Jobs & career prompts (page 6)
Help with jobs and people: rewrite your CV for a role, prepare for an interview, write a fair job advert, and handle the awkward conversations with staff or a manager.
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Plan for an employee's maternity leave and cover
A member of your small team has told you they're pregnant. Congratulate them properly, understand the steps and dates from GOV.UK, and plan cover without panic.
Plan your next year of career growth and learning
You're not sure where your career is going next. Get a direction for the year, three goals, a learning plan that fits your week, and people to talk to.
Plan your return from maternity or parental leave
Going back after a year with a baby is a huge change. Get a plan for keeping in touch days, a flexible working request if you need one, and the first weeks back.
Plan your return to work after time off sick
You're going back after weeks or months off and you're dreading day one. Get a phased return plan to suggest, a meeting checklist and what to tell colleagues.
Practise a conversation in another language
You freeze when it's your turn to speak. Get a role-play dialogue you can rehearse, with corrections after.
Practise a job interview out loud with a voice assistant
Reading answers in your head isn't the same as saying them. Get a realistic spoken mock interview for the actual job, with feedback after each answer.
Practise for an oral exam or speaking test
The speaking test scares you more than the paper. Get practice questions and feedback on your answers.
Prepare a difficult conversation
What to say, what not to say, and how to keep it about the work.
Prepare a presentation for school or uni
Slides are due and the structure is mush. Get an outline, slide plan and speaking notes.
Prepare for a disciplinary meeting
You've been invited to a disciplinary meeting and your stomach has dropped. Get your side in order, the questions to ask and what to read on Acas first.
Prepare for a disciplinary meeting fairly
Something serious has happened, or the same problem keeps coming back. Get the Acas process in plain words, a meeting plan and the letters to check, so you're fair and consistent.
Prepare for a driving theory or practical test
Your test is soon and revision is scattered. Get a plan and common mistakes to avoid — official materials still win.
Prepare for a panel interview or assessment centre
A full day of group tasks, a presentation and a panel. Get a plan for each part, what they're scoring and how to stand out without taking over.
Prepare for a redundancy consultation meeting
You've been told your role is at risk and the meeting is in two days. Get the questions to ask, the things to check and a page to take notes on.
Prepare for a test with practice questions
The test is soon and rereading isn't enough. Get practice questions from your syllabus notes.
Prepare for an exit interview: honest but safe
HR wants to know why you're leaving. Get three useful points to share, the ones to keep to yourself, and how to say it without burning bridges.
Prepare for your performance review so it goes your way
Your annual review is next week and you can't remember what you did in March. Get your year on one page, what to ask for and how to handle criticism.
Prepare for your probation review
Your probation review is next week and you're not sure how it's going. Get your evidence on one page, questions to ask and what to do if there are concerns.
Prepare smart questions to ask an expert
You're meeting someone who knows the field and your mind goes blank. Get questions that unlock useful answers.
Prepare to manage people for the first time
You've been promoted and now your old colleagues report to you. Get a first-month plan, scripts for the awkward bits and a one-to-one template.
Push back on an impossible deadline or extra work without looking unhelpful
Your manager drops another 'quick job' on you, or a deadline that can't be met. Get a reply that says what's possible and makes them choose, not you.
Quiz yourself on a topic you're revising
Reading notes isn't the same as knowing them. Get a short quiz from your notes, then mark it.
Raise a concern at work without making it worse
Something's wrong, but you're worried raising it will backfire. Get a calm plan: what to say informally first, what to write down, and where to go next.
Rehearse a tough conversation with your boss out loud
Pay, workload, a complaint, a no. Practise the real conversation with an assistant playing your boss, so you've heard the hard replies before you're in the room.
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