I haven’t written my blog as frequently last week - I’m in a busy period with clients and although I can get a lot done in a day, there is a time where I need to minimise the other things I do. 

It’s been an interesting week with clients, two have successfully gained the jobs they sought despite immense competition, others are happy to be finding out more about themselves and then there has been the unusual requests!

I offer interview coaching sessions as part of my career coaching practice, helping people to sell themselves in the best possible light, knowing how to give the most relevant answers to questions and to shine through asking effective questions at the end of the interview. Sometimes it is about boosting someone’s self confidence that they could get the job. 

On Friday I got a request from someone who wanted me to write his presentation for his final interview and he even sent me his brief! He said he was too busy to do this. I was a bit amazed by the request, but see it in the same category as people who want to get someone else to write their essay at university, and there are people out there willing to pay and others glad of the money.

What I could have done was help him to understand the question and use his knowledge to good effect, but he didn’t seem to want to put any effort into it himself. 

Imagine if I had done it - how would he have responded to questions by the interviewing panel, and, as the presentation was highly related to his job what would then happen if he failed to deliver?