28 Aug 2026

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Why Most Senior Roles Are Never Advertised (And How to Find Them) If you are a mid-to-senior professional applying for roles on LinkedIn, Indeed, or adjacent job sites, you are competing in a market that was engineered for high volume, low efficiency, and diminishing returns. It's assumed that available vacancies are posted online, processed by HR, and awarded to the best applicati...
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01 Aug 2026

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Why A Career Change Consultant May be Right For You: The Math  Many people think of their careers purely from a succession of titles point of view; but instead, let’s look at your career through a purely financial lens in terms of it being an asset.  Over a 35-year working life, a mid-to-senior professional will manage anywhere between £2.5 million and £5 million in earnings. And yet...
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30 Jul 2026

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Decision Fatigue: Why Scrolling Job Boards Is Costing You More Than Just Time  When many professionals decide it is time for a career change, their immediate instinct is to begin with brute force. They log on after a long workday, open a dozen browser tabs and spend countless hours scrolling through job boards. Now, it may feel productive, but in reality, it’s a recipe for mental burnou...
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22 Jul 2026

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What is a Coffee Chat? Tools to Network and Get a Job Coffee chatting is a form of networking. How can it help you build your connections and get a job? With the rise of mass job applications and AI resume reviewing, it's become all the more important to get yourself in front of a hiring manager from more angles than just your application. According to CNBC, 70% of jobs are nev...
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03 Jul 2024

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Throughout history, people have categorized people based on averages. These averages could be anything from height, weight, race, religion, sexuality, and other characteristics. Normal is supposed to be the most common attribute based on the variety of results. Essentially, the average is the norm, but what is normal?  Normal is merely a concept. Normal is differences, flaws, and uniq...
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11 Apr 2024

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Studying can be difficult and boring, but studying is a part of life. Whether you are a student or surgeon, you will have to study. As a result, we wanted to share some scientifically proven tricks to help you ace your next exam (whatever that may be)!  Flashcards - by testing yourself with flashcards you are forcing your brain to remember and you begin strengthening your long term ...
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21 Mar 2024

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Who do you want to be? Are you the person you were five years ago? Are you the person you were yesterday? What about the you of tomorrow? Or you in twenty years? Philosophers and people alike have been asking this question for centuries, and I am not here to provide an answer. I am here to ask a question. Who do you want to be? Your idea of self is constantly changing. Don't belie...
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23 Jan 2024

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Recently, tests measuring success were administered to kids and adults alike. One test was for cadets who attended West Point Military Academy to see who would stay and leave the army. Another was a national spelling bee to see which children were more likely to win. One test was for rookie teachers teaching in rough neighborhoods to see who would continue teaching and who would leave by...
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28 Nov 2023

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Judgment, predictions, and decisions are, more often than not, dependent on mindset. That said, if you believe in something you are more likely to believe in facts that support your beliefs and see opposing points of view/ideas as an attack on your opinion. You want to defend your beliefs even when there is disputing evidence. This is called the Soldier's Mindset, and it is not helpful. ...
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26 Mar 2021

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We have put together a list of 147 global free courses, and now is a great time to be upskilling. These free courses range from learning Chinese to Gene Testing to Supply Chain Sustainability to Artificial intelligence for Healthcare to Cyber Security to Screenwriting, and a lot more – something for everyone. Follow the link http://eepurl.com/geUZeb to get access. We hope you enjoy...
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05 Mar 2021

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In the wake of Covid we have found that we are regularly being asked, by our candidates, whether they should look at interim roles – aka temping. There are many benefits to temping, particularly in the current market, we have put our heads together and outlined just a few below… Filling the gaps in your CV – it is expected that Covid will be responsible for approximately 2.2 mill...
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23 Feb 2021

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Following on from our blog last week, Britain’s 100 private companies with the fastest-growing sales over their latest three years, we are thrilled to share an article with you published by the BBC over the weekend: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56149661 The BBC research has discovered that more than half of UK employers intend to recruit staff in the next three months. Appro...
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09 Feb 2021

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Covid-19 has had a devastating effect for many employees, explaining gaps in our CVs can be a worrying time without the added difficulty of the current employment market. At the latest count approximately 1.72 million people are looking for work, from our experience being upfront and honest about the gaps on your CV is always best. When explaining your CV to potential employers you contr...
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05 Feb 2021

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I have to admit straight out that I am a huge fan of Malcolm Gladwell. I’ve read a number of his other books including “Blink”, “Outliers” and “David and Goliath” and I thoroughly enjoyed “The Tipping Point” on a number of levels, with a lot to reflect on for myself and people I work with. Some things that really stuck out for me were: “Emotion is contagious” – something perhaps ...
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02 Feb 2021

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As we move into a new month and further into the new year it so important to maintain a realistic and structured routine (where possible). As the lines between work and home become blurred, we have compiled our top tips to ensuring you stay positive during this time. Structure your day We are creatures of habit – breaking the day up into manageable chunks enables us to focus. Struc...
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29 Jan 2021

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We have made it to the end of January! It may have been a challenge at times but we got there. Looking back at the month we wanted to share with you: Shane Rodgers article, 7 Ways to Reboot Yourself for 2021. As we move into February, the feeling of growing confidence is palpable and Rodgers article is an excellent pick me up for mental and digital health, through his discussion of: ...
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26 Jan 2021

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January is a long month, particularly under the current circumstances, but with only a week to go – lets finish the month on a good note! Here is an article from REC (Recruitment & Employment Confederation), running through the latest statistics on employment numbers and it is good news! From this market analysis we can see that  IT & Computing, Nursing, Medical and Care hirin...
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19 Jan 2021

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In our blog last week on Ghosting, we briefly discussed the move from face-to-face interviews to virtual interviews. This week we wanted to dive deeper into ‘The Art of the Virtual Interview’, naturally we are all used to the initial face-to-face first impression. Covid has undoubtedly altered the hiring process, in this difficult market it is essential that interviewees are able to navi...
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15 Jan 2021

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18-07 Careers training helped define my personal values, standards, motivations and to understand why those things were important to a career, and ultimately to secure the right role. I have had a career in UK government, NATO and technology sales (ICT infrastructure to Machine Learning). My career has taken me abroad, working with international colleagues and onto interesting project...
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12 Jan 2021

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Much like in dating, ghosting in the recruitment world involves candidates being left hanging by hiring managers after the application process. The term ‘Ghosting’ does not apply to roles that you have sent your CV in for and not heard back, sadly this is a common scenario and it tends to be that the Recruiter/ Hiring Manager has been overwhelmed with advert response. ‘Ghosting’ appli...
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08 Jan 2021

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We are very excited to announce the launch of the 18-07 book club! This will be a monthly review of our current favourite or debate inducing read, our recommended reads will be focused towards career development. We are kicking off the first book club with a truly impressive read, we tore through it in a couple of days and would highly recommend reading, Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In. On ...
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05 Jan 2021

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Happy New Year! We hope you had a healthy and safe Christmas. A New Year means new resolutions, with Christmas being different this year it gave us more time than usual to revaluate and take stock. On average we spend 84,365 hours of our lifespan at work – needless to say it is important to enjoy what you do! A job search requires a strategy, similar to moving house it does not hap...
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27 Dec 2020

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Firstly, we hope you had a very happy Christmas – we appreciate that this year has been difficult and we are very much looking forward to bringing in the New Year. On that note, we have a date for your diary, on Saturday 23rd January 2021 9.30 – 11.30 am we will be running our next Virtual Career Transition Workshop for Teachers with Did Teach (https://www.didteach.com/virtual-career-tra...
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18 Dec 2020

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It would be all too easy to focus on the negatives 2020 has presented us all in one way or the other but here at 18-07 we want to celebrate what 2020 has achieved. For those who have been brave and sought to make a change we congratulate you. We are proud to say that, since we started three years ago, we have helped over 200 people. 84% of those we have helped have secured a new ro...
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15 Dec 2020

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Many of us reconcile ourselves to the belief that at some point in life we need to let go of the dreams and aspirations we had and accept that life’s trajectory has led us to where we are, like it or not, and that it’s too late to change now. Simply put, that’s not true. In your 40s reflecting that the 6 year old you wanted to be a dinosaur or an astronaut should bring a smile to your...
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09 Dec 2020

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The Damage, Explained In the time of Covid19 using our devices effectively, rather than passive scrolling, is crucial. We are accessible 24/7 and spending less time away from our tech. The temptation to reach for our phones and scroll through our social channels when we hit ‘a wall’ is strong. Whereas, if we were in the office, we would be able to bounce ideas amongst the team. In a ...
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20 Oct 2020

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Are you sure you’re not just procrastinating? We all do it. Some more artfully than others. We can be aware of when we’re doing it and most of the time it relates to something so trivial it doesn’t really matter. There are many things that can simply wait until we are in a better frame of mind to do them. Sometimes we’d like to procrastinate longer but we’ve simply run out of time. Th...
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29 May 2020

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The term Headhunter is subject to many differing interpretations. I should start by saying that no, we don’t shrink heads and we definitely don’t kill people for money. Yes, I’ve been asked both. Headhunting is a specific type of recruitment that is arguably more about quality than quantity. It is not volume recruitment or large numbers of suitable candidates. It’s about focused searc...
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21 Apr 2020

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In times of crisis it serves best to not only count our blessings but also dig deep and look for the opportunities a challenging circumstance presents.  All of us are facing, in different ways, changes and challenges to our normal. Here is a tick list of some points to remember when making the most of lockdown: Network building Reconnect with your network – remind people you...
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