Working In Professional Services
About a Career in Professional Services?
"Be clear about what you want to achieve and speak up!
Your career is your responsibility."
Your career in their hands started as a conversation here at Seldon Gill. We were discussing whether it's possible for people to influence their own careers and, if so, do people really take the time to plan it thoroughly?
Often we are so consumed at work by doing our job that when it comes to planning our next career move we leave too much to chance. If you were buying a house would you take the first one you saw or would you write a list that focused on the area you want to live in, the size of house, the number of bedrooms and so on? Should your career be any different?
Our aim for this workbook is to help you to help us. We want to place people in jobs that they truly want to be in, that make a positive impact on their career development and that satisfy their intellectual, social and financial aspirations. By helping you to focus everybody wins!
To offer you the best advice possible we have combined our knowledge of the recruitment process with that of the people doing the hiring. We asked the direct questions to today's Heads of Marketing about what they look for in their marketing teams. Questions covered everything from skill-sets and personal experience, to work history, academics and extra-curricular activities.
As a result, we are able to offer you a guide to managing your career in the form of this practical workbook.
This workbook is not meant to overwhelm you - it doesn't contain one psychometric test or IQ chart! Instead we have pulled together all the recurring themes that have emerged from surveying Heads of Marketing to form a review of what they would tell you if they were in the room.
From start to finish, Your career in their hands guides you through the whole process… from creating your resume, to the interview process, how to package/present yourself and what skills to build on. In short, what constitutes a perfect professional services marketer.
Enjoy the read and good luck in your career!
Click here to open the "Your career in their hands" document
