It’s quite funny how the doom merchants gather around websites, blog’s and news feeds in a way that our ancestors would have gathered around a fire; All sitting there poking it with a stick or in today’s world a pithy remark. The reality is that nothing has changed, look into a fire for long enough and you will see, wait for
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And here is the proof. Those crazy kids marched from Jarrow to London and arrived although I’m not sure how many of the original gang arrived – I didn’t notice Matt Whale anywhere but then I didn’t see any media coverage of the arrival. It must have slipped of the edge and slid under my
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The school of hard knocks and the university of life may be a couple of clichés but don’t scoff too much. Ponder for a moment your own experience and career. Subtract the lessons and what do you have left? Nothing much. Maybe that degree that had nothing to do with your career path? A smattering of
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I’m not going to go into too much detail on this for the moment but just throw the idea in the air and see how many upward and forward looking individuals catch the theory. Work Self Efficacy, which has its roots in Self Efficacy a construct of Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory. I had parked
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The article is up and ready to read. Due to the global economic climate over the last 4 years, there has been a dramatic change in recruitment; the net result has seen the employment market become a fiercely competitive and often brutal arena. If you do not have creative writing skills,an understanding of how to
The key issue for anyone writing a CV is that the document conveys them in the best possible light. You have to be able to find a balance of what the reader requires from you to fulfil a given role. All too often people either just waffle about what they think is important instead of
Well you can’t keep a good man down although its likely that easyJet Non-Executive Director Professor Rigas Doganis would probably not think Sir Stelios is a good man at the moment. No sooner has Sir Stelios given the Professor the thumbs up and his backing in February to then turn around this week and feel the
Sir Stelios trying to clip the wings of the Board again? Read More »
Get the right experience “The world from which non-executives have been drawn has tended to focus on people who are already on boards, particularly those in executive positions,” Dr Roger Barker, the head of corporate governance at the Institute of Directors, said. To become a Non Executive Director, candidates need a good record and considerable
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