Influencing and Networking for Executives When you’re changing industries or need to learn about a new technology, product, or market, it can be helpful to meet with experts in that area. Asking for mentorship by industry leaders is an effective method of building your professional equity and of positioning you in ...

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Influencing and Networking for Executives

We’ve grown and changed! From Word Right to WestgateWe are pleased to announce the launch of our new corporate identity Westgate Executive Branding & Career Consulting.After more than eight years as Word Right, a boutique writing and HR consultancy, we’ve evolved into a full-service boutique executive branding and career consulting ...

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Westgate Announcement

Rather than Start Over, why not Redesign your Existing Job?The hidden job market – part 7You're an achiever. It's time to build on that achievement.You’re an achiever. You’ve always been excited by challenge and eager to get the job done. Your reputation states that in getting the job done, you’ve ...

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Redesign Your Existing Job

Tapping into the Hidden Job Market – Part 6Trying to envision our next step on the corporate ladder is daunting for most – especially when change is not necessarily what we wanted.When, in truth, change was foisted upon us. Being made redundant or laid off, even, being dismissed, makes climbing ...

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Discover an invisible job that’s perfect for you.

Tapping into The Hidden Job Market pt 5 “Don’t Do It!” is a phrase I seldom say – to adults, at any rate.People who know me professionally have described me as a positive person, encouraging in my approach, and optimistic in my outlook. But (and it’s a big but…) There is one subject ...

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Why Relying on Recruiters Solely is like Putting Your Eggs in One Basket

Tapping into the Hidden Job Market pt 4   I’m not a person who’s too quick to classify or categorize different types of people – although I readily accept that there are many types. I, myself, am one type and you, my reader, are another and so it goes. Some say ...

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Some Employment Opportunities are Created by Private Equity Firms and Venture Capitalists