Books

  • Find Work at 50+, Trotman Publishing, March 2016
  • Fat to Fantastic, Brook House Press, January 2012
  • How to Get A Job In A Recession, 2nd Edition, Brook House Press, October 2011. eBook versions also available
  • Now You’ve Been Shortlisted, Harriman House, February 2010 eBook versions also available
  • Winning Interview Answers for First Time Job Hunters, Trotman Publishing, October 2009
  • How To Get A Job In A Recession, Brook House Press, March 2009
  • 17th Century Wedding Customs, Stuart Press, 1997
  • The Welfare Service Guide to Maternity Rights and Benefits – I wrote this back in March 1988 for The Post Office, and a copy was given to all pregnant employees. I received great feedback, and it was very useful.

I am also a contributing author to the book, Business Model You, by Tim Clark, currently printed in seven languages.

eBooks

  1. Career Planning eBook written for Jobs.ac.uk
  2. LinkedIn For Small Business Owners eBook
  3. How to Use LinkedIn To Find A New Job eBook
  4. Create a CV eBook
  5. Get a System eBook
  6. Interviews eBook
  7. Traditional Job Search eBook
  8. Accessing the Hidden Job Market eBook
  9. Networking for Career Success eBook
  10. Informational Interviews eBook
  11. Work Environment eBook
  12. The Telephone Interview eBook
  13. 10 Steps to a Job you Love eBook

Articles

  • Article published in the journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling (NICEC), Issue 30, March 2013
  • Tools of the Trade – the Thomas Kilmann in Training Journal, October 2009
  • The Challenge of Career Guidance in a Recession, Career Guidance Today, page 1 and page 2 June 2009
  • A Career Assessment programme used in private practice, published in Assessment Matters, The National Journal of Vocational Assessment, Issue 20, Autumn 2004
  • “The Royal Mail approach to Self-Assessment” published in the TQM Magazine, April 1997
  • “The Managerial Plateau: What helps in developing careers” published in the International Journal of Career Management, April 1994

 

Plus regularly featured in magazines and online sites including The Apprentice Magazine, Top Sante, Cotswold Life and Personnel Today.

 

Talks and Conference Papers

  • Personal Branding, talk at the Career Development Institute Annual conference, November 2013
  • Social Media and Job Search, Bath University, May 2013
  • Social Media and Job Search, Bath University, June 2012
  • Psychometric tests – Tools of the devil or an effective addition for careers guidance at ICG Career Guidance Conference, November 2009
  • KEY NOTE SPEAKER: How to get a job in a recession at Adult Skills, Earl Court, October 2009
  • How to get a job in a recession to the ACPI Wales and West Chapter in Bristol, October 2009
  • Working for yourself, should you set up in private practice – Institute of Career Guidance Conference, Cardiff, November 2008
  • Shifting boundaries, panel member at The Changing Face of Career Management Conference Peckforton Castle, Cheshire, October 2008
  • Moving on with your MBA– Open University Business School, Bath University Business School, March 2007
  • Redundancy  Counselling in Royal Mail – BPS Counselling Psychology Conference, Birmingham, May 1992
  • Coping with Change at Work – at the Association for Counselling at Work Conference, London, May 1993

 

Plus many career articles in newspapers and magazines.