Sarah Archer appears as a career expert for Guardian Careers and is the author of ‘Developing your Inner Coach’. Join us to discover the secrets of successful job interviews:

How to prepare for a job interview even after a career break

How to answer competency based questions effectively

How to make the CAR technique work for you

How to deal with the questions we all dread

How to cope with the inevitable nerves

How to make an impact (for the right reasons)

How and when to follow up

Very often the women that I talk to about their career strategy, they hadn't even thought about using LinkedIn until they started jobhunting. But actually there are SO many reasons to get active on LinkedIn even if you're not jobhunting because it's such a powerful networking platform. And the best time to start networking is BEFORE you need to network.

In this episode I share 5 powerful reasons why ambitious women need to use LinkedIn even when you are not jobhunting.

Many of the women that I often talk to or work with struggle to tame their inner critic. Those "You're not good enough" thoughts in your head. The fear of being 'found out'. 

Often these thoughts stop us from doing our best work and making a bigger impact at work so that we can take our career to the next level. 

Jess Baker is an independent Business Psychologist and Women's Leadership Coach. She gives us the inside scoop on how to manage our inner critic to feel more confident at work.

Expert CV writer Orla Cahill runs the CV Clinic.  In today's episode, you'll discover:

• The secrets to a successful CV

• How to target your CV for specific jobs

• The things you should never do on your CV

• The different types of CV and which works best in different situations 

• Specific tips for ambitious women who are returning to work after a period of absence e.g. a career break or redundancy

• Top tips if you are currently drafting a new CV.

Research from LinkedIn tells us that men and women present themselves differently on LinkedIn and this affects your promotion prospects. Sad to say, it's not to the advantage of ambitious women. 

Discover the three things you can do differently on your LinkedIn profile to improve your promotion prospects when you describe:

Your experience 

Your skills 

Your summary 

And then I'll tell you what else you need to do in the workplace to improve your promotion prospects.

Following last week's episode on beating burnout in the workplace, I realise that Christmas is often a time that pushes our stress levels to the max. Today independent consultant and coach, Val Stevenson, discusses how to survive Christmas without a crisis.

We explore:

How can we survive Christmas without a crisis?

How we can do something different but still keep the spirit of a family Christmas

Plus fabulous tips for keeping well at Christmas and enjoying ourselves.

In this episode I explore burnout in the workplace with Sarah Sparks. 

Sarah is an award winning Executive Coach, Speaker and Trainer who works with senior leaders in the Corporate World helping busy professionals have career success as well as health and wellbeing, and in particular helping them work differently so they avoid damaging stress and burn-out.

Together we discuss the signs of burnout, how to avoid burnout and whose responsibility it is to spot the signs in the workplace.

Last year I let the imposter syndrome get the better of me in the Life Coach of the Year Awards. This year I didn't. What happened next?

I was shortlisted in The Coaching Academy International Coaching Awards though I nearly talked myself out of it. But I beat the imposter syndrome and submitted the portfolio.

I was gutted then delighted to make Final 3 in the Life Coach of the Year Awards. I share the questions to ask yourself if you are experiencing the imposter syndrome.

Did you know that by the year 2020, it is estimated that one in three British workers will be over the age of 50? Menopause is going to become more and more prevalent in the workplace.

Julie Dennis is The Menopause Coach and works with organisations and individual women.

Discover:

• typical symptoms

• how to talk to your boss about the menopause

• what employers can do for their female talent

• how to reduce your symptoms

At this time of year, many women feel cross and frustrated because their plans to change job, go back to work or get promoted, have fallen by the wayside, and already it's November.

Instead of focusing on how little time you have left, focus on how much you can get done in the time available.

Join me to discover how you can nail it in November and get the career success that you deserve. I'll share the exact same strategies that I use myself and that I share with my one-to-one clients.