A Secret Society?  Reading IT resumes when you’re an outsider to the industry can be a hair-pulling and frustrating experience. Filled with mysterious industry jargon and even more mysterious lists of acronyms, IT resumes can make you feel that you have been invited to a meeting of a secret society without the right handshake! Technology [...]

If you are a manager or senior manager writing your own resume, don’t concentrate exclusively on achievement of KPIs to the exclusion of the people side of the business. Of course your achievements in terms of reducing costs, driving revenue growth, and delivering strategic outcomes are great. But they are not the only thing you [...]

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=34&aid=147740 Great blog post on Ten Things Great Bosses should know. If you’re a manager then face your foibles and set them straight now. If you’re an up-and-coming leader make sure these become your mantra for success.

The American researcher Dr Rudolph Flesch found people are more likely to read writing if it contains two or three times more instances of “you” (and “your,” “yours,” and the reader’s name), than references to the writer (“me,” “I,” “our,” “we,” and the writer’s name).  Think of this when you are writing your next cover letter. It’s [...]

After an intense and extremely productive and exhilarating course of study, today I received recognition that I have now been awarded certification was a “Certified Reach Personal Branding Strategist” I’m absolutely thrilled to be now be officially recognised for a topic that I have long regarded as one of the most important emerging trends in [...]