HR Coffee Time

If you're dreading having to answer negative interview questions, don't worry this episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help. Career coach, Fay Wallis talks you through the 3 main negative interview questions you need to get ready for. You'll learn how to hit the right note when answering, "What are your weaknesses?", "Why do you want to leave your job?" and questions about times you have failed a...

Competency-based interviews are the most popular type of interview used by organisations in the UK. If you have a job interview coming up, this episode will help you find out whether you’ll be asked competency-based questions, which competencies you’ll be assessed against and how to impress in the interview to get the job. This is the second in a mini-series of episodes to help you sail through yo...

Do you have an upcoming job interview for a new role, but rather than be excited about the new possibilities, you are already feeling worried, nervous, and underprepared? In this episode of HR Coffee Time, Career Coach Fay Wallis shares 7 tips that will help to prepare you and boost your confidence, both before and during your interview. It's the first in a series of episodes to help you sail thro...

It can be hard to know what to say or do when a colleague passes away or experiences the loss of someone close to them. Unfortunately, bereavement is a fact of life and something that you’ll have to support your colleagues within your role as an HR and People professional. However, it’s likely that you’ve never been given any training to support you with this. So, this episode of HR Coffee Time is...

Discovering your values can help your career in a huge variety of ways... Not sure whether to change career because you hate your job? - Understanding your values can help you figure out whether you’re unhappy because of a values clash at work, or if a complete career change could be best. Experiencing friction with someone else at work? - Knowing more about your values can help you pinpoint wheth...

Do you find yourself with your head in a good book most days? Perhaps you have a bookshelf filled with all different genres but always looking for more recommendations to add to your collection? As World Book Lovers Day is fast approaching, on this week’s episode of HR Coffee Time, Career Coach Fay Wallis shares her top three book recommendations. Disclosure: the book links below are affiliate lin...

Have you ever woken up with the best intentions to prioritise a piece of work or project you are working on that will help accelerate your HR career, but after yet another busy day you still haven’t made the progress you set out to complete? This episode of HR Coffee time is here to help, as Career Coach, Fay Wallis shares six practical tips to help stop you from procrastinating and to make sure y...

Are you aspiring to work in a senior HR role, or perhaps you have already reached this level and would like to work on your influencing skills? In this episode of HR Coffee Time Career Coach, Fay Wallis shares how incorporating the six principles of persuasion can help to influence across your entire organisation. Key Points From This Episode [02:07] The importance of being strategic in a senior H...

Working in HR can be incredibly demanding; you’re in a busy and often emotionally draining role. Boosting your resilience is one of the key ways of making sure you don’t burn out and that you can continue enjoying your work and progressing with your career. But how do you build your resilience? Listen to this episode of HR Coffee Time to find out. Career Coach Fay Wallis is joined by Tom Cleary fr...

If you’re stuck and unsure about how to build a relationship with a difficult person at work, don’t worry, this episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help. Career coach Fay Wallis shares three top tips to find a solution that works for you. Disclosure: some of the links in these show notes are affiliate links, which means Fay may receive a small commission if you choose to make a purchase through t...

Podcasting is a low-cost but effective way of sharing crucial HR and wider-business information, building a strong employer brand, onboarding, or delivering content for in-house professional development programmes. In this episode, career coach and podcast host; Fay Wallis, takes you behind the scenes of the HR Coffee Time podcast. She explains why starting a podcast could be a great idea and how...

Have you lost your direction and motivation at work and don’t know what to do about it? In this episode of HR coffee time, career coach Fay Wallis shares one thing that might help. Have a listen and get ready to feel reenergised about your career. Key Points From This Episode [01:08] Fay explains what a ‘career anchor’ is [03:28] The first career anchor – technical or functional competence [04:14]...

Have you ever found yourself having to make redundancies and struggling to know what to say to your colleagues who are losing their jobs? Or, perhaps you're facing redundancy yourself and trying to navigate the huge mix of emotions that you may now be experiencing. In this episode of HR coffee time, Grief Recovery Expert; Emma Tomes, explains how the loss of a role can lead to feelings of grief an...

If you’re about to start a new HR leadership role, your first 100 days are a crucial (but overwhelming) time. It can be hard to know where to start and how to make the best impression. But don’t worry, this episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help. Career coach Fay Wallis is joined by Leadership Advisor and Author Niamh O’Keefe, to offer you advice on how to start and create a successful plan for...

Have you ever had that horrible feeling that you're a fraud, you're not good enough at your job, that everyone's going to realise you have no idea what you're doing? And this is all happening, even though you aren't being given any negative feedback at all? If any of this resonates with you, you may be experiencing imposter syndrome. The good news is that there are things you can do to help. Liste...

No matter what size team you're working in, personal user manuals are a simple, free and easy tool that can help teams thrive. Listen to this HR Coffee Time episode, to hear career coach Fay Wallis share what personal user manuals are, why they're a great idea, some typical questions or prompts that you could include in them, and then finally, how to make sure that you're using and rolling them ou...

Have you ever had an idea that was shut down at work, even though you passionately believed it was a brilliant Initiative, or you had an idea that you just couldn't get enough buy-in for from all the people you needed to? This episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help as Fay shares the different types of influencing style’s that you could use to become more influential at work. Key Points From Thi...

Even the most ambitious & focused of us can stumble when it comes to figuring out what we want next for our career and how to go about getting it. So, it isn’t surprising to hear that career development conversations at work can feel a bit tricky. Whether it’s your own career you want to develop, or you want to encourage career conversations to take place at work that truly empower people, you...

As an HR professional, you need to constantly communicate by email for a whole host of reasons, whether that’s to pass work along to a colleague, to get a senior stakeholder on board with an idea, to pass on crucial information to the entire workforce, to get people to take action, or perhaps even to confirm happy or sad news. It can be tricky to figure out how to master the art of effective email...

LinkedIn has some fantastic features that will help you to get your next job. Some of them are really well known, while others are tucked away, or released without any major announcements, so you may not have come across them before. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, career coach & outplacement specialist Fay Wallis shares 3 little-known LinkedIn features which will help you get your next HR...

5 generations (and a 6th coming) are currently working alongside each other in the workplace. They’re all shaped by different experiences and world events and have their own expectations of their careers and their colleagues. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, HR Consultant, Michelle Hartley, talks to Career Coach, Fay Wallis. She explains the key differences between the different generations and...

Have you recently been promoted within your organisation? Are you wondering how you can excel and face the changes your new leadership role brings? This episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help, providing you with key tips on promotion pitfulls to avoid and strategies to succeed in your new HR leadership role. Key Points From This Episode [00:43] A recap of episode one – ( Setting yourself up for...

Whether you’re thinking of getting ready for retirement yourself, or you’d like to support colleagues with this key life and career transition, this episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help. Key Points From This Episode [00:36] Introduction to Sue Gouldman [02:17] Sue’s advice on retirement [03:01] The common challenges of retirement – lack of structure and routine [03:37] The common challenges o...

If you’re facing redundancy, or find yourself having to make other people redundant, this episode is here to help. Listen now to hear tips and strategies to help you or the people around you get ‘unstuck’ and move forward successfully. Key Points From This Episode [01:47] Introduction with Sarah Archer [02:19] Redundancy statistics in 2020 [03:40] Introduction to Fay Wallis [05:33] What is the ‘ch...

If you’re nervous or doubting your ability to be strategic in your new HR leadership role, this episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help. It’s the second in a series of episodes focused on supporting you in your new role. In it, career coach Fay Wallis shares her HR Strategy Shaping Interview Template and explains how to use it to build relationships and trust, while gaining key insights into the...