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The rise of the digital resume

Jaigris Hodson of Ryerson University Toronto has heralded the death of the Resume/CV once more. Hodson has suggested that we should all embrace a digital platform as the CV will soon be (if it isn’t already) firmly on the extinction watchlist. Jaigris is quite rightly informing her pupils that to succeed in the job market …

Hawk-Eye wins Premier League Contract

Great news for British Tech this week as Hawk-Eye wins the Premier League Contract: The Premier League has announced that it has awarded Hawk-Eye, the world’s leading provider of vision processing instruments to sport, the contract to provide goal-line technology systems across its 20 member clubs and all 380 Barclays Premier League matches. “Subject to …

Paris Brown Twitter Remarks Cost Job

Paris Brown, forced to resign from her employment as Britain’s first youth police commissioner, will be remembered for the added dubious distinction of making choice remarks on Twitter in what were still her formative years. Apparently. Although the word on the “street” is that quite a few choice remarks were made in the last 6 …

IOD board members

The Institute of Directors (IoD) today announces five new members of its Board. The new appointments are: Damon Clark to take office from 15 April 2013 for three years Erica Ingham to take office from 17 July 2013 for three years Ken Olisa to take office from 15 April 2013 for three years Chris Walton …