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About Peter O'Connell

Peter has had a successful corporate career in sales and marketing internationally, having worked internationally in Europe and Latin America, in addition to being accountable for leading consumer brands globally. He has been based in the U.K., Belgium, The Netherlands, Mexico and Ireland in key Head of Function and Board positions. In his career, he has experienced challenges following business change and consolidation, which led to Peter personally going through redundancy on two occasions. This led to him to proactively change careers, and to apply his expertise of change and the impact of this on individual professionals, to organisations in supporting both the business and staff through challenging transformation projects. He has broad experience in leading and managing International Sales Teams, and managing International Distribution Networks. He is highly accomplished in leading local teams through change and consolidation projects, whilst delivering strong business growth. He possesses a wide array of business disciplines, together with detailed knowledge and understanding of the priorities that drive business growth.

In the wrong job? Here are 6 tips on how to successfully change career

IT’S A FRUSTRATING time when you realise your current career isn’t turning out to be what you want it to be, and what you had hoped it would be. You’re in a situation where you can feel stuck because you can’t see another option, and you have to keep working because you have commitments, a [...]

By |2016-11-05T13:57:48+00:00September 2nd, 2015|Career Advice, News Articles|0 Comments

There’s no shame in redundancy – hold your head high and try again

IN MEETING WITH candidates in the 40s and older, who are now trying to get their career back on track following a redundancy, I’ve noticed a reluctance and difficulty in talking about the redundancy – it’s almost as if it’s shameful to talk about! For those of us that that went through education in the [...]

By |2016-11-05T13:57:48+00:00June 1st, 2015|Career Advice, News Articles|0 Comments

Hunting for a job? Here are some tips (whether you’re 25 or 50)

“I’VE SENT OUT hundreds of CVs but I never got a response, not even a thank you or acknowledgement”. This is what I hear from candidates all the time. They feel frustrated. They look for reasons why this happens – sometimes we seek to blame both ourselves and others. “I’m the wrong side of 50…” [...]

By |2016-11-05T13:57:48+00:00May 10th, 2015|Career Advice, News Articles|0 Comments

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