s still a mile long, and wonder… “what did I DO all day? Here we explore what happened when a workday was dissected into 15-minute increments.
Tools of the trade: Eisenhower Matrix and Avoiding the ‘Busy-ness’ Trap
We are all juggling a myriad of tasks, activities and distractions in our jobs, and it’s easy to feel like we’re not making real progress where it matters. We love a good framework at Gembridge and today we’d like to share with you a deceptively simple, yet highly effective productivity tool called the Eisenhower Matrix.
How do you know it's time to find a new job?
There is no foolproof way of knowing when it’s time to make a move, however there may be a few tell-tale signs indicating you might be due for a change.
Managing Energy
Relationship and people-focused roles like fundraising, recruitment and consulting, are highly rewarding, but can demand you to be “on” constantly. How do you balance this, especially as an introvert who needs to step back to re-coup energy?
Reference checks: A crucial part of your job search
When you are searching for a new job, you spend time researching roles and organisations, preparing and updating your CV, and crafting tailored cover letters. Something you should also be thinking about early in the process, is your referees.
Creating an Awesome Onboarding Experience
The onboarding process has the potential to make or break an employment relationship. Check out these tips for creating an awesome onboarding experience.
Applying for Roles
When you’re looking for your next role, it’s important to take some time to consider the reason for your move. This blog explores some things to think about as you prepare to apply for your next role and the interview process.
Do I need to write a cover letter?
Should you include a cover letter with your job application? In this blog, Jenni answers this important question.
How To Prepare For Interviews
So, you’ve got an interview lined up… now what? Well, preparation is key! Check out these top tips on preparing for and acing your next interview.