Motivation and confidence

Tapping into Your Support Network is Key to Getting Your Next Job

During our first meeting, “Tom” sat across from me looking sad and dejected. Everything about his demeanour indicated a lack of confidence. Once I had his trust, he told me that he’d been avoiding his friends and family for the previous six months, because he was ashamed of being unemployed. As an ex-footballer who was […]

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How Positive Psychology Can Give you an Edge in Today’s Job Market

Whether you have first-hand experience of unemployment or have supported someone through it, you know the devastating impact that being out of work can have on mental health and well-being. Work offers us a reason to get up every morning, an opportunity to interact with our colleagues, and gives structure to our days. It provides

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Unemployment rate in Switzerland: still too old to work at 50?

25th May 2018 was the day the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect. I’m not sure about you, but I have never received so many emails in my inbox on one day to review privacy policies or informing that I could unsubscribe from newsletters. In fact, the deadline came and went and

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Retirement from Sport: Bow out like Beckham

With the end of the football season just around the corner, some footballers will be thinking seriously about retirement. Perhaps their contract is not going to be renewed, age is catching up with them or they just know that the time is right to hang up their boots for good. Retirement from sport is challenging

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