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Finding a new job or taking on a new career often features at the top of a new year's resolution list. Many of us vow to start the New Year with a fresh challenge that provides us with a high level of job satisfaction and the chance to learn new skills. But people that simply move from job to job often find the cycle repeats itself after any given number of years and yet again they find themselves looking for a new role that offers those fresh career challenges.

It isn't easy to take a step back and really analyse your career aspirations and how you might get there. Career management is more than just finding a new job, it's about having the determination to realise your full potential by ascertaining your key skills sets and how they will be effectively utilised.

More than just careers advisers, Sprint Outplacement works with clients as individuals in order to tailor a career management service according to their career objectives. The career management team take time to really understand your career history to date, your strengths and weaknesses, your aspirations and goals for the future, your learning and need for continuous improvement and, above all, what career path would suit you best. They then work together with you to devise an action plan of how the key findings can be put into practice for the benefit of your career development.

If your career needs some attention this new year - and beyond - or you feel like you're stuck in a rut, talk to the team today. Telephone 0121 308 7193 or email info@sprintoutplacement.co.uk.

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Some of the hardest interview questions to answer are competency based.
Questions targeting a specific skill or competency used within the working environment.
Try and develop answers using the "STAR" method.
Situation: give an example of a situation you were involved in that resulted in a positive outcome.
Task: describe the tasks involved in that situation.
Action: talk about the various actions involved in the situation’s task.
Results: what positive results directly followed because of your actions.
Selecting key examples to use during an interview can pay dividends and convince the interviewer you really are an achiever!

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“Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny. Anon”