by Anne Wilson | Jul 24, 2023 | Career Development
My previous two posts focused on how to prepare for job roles and how to ace the application. Here I focus on the interview. Female staff who completed the Springboard programme at Warwick and who subsequently secured promotions share their experience and wisdom. Use...
by Anne Wilson | Jun 19, 2023 | Career Confidence
At an online ‘Inspiring Women’ event, ‘Sorry…not Sorry’, guest speaker Victoria McClean, founder and CEO of City CV, presented a compelling session to female staff on the reasons why we routinely feel the need to apologise- and what we...
by Anne Wilson | Mar 28, 2023 | What do you want from a career?
In 4,000 Weeks, ‘a book about embracing your limitations, and finally getting round to what counts’, author Oliver Burkeman states that most of us can expect a lifespan of approximately 4,000 weeks. That’s both a long time and also, in the life of...
by Anne Wilson | Feb 14, 2023 | Career Confidence
Why is it that so many people are terrified at the thought of public speaking? According to Glen Croston, PhD, at a fundamental level, ‘when faced with standing up in front of a group….we are afraid of being rejected. The fear is so great because we are...
by Anne Wilson | Dec 21, 2022 | Gender Equality
Some years ago I established ‘Inspiring Women’, a series of speakers designed to appeal to Warwick’s female staff. Would inviting women who were willing to share how they had become successful by sharing their stories encourage staff to apply for...
