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27
Feb
2010
Powerful questions to ask at job interviews
This list of questions to ask at job interviews really enable you to assess what an organisation is like to work for.
 
03
Mar
2009
Invest in your own career
Here is some wise advice from Rosabeth Moss Kanter about surviving the economic downturn.
 
23
Feb
2009
Find Your Great Work

I am a great fan of the work of Michael Bungay Stanier.  I have subscribed to his newsletter for some years and it is the only one that I read every time - there is always something interesting and thought provoking in it.

This weekend I had the opportunity to meet Michael and attend the workshop to launch his new product - Find Your Great Work. 

 
19
May
2008
Secrets, lies and career plans

Research by BlessingWhite, an HR consultancy, shows that British employees do not have much trust in their bosses when it comes to discussing their career plans.

 
24
Feb
2008
Stay hungry, stay foolish

I recently came across the video on You Tube of a speech that Steve Jobs of Apple gave at Stanford in 2005. It contains some very powerful messages…. about life, death and getting fired.

 
21
Feb
2008
Get yourself a mentor

Want to get ahead in your career? Then get a mentor – someone who’s been there, done that and got the t-shirt to prove it. Identify someone in your target job and ask him or her if s/he will be your mentor.

 
09
Feb
2008
A job for life

I was surprised by something I saw in an advertisement in the Guardian recently.

The job advertised was a Lectureship in Human Resource Management at Cambridge University with some rather unusual stipulations.

 
24
Jan
2008
Decide if the Company is Right for You

In the Independent's Careers column on in early 2008, Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice at the London Business School gave her tips on succeeding at work.

 


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