http://www.cuil.com/  Said by many to have the sway to pull people away from Google, this new search engine pronounced “cool” has a very nice interface and seems very powerful. Read the story on how it came about here: Ex-Google Engineer Launches a Cuil Challenge

Networking, and specifically online networking through social media is something so many get wrong. I cannot tell you the numerous invitations I have received to join a complete stranger’s network on Linkedin or eCademy, and for what? To boost numbers of friends and associates to show how many people he or she knows? In most [...]

Fascinating story about lipstick queen Poppy King here http://tinyurl.com/6qho7q from both a business and personal branding perspective. Poppy King was all about personal branding before it ever became a trend! Here’s an excerpt from the Age Newspaper 27th July 2008. “Then there’s Poppy herself, a head-turner even in New York where everybody looks as if they’ve [...]

Was just passed this link by a colleague of mine. http://www.spokeo.com/hr Googling job candidates just got easier for employers who can now gain access to 40 major networks such as MySpace and Linked in. If you ever said anything about your boss, your employment or your company that you wouldn’t like to be seen, it [...]

Consider the most mundane of jobs. What makes people stay loyal–sometimes for decades until their retirement–repeating the same tasks again and again? It is the sense of community and the sense of belonging, that makes individuals happy with their contributions and their place in an organisation. A company that values its people and communicates that [...]

Today the nominations for Career Directors International’s TORI awards were announced and I have scored three nominations: Best Technical Resume, Best Re-Entry Resume and Best Military Conversion. Award winners will be announced on October 18th at the Career Directors International conference in Seattle USA. Competition was very, very tough this year so I’m very grateful to [...]