The Career Lounge with Ada Offonry Ada Offonry

I have taken a few career sabbaticals and I often get many questions about this. 

How did you get your employer to agree to your time off?
How expensive was it?
How did you decide on where to go?
What where the benefits?

In this week's episode I dive into key areas to plan for if you are considering a career sabbatical and provide a number of career sabbatical options.

If we are not connected already, let's connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Clubhouse, and Twitter  - @adaoffonry on all platforms. Also check out www.adaoffonry.com for more tips and to book a career audit.

So you have listened to the previous podcast episode and now have a fantastic LinkedIn profile that is generating more views and messages. What do you do next?

In the episode, I break down the necessary steps you need to take in order to ensure that you are maximizing your networking capabilities on LinkedIn.

Many of my clients have on to secure interviews, job offers and other career enhancing opportunities as a result of performing the actions I have talked about in this episode.

If we are not connected already, let's connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Clubhouse, and Twitter  - @adaoffonry on all platforms. Also check out www.adaoffonry.com for more tips and to book career transition sessions.

LinkedIn is a vital tool for many aspects of business. It now has over 740 million users worldwide, with over 40% of those members logging in regularly.

Whether or not you are considering a job or career transition, taking the time to create and effective and attention grabbing LinkedIn profile is now as important as creating a great resume.

In this week's episode, I dive deeper into what you need in order to create a great LinkedIn profile that will facilitate more opportunities during your job search.

If we are not connected already, let's connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Clubhouse, and Twitter  - @adaoffonry on all platforms. Also check out www.adaoffonry.com for more tips and to book career transition sessions.

Are you one of those people who is caught in the cycle of busyness? 

You have so much on your plate to work through each day but realize that you are not advancing your career or life as fast as you would like? 

Ever considered the concept of pruning aspects of your work and life in order to accelerate your progress?

In today's episode I discuss;

Why it is important to prune your career and life
Specific areas to consider pruning 
How to prune successfully

For more information about my coaching program, Career Moves, please go to www.adaoffonry.com to schedule a 15 min career audit. 

You can also join me on Clubhouse every Wednesday at 6pm GMT in "The Career Pivot" room discussing pivot strategies for professionals during the pandemic.

Let's stay in touch via LinkedIn and Instagram - @adaoffonry

In celebration of international women's day, I discuss some women I admire who are doing some amazing things in the workplace. 

The reality is that despite the advancements made by women in the workplace to date, there is a long way to go.

So what can organisations do to ensure that 

1) they are not loosing talented women from the workforce
2) they grow the leadership pipeline for women

I discuss some solutions to these and more in this week's episode.

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Let's stay connected. You can follow me on LinkedIn, Clubhouse and Instagram - @adaoffonry.

For more information about my services, you can book a free consultation at www.adaoffonry.com

If you are wandering why you do not currently have as many interviews as you would like despite being very qualified for the roles that you are applying for, it could be down to some very simple mistakes that you are making on your CV. 

In today's episode of The Career Lounge, I will walk you through the key mistakes to avoid in order to ensure that your CV is attention grabbing and successfully results in more interviews.

For more information about this episode and to book a career audit, please go to www.adaoffonry.com. 

To stay in touch, follow me on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and Clubhouse - @adaofffonry.

To discuss entry into my flagship program, "Career Moves", please email info@adaoffonry.com