Your career is more than your next job.
A new role has to work on paper and in real life. These guides are here to help you work out what you want, put yourself across clearly, handle interviews sensibly and make a considered decision when something comes along.
Written for office-based permanent roles: reception and front of house, administration and business support, PAs and EAs, office and workplace management, operations and client-facing teams.
Eight short guides, in order.
Read them in sequence if you are just starting to look, or go straight to the part you are at. Nothing here needs an account or an application.
- 01What are you actually looking for?Worth a think before you start applying to anything with the right job title.Read →
- 02Make the useful things easy to findThere is no perfect format. There is a readable one.Read →
- 03Tell us what mattersThe conversation is where the useful part happens.Read →
- 04Know what you are walking intoPreparation that helps, rather than preparation that turns you into a script.Read →
- 05Be prepared. Still be yourself.You are assessing them as much as they are assessing you.Read →
- 06Say what you really thoughtHonest feedback, including the reservations, is more useful than politeness.Read →
- 07Look at the whole moveSalary is one line of it. Ask about the rest before you answer.Read →
- 08Finish well. Start well.How you leave tends to be remembered longer than you expect.Read →
You don’t have to apply just because you’re looking.
Restlessness is worth taking seriously, but it isn’t always a signal to hand in your notice. A few honest questions usually make the picture clearer.
- What specifically would you like to be different?
- Could any of that change where you are, if you asked?
- What would a new role need to offer for the move to be worth it?
- Are you moving towards something, or away from something?
If the answers point to staying, that is a perfectly good outcome. If they point to moving, you will start the search with a much clearer brief for yourself.
Your CV is where we start, not where we finish.
We would rather have a proper conversation than guess from two pages of history. Your CV is never sent to a business without your agreement, and we will only talk to you about roles that are genuinely relevant. We can’t promise to find everyone a role, but you will always know where things stand.