Hi everyone!

We have some amazing news to share - the Maximise Potential Podcast, which has been created and sponsored by the Award-Winning Recruitment Group, Jenrick, has been nominated for the European Podcast of the Year, in the business category.

Please can you show you support by voting (and rating) to give us the opportunity to win these prestigous awards:

If you are new to this website and have not yet listened to the podcast, please read on . . . . (more…)

We felt incredibly proud to see Kay White, featured on episode 14 of Maximise Potential, at the very Top of the Amazon best-seller lists, after the launch of her first book titled “The A - Z of being understood.”

Here is a brief synopsis of the book:

Are you an ambitious professional looking to make your next move? Do you want to build strong, profitable relationships with ease? Give me five minutes and I’ll tell you how to be an influential and savvy communicator.

Discover simple steps to dramatically increase the effectiveness of your communication so people are inspired to give you what you want. Find the ways and the words to engage and persuade people and make more lasting and profitable relationships, quickly and easily. Save time, money and energy as you go about your business.

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Below you will find some top tips to help maximise your career which you can also listen to on an exclusive careers podcast we recently created.

WHY?

• On average we receive 70 applications per role, most of which have the appropriate qualifications to do the job.
• However, Clients only want us to recommend the 3 very best for interview.
• As a result, we look for key differentiators in the CV. Something that makes a candidate stand out.
• The tips that I am discussing today are the types of things that will enable you to stand out from the crowd and gain the interviews you really want plus make yourself more visible within your existing company.

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“Now, what you should do is…” “Well, it’s obvious, you should do this, then you should do that and then you should tell them you’ve done it”.

Should do. What you should do and what you want to and actually do are often very different things. Even if the advice we’ve been given is spot on, the fact that we’ve been told we ‘should’ do it is often the very reason we don’t. So if that’s the reaction we have, it’s the reaction that others will have when we ‘should’ all over them. Hmmm.

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As you all know, Lee Burton of Jenrick Engineering won The Jenrick Experience, one of the more popular corporate wellbeing intiatives at Jenrick, as his lucky number was picked out of a hat.

Lee is a two-wheel petrolhead and has owned several motorbikes throughout the years. So he asked if he could go on a 3-day course / race experience where he will receive expert instructions and lessons before getting the opportunity to actually race on the circuits!

Lee Burton has just returned from the first part of his Jenrick Experience where he raced at Mallory Park and this is what he had to say about it:

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We just saw this very topical article on Reuters UK regarding the continuing growth of Facebook and it nicely complemented the interview Online Marketing Expert, Neil McCarthy, recently gave on the Maximise Potential Podcast.

For anyone still thinking that Facebook is a short-term fad and is only used by teenagers, please take a look at the article below . . .

Facebook overtook Microsoft websites in Britain for the first time last month, becoming the UK’s second-most popular after Google as people aged over 50 flocked to social networks, online measurement body UKOM/Nielsen said.

Facebook attracted a record 26.8 million visitors in Britain in May, up 7 percent year on year, beating the 26.2 million who visited Microsoft’s MSN/WindowsLive/Bing sites combined, the organization said on Monday. Google had 33.9 million. (more…)

It’s important to be able to be direct.  There are times when it’s crucial to be direct.  There you are, I’m being direct with you.  It’s got your attention, you know what I’m saying and it’s a key piece to being a clear, confident communicator.

We’ll start with the ‘Why’ of being direct first.  I’ll be direct with you.  I promise - and before we start, being direct is very different from being rude.  That’s the key.

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The voting poll has now closed for the ‘Helping Hand Initiative’, with voting reaching levels that we have never seen before.

In all, 892 votes were cast across the three worthy causes and we received in excess of 2,000 visits to the Jenrick Blog, since Tuesday. This clearly shows how passionate people have been about helping these excellent initiatives and how keen they have been to share the page links with others. Thank you all so much!

Congratulations go to Andy North, who won 50.9% of the votes, who will receive £1,000 from Jenrick to go towards his amazing fund raising efforts, which are explained in more detail below.

As part of the Jenrick Helping Hand Initiative, Kevin nominated Andy North who will now receive £1,000 from Jenrick to go towards his bid to raise £50,000 for Forces Children’s Trust and The Soldier’s Charity as he attempts to push his body to the absolute limit. (more…)

Hello everyone!

It is that time of year once again where we ask you all to make some very difficult decisions and choose one worthy cause to receive a minimum of £1,000 from Jenrick’s Helping Hand Initiative.

On this occasion we have three nominations which are highlighted below (just click on the links to read the full article): (more…)

“WHAT IS YOUR HELPING HAND IDEA / INITIATIVE”

Right, here goes, I have agreed to go and stay overnight in a haunted gaol in Derby, (yes a la “most haunted”) to raise money for a charity called Rainbows.

• www.rainbows.co.uk

I am one of 15 mothers from my son Rafe’s school who are taking part, the aim is to add to the pot of a year of fundraising for the Charity, we have a variety of fundraisers, ranging from people who are running marathons, walking the breath of the country and sitting in baths of baked beans (yes really) and this is my personal input (along with donating money personally and also being on the committee that is organizing all of this)

I have to stress that this might not sound a big deal but when you have a fear of the paranormal like mine, you would understand that this is quite a big deal!!

Honestly I would rather free fall from an airplane at 30,000 feet than take part in this, but this is the activity that needs the most people to do it, so doing it I am.

Still I suppose if I return possessed at least that will give reason to my general demeanor!! (more…)