My thoughts today in this piece are directly linked to my work as a CV writer since 99% of that work either is or involves online activity. It...
more info
Category Archives: Job and career related news/articles
All related to job and career related news
References – Do I Really Have to Review Them
In October 2017, you could be forgiven for wondering why there is an apparent disconnect between parties’ rights over references. Apparent. The UK Government advises “References: workers’ rights...
more info
Make your CV the Best It Can Be
Google search “the best CV construction” and all of the first few are CVs for the building trade. So, I tried “the best CV standard” – 215,000,000 in...
more info
Hire Better, Fire Less – Poor Decision-Making and Garden Leave is Money Lost – Part 2
Last time we discovered that recruitment of and by senior executives is fraught with danger and the potential to lose or miss good people. According to Austcorp, “Research...
more info
Hire Better, Fire Less – Poor Decision-Making and Garden Leave is Money Lost – Part 1
In his 2016 article, “New rules for hiring executive candidates”, Dana Stadler outlined the rules for successful C-level recruitment. In truth, I found much of it uninspirational but...
more info
LinkedIn vs Blog – Mutually Exclusive or Both Valid?
When I started out I spoke to my father about blogging. “When are you going to get a real job, what’s that nonsense”. It didn’t surprise me. He’s...
more info
6 Mistakes Managers Make That Cause Good Employees to Quit
Do you know your employees? Of course you do. You may only know some or most of the 1 or 2 tiers below you but of course you...
more info
Accurately Plan Your Personal Social Media Strategy
In 2013, Emily Gibian noted in her blog Social Strategy: What is it and how does it help brands? that “A strong social media strategy pushes boundaries, but...
more info
Understand Your Customers’ Needs in Advance
This piece is about customers. What does that have to do with me I hear you ask – I run a business. It is absolutely critical – fundamental:...
more info
Meetings – Are they Necessary?
Meetings – executives and directors all have them, but why and do we need to? Well I suppose so. I think there are 2 reasons: because they can...
more info