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Frank began his career 25 years ago in the media world. He has worked for Newspapers, Radio, Magazines and when the Internet took off, he moved into the online space. In recent years, Frank has become a founder and investor in some of the most exciting start-ups

Have you ever called into your job and taken a sick day without really been sick, well then you are not alone. A survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Kronos Incorporated, found that about half of all Americans have taken a fake sick day. Australia and Canada are about level according to this survey, it also revealed that 71% of Chinese workers have called in sick (when they weren’t) and interesting to note that in France this number is only 16%.

“I wanna be a (insert your own wanna here) so much”. This is a phrase I hear quite a lot in my line of work. My reply to that is always “So what is stopping you?”

…The emperor, who used to call himself the first public servant of his state, once said: “One must work until one drops from exhaustion!”. I couldn’t stop thinking about all the people in business that unfortunately follow Franz Joseph’s advice..

By now I think most of us are familiar with the latest You Tube sensation that is “Ted Williams.” If you have managed to dodge this story to date here is a quick summary– Ted was a homeless “Wolverine” look alike…

To all my Bloggertone friends…I would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and I hope that your 2011 gets off to a great start. For many of us 2010 has been a very challenging year. But the good news is…

Facebook is growing at a pronominal rate and now with over 1.7 million Irish Facebookers it’s become a busy place. There has been a massive increase on the number of business pages on Facebook. I very often click the Like button spontaneously and never return to that page…

Rather than write just another post this week…I wanted to instigate a discussion. So here goes: I think most of us would agree social media is changing the way we communicate and even changing the way we do business…

As I referred to on a previous post (LinkedIn? Locked Out More Like) many people join LinkedIn because they have heard it is an important place to be as a business professional…

Something that grates with me is why so many downright silly interview questions continue to be asked even though they are clearly pointless & invariably just waste time?? here are my
10 of the MOST STUPID interview questions EVER.