The #twesume and how to condense your Resume or CV into 140 characters or less has been doing the rounds for quite a while but seems to be gathering a head of steam again. For those of you that have not climbed aboard the twitter band waggon, the twesume is a way of using twitter …
Philippe Dubost, a French Web Product developer was a little frustrated with the concept of sending out a CV and secondly how to be noticed. He considered himself to be talented and had a winning personality, but the job market did not seem to show the interest he had hoped for. Instead of withdrawing into …
I felt the need to share something from my daily Quora email digest. This answer came from a Gent called Tom Allen and I reference it here because it could quite possibly be not only one of the funniest answers I have seen, but it is also clever without being completely glib. The Question: During …
How to write a great resume – wear a bikini seems to be a part of the answer according to topcounselingschools.org although I’m failing to understand the benefits to your career personally. However, there are some useful pointers and some interesting statistics to be noted:
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, 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 …
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 …
I have been musing about the Video CV for about a fortnight now. Having just watched Max Headroom on YouTube it struck me that we have been living in the world of Max for quite a while. Yet it seemed incomplete, a vision only partly rendered? I’m going to make a bold(ish) prediction that the …
The Video Interview – dystopian reality? As technology evolves, how we (as people) operate from day to day is changing. In business, time is always of the essence. Therefore, technological developments that have saved time in the past have been welcomed with open arms. With this in mind, the interview process has remained almost untouched …
I have covered a diverse range of topics and tips regarding applying and managing the process of applying for a job but how do you manage your voicemail? Is your voicemail working correctly? I found out yesterday that my voicemail did not answer my calls and after a little targeted search on Google I discovered …