Articles by Proteus Consultancy Ltd
Job Search, Career Advice, Career Coaching

Complacency: the job seekers’ nightmare.

“Complacency” is a self-defeating attitude that entices the job seeker into a false sense of security, thinking…
Career Advice, Career Review, Career Objectives

Several self evident career truths.

If you don’t look after your career, your career won’t look after you. On the other hand, if you take good care of your…
Career Advice, Career Coaching, Career Mentoring

Keep on keeping on!

Barack Obama said, “If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make…
Career Advice, Career Planning, Career Mentoring

A reason to review your career.

If you carry on doing what you are doing in your career, what is your best guess as to where you will finish up?…
Interview Advice, Interview Skills

Self-debriefing after every interview.

We’ve all heard the old cliche about mistakes being learning opportunities, but there is a great element of truth in it…
Career Planning, Career Mentoring

Stepping stones to success.

Building a solid and stable dry stone wall with only very large stones and no smaller ones to fill in the gaps is nigh…
Attitude, Golden Rule, Platinum Rule

Why do people quit their jobs?

On November 7th 2018, Kununu published a blog about the 16 most common reasons why people quit their jobs. I've only…
Attitude, Job Search, Career Mentoring

The job seeker's attitude.

The professional job seeker needs to be proactive in seeking out and chasing the right opportunities. If you are…
Job Search, Career Advice, Job applications

A job seekers tale and its corollary.

Client: “I found a really great job advertised on one of the job boards last weekend: it’s absolutely made for me and…
Career Advice, Career Planning, Career Mentoring

A success characteristic for your career.

During your life you will create numerous personal “works of art”. Many of them will be very public and shared by those…
Career Coaching, Career Mentoring

My take on Epictetus.

Epictetus claimed, “It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” Lou Holtz's take on it was,…
Attitude, Moral Values, Career Mentoring

The link between success and moral values.

Do you want to be successful? What are your personal moral values? There are dozens of types of success to which people…