Position Ignition

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Position Ignition
Industry Careers Advisory Services
Founded2009
FoundersSimon North
Nisa Chitakasem
Headquarters London, United Kingdom

Position Ignition was a Careers Guidance Service that provided career support, advice and guidance to individuals and organizations. It was set up to provide career consulting services to individuals similar to those provided to senior businessmen in other professions such as a literary agent, talent agents, and a sports agent. Although headquartered in London, United Kingdom, the company was a virtual business without any established offices.

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History

The business was established in 2009, offering services around the career transition process. [1] The company acted as a guidance service around areas including career planning, finding a job, getting promotions, and choosing appropriate career directions. [2] The career services provided all used a framework developed by co-founder Simon North, and run throughout the business's main service streams. In 2011, Position Ignition launched Position Ignition for Organisations, offering consulting and support to employers around working with and the management of employees. [3]

Recognition

In July 2010, the global media intelligence provider Cision placed Position Ignition's career blog at No. 9 in its Top 10 UK Career Development Blogs. [4] Later on that month, Cision also featured the blog in its Featured Blog Spotlight. [5] Also in July 2010, the career blog placed at No. 3 Online Degrees' 100 Career Advice Blogs. [6] [ citation not found ]

Published articles

Career articles written by Position Ignition co-founders Simon North and Nisa Chitakasem have appeared in The Guardian, [7] Changing Careers Magazine, [8] Director Magazine, ShortList [9] and on iVillage. [10]

Interviews with North have appeared on Simply Business [11] Position Ignition has also featured or been cited on Total Jobs, [12] Management Today, [13] Moneywise, [14] Student Accountant Magazine, [15] The Press and Journal, [16] and in The Sydney Morning Herald. [17]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Live Q&A: Getting out of a career rut | Guardian careers". The Guardian. London. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Finding new roles for existing staff within your organisation". Hrzone.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Top 10 UK Career Development Blogs | Cision United Kingdom". Uk.cision.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "Media Updates – UK – 23rd July 2010 | Cision United Kingdom". Uk.cision.com. 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "Top 100 career advice blogs". Onlinedegrees.org. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  7. ↑ Simon North. "Walk the line | Guardian Professional". Guardianpublic.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  8. ↑ "Changing Careers issue 13 new". Changingcareersmagazine.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  9. ↑ "How to get a pay rise – Instant Improver – ShortList Magazine". Shortlist.com. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  10. ↑ "High salary or baby? | iVillage UK". Ivillage.co.uk. 23 June 2011. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  11. ↑ "Taking the next step – an interview with Simon North". Simplybusiness.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2011. IFA still stands strong as career choice Archived 28 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine , By Simoney Girard, 22 July 2010, FTAdviser.com
  12. ↑ "How to find a job in your own backyard". Totaljobs.com. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  13. ↑ "Crash Course in: Internal job applications – Leadership, business and management news, tips and features from MT and Management Today magazine". Managementtoday.co.uk. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  14. ↑ Last updated: 10 October 2011 (10 October 2011). "Make redundancy work for you". Moneywise. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ↑ http://www.positionignition.com/storage/press-article-image/Position%20Ignition%20Career%20Article%20SA%20Magazine.pdf [ dead link ]
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  17. ↑ "Is it time to quit your job?". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
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