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Ask a Recruiter: “Can you give me any tips on tailoring my CV to different job applications, especially for ones outside the sector I work in now?”
- 31 Mar 2020
“Can you give me any tips on tailoring my CV to different job applications, especially for ones outside the sector I work in now?”
Ask a Recruiter: "I’ve worked in OSH posts in the service sector for 10 years but would like to shift to construction in the next two or three years. What can I do to make myself a credible candidate?”
- 31 Mar 2020
I find many of the most successful and happiest candidates I work with are those who have practised health and safety in different industries.
Ask a Recruiter: “I have been told I’m going to have to complete a psychometric test. What is it and is there any way I can prepare?”
- 31 Mar 2020
If you haven’t been asked to complete a psychometric test before the first thing to say is that there really is no need to worry.
CPD Stars: Shermin Shali Tech IOSH
- 31 Mar 2020
Shermin Shali Tech IOSH is occupational health, safety and environment (OHSE) manager at Tebodin in the Middle East (UAE). She says CPD has played a crucial role in progressing her career to date.
CPD Stars: Professional development opportunities are all around you, says Joshua Rice CFIOSH, chair of the IOSH Hazardous Industries Group.
- 31 Mar 2020
As a safety professional, like any professional, I need to keep my skills and knowledge up to date and aligned to current regulations, understanding, and better practices to ensure I give correct, accurate, relevant, and timely advice to my employer regarding safety matters.
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Leadership insight: Clive Johnson, group head of health and safety at Land Securities
- 31 Mar 2020
Johnson has a small team of direct reports and very definite ideas about how to manage them.
Leadership insight: Emily Ramsay, head of safety, health and environment at the Forestry Commission
- 31 Mar 2020
Leadership insight: Emily Ramsay, head of safety, health and environment at the Forestry Commission
Ask a Recruiter: “I’ve been working in an OSH role in the UK for 10 years and am considering a move to New Zealand. Could you advise on what I need to do?”
- 31 Mar 2020
“I’ve been working in an OSH role in the UK for 10 years and am considering a move to New Zealand. Could you advise on what I need to do?”
Ask A Recruiter: I suffer badly from interview nerves. Is there anything I can do to reduce them?
- 31 Mar 2020
First and foremost, we all suffer from interview nerves, there is nothing wrong with this. It demonstrates that you are passionate about the role you’re going for and care about the outcome of the interview.
Leadership Insight: Cormac Gilligan, vice president at PepsiCo
- 19 Oct 2018
Cormac Gilligan admits that one of the most important qualities he’s had to develop to be an effective leader is his “soft skills”.
CPD Stars: Ensuring CPD is up-to-date is a simple but vital task which brings huge rewards
- 13 Sep 2018
The new postcards that IOSH introduced last year to help members with logging their CPD have been a great help for me.
Leadership insight: Dr Sayeed Khan, chief medical adviser, EEF
- 11 Sep 2018
Dr Sayeed Khan says that good leaders are made through a combination of nature and nurture.
Leadership Insight: Bill Gunnyeon, chair of trustees, IOSH
- 4 Sep 2018
Bill Gunnyeon has spent most of his career in senior management posts and says that setting a clear direction is critical.
Leadership insight: Dominic Wigley, group health, safety and security director, Merlin Entertainments
- 8 Aug 2018
Good talent management as key to successful safety leadership at any time
Leadership insight: Lucy Fell, health, safety and wellbeing director, Highways England
- 26 Jul 2018
Fell says that the most important characteristic of a safety and health leader is to have a lot of empathy for people who do the job.
Leadership insight: Dermot Dolan, Global EHS director, systems and audit, Pfizer
- 4 Jul 2018
Moving to a leadership post in a global company was the biggest challenge Dolan has faced professionally.
Ask a Recruiter: What are competency-based interview questions and how should I prepare for them?
- 22 Jun 2018
What are competency-based interview questions and how should I prepare for them?
