Bold, tell-it-like-it-is job search advice for executives and aspiring leaders - from multi-award winning resume writer and coach, Gayle Howard.

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The 5W1H Formula

Have you ever heard of the 5W1H Formula? It’s especially helpful in planning your resume and job search. Rudyard Kipling, the great poet once wrote: I keep six faithful serving men Who teach me well and true Their names are What and Where and When And How and Why and Who. Journalists call this the [...]

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The Awesome Power of Linked-In

Posted December 20th, 2008 Category: Social networking, Thinking the right way 26 Comments

(Or how I messed things up and turned it all around in 24 hours) Of course I knew that Linked-in was a really powerful tool. You would have to have had your head in a bucket to have missed its rapid ascent over the past 12 months. (As someone said once, it’s like Facebook for [...]

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Laid off: the web 2.0 way.

Posted December 10th, 2008 Category: Social networking 0 Comment

I saw this cartoon on a blog here, so I’ll have to give the link back so I can use the cartoon.

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“Morality Disengagement” and your resume

Posted November 14th, 2008 Category: Social networking, Thinking the right way 0 Comment

The term morality disengagement along with the term “tuning” refer to the act of telling of “porkies” (that’s “pork pies” meaning lies in rhyming slang for our Aussie readers). So just how many people are guilty of morality disengagement or tuning? Well according to Career Director International’s Mega Trends Report of 2008, research shows that [...]

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Article: Facebook in the Office

Posted October 15th, 2008 Category: Social networking 0 Comment

Todays Age newspaper takes a fascinating look at whether employers should allow employees to use Facebook in the office. The analysis of the figures is fascinating – as quoted from the article: Some of the major findings were: :: Blockers: 20 per cent of Australian businesses block employee access to the sites. :: Age: Use of social networking sites is [...]

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