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Kirstin Burke

  • Workin’ 9 to 5 to make a livin… and every other minute on your startup

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | So many graduates and well established professionals are thinking about building portfolio careers, and this article provides some excellent advice. Portfolio careers are an ideal way of maintaining a regular income, keeping your CV and employment current as well as developing a career/business that you are passionate about, and…

  • The #1 Tip for Writing a Compelling, Makes-People-Want-to-Share-it Blog Post

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | Many of my students are now starting to see and understand the benefits of creating a blog, and how it can add value to their personal brand, as well as reaching out to a large audience. One of their concerns are the time investment in running a blog. Personally,…

  • Eight things we learned about standing out in a job interview

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | There is so much preparation you can do leading up to an interview or assessment centre, and for me it is all about feeling comfortable and confident with your supporting evidence. Start building your factual story board of experiences, and really getting to know them. That way you will…

  • What’s the secret of career happiness?

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | I am a great believer in reflecting on ‘you’, & your strengths – and that means thinking about your skill set, and your personality when you make a start on your job search. It’s not just about scrolling through lots of vacancies and applying, it is about asking yourself…

  • International Happiness Day | 20th March 2015

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | Happy Friday!! & Happy International Happiness Day!!  If there ever was a reason to smile, and add a little sparkle to your day as well as spreading a little bit of happiness to others, today is the day.  &, who knows you might want to make every day a happy…

  • How Pixar’s 22 rules of story help you write engaging client case studies

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | At Fullback and Friends we are huge Pixar fans, for their design work and storytelling, and this is an excellent article to help introducing Pixar in the business world.  How fun is working going to be now when you start working on your client story boards. http://www.creativeboom.co.uk/tips/how-pixars-22-rules-of-story-help-you-write-engaging-client-case-studies/

  • Do speculative cover letters work?

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | Speaking on behalf of undergraduates and graduates, seeking work experience, this could be in the form of an internship, paid and unpaid work experience, voluntary work and work-shadowing experience, the answer is YES!!  However, my comments come with a but…..your speculative cover letter will only produce successful results, if you take…

  • How to answer competency-based questions on job application forms

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | As most of my students know by now, I am such a big fan of the STAR process, and is an ideal application and interview tool to use to ensure that you clearly explain your answers, and that it provides an introduction (Situation), an overview (Tasks and Actions) and a…

  • Why should we hire you? How to answer the dreaded interview question

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | If you have invested quality time in your application (which should always include researching the employer), you will have alread started to build the foundations of your supporting evidence for these typical types of interveriew questions, before you have even heard back from the employer with an invite to interview.…

  • Chin up, head down: how to stay positive during your graduate job hunt

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | We are hitting that time of year in the academic calendar when our final year students start to hit the ‘Springtime Slump’ in their graduate job search.  The Autumn term is when our students are keen and eager, and pro-active with their job searches, and taking time out to network…