John Lees has been involved in the training and developing of recruitment specialists since the mid 1980s, from both public and private sectors. He undertook an advisory role to the RN careers service, and has provided help for Army personnel beginning civilian careers. He was Chief Executive of the Institute of Employment Consultants (IEC) until 1993 when he left to become a Director of TGA, an employment research and careers advisory company. In 1999 he decided to go it alone and now runs his own human resources consultancy, specialising in career management and developing new tools to help with difficult career change decisions. John writes and speaks widely, and amongst his regular commitments acts as an online careers guru for lifebyte.com. John is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (FCIPD) and Fellow of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (FREC).

• Get a job I love? Get real.Barriers and blocksGetting more out of workFirst steps towards a new career dealThinking around cornersYour career driversCelebrating your skillsYour House of KnowledgePersonality FitIdentifying work that feels worth doingHow do I change career?Exploring different ways of workingSmarter job searchingHunting and connecting onlineOrganised discovery: how people will move you forwardGetting better results at interviewLooking for work after finishing study

John Lees has been involved in the training and developing of recruitment specialists since the mid 1980s, from both public and private sectors. He undertook an advisory role to the RN careers service, and has provided help for Army personnel beginning civilian careers. He was Chief Executive of the Institute of Employment Consultants (IEC) until 1993 when he left to become a Director of TGA, an employment research and careers advisory company. In 1999 he decided to go it alone and now runs his own human resources consultancy, specialising in career management and developing new tools to help with difficult career change decisions. John writes and speaks widely, and amongst his regular commitments acts as an online careers guru for lifebyte.com. John is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (FCIPD) and Fellow of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (FREC).

• Get a job I love? Get real.Barriers and blocksGetting more out of workFirst steps towards a new career dealThinking around cornersYour career driversCelebrating your skillsYour House of KnowledgePersonality FitIdentifying work that feels worth doingHow do I change career?Exploring different ways of workingSmarter job searchingHunting and connecting onlineOrganised discovery: how people will move you forwardGetting better results at interviewLooking for work after finishing study

John Lees has been involved in the training and developing of recruitment specialists since the mid 1980s, from both public and private sectors. He undertook an advisory role to the RN careers service, and has provided help for Army personnel beginning civilian careers. He was Chief Executive of the Institute of Employment Consultants (IEC) until 1993 when he left to become a Director of TGA, an employment research and careers advisory company. In 1999 he decided to go it alone and now runs his own human resources consultancy, specialising in career management and developing new tools to help with difficult career change decisions. John writes and speaks widely, and amongst his regular commitments acts as an online careers guru for lifebyte.com. John is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (FCIPD) and Fellow of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (FREC).

• Get a job I love? Get real.Barriers and blocksGetting more out of workFirst steps towards a new career dealThinking around cornersYour career driversCelebrating your skillsYour House of KnowledgePersonality FitIdentifying work that feels worth doingHow do I change career?Exploring different ways of workingSmarter job searchingHunting and connecting onlineOrganised discovery: how people will move you forwardGetting better results at interviewLooking for work after finishing study