Management Job Hunting: It’s A Game Of Poker The weekly card sessions, I played throughout my teens, bring back fond memories. Some would say a misspent youth, or time wasted, but I would say time well spent... October 6, 2010 1,855 Reads share
Management Personal Branding: It’s not the end of Big Brother… This autumn marks the end of the king of reality TV – “Big Brother”. What will the reality TV junkies do with all this new found spare time? No more late nights watching housemates sleep in their beds. August 30, 2010 3,514 Reads share
Management Job Hunting Success: Learn How To Sell I remember Bill Cullen telling a contestant “everyone is a salesperson”, during a series of The Apprentice. The last 18-24 months has served to emphasise his point. We have experienced... August 19, 2010 2,626 Reads share
Management LinkedIn: Beware the Bermuda Triangle! LinkedIn has revolutionised how we network for business and job search. It has made networking more accessible... July 23, 2010 1,924 Reads share
Management Start blowing your own trumpet like Ryanair I travelled to Rome on Thursday 10th June via Dublin Airport with our good friends Ryanair. I normally rate my Ryanair experience successful... June 24, 2010 2,790 Reads share
Management How to get LESS from LinkedIn I believe LinkedIn has made networking more accessible to the masses. More importantly it offers a less daunting proposition than real world networking in a room full of strangers... June 11, 2010 1,709 Reads share
Management Stuck on the M50 of the job market I coined the phrase a number of years back “M50 of the job market” to describe how I viewed targeting advertised jobs in the current job market. My comparison was very evident during a radio interview this morning (Wed 19th) on Newstalk when the MD of Eirgrid revealed they received 1000 calls in one afternoon for jobs announced back in 2009. May 20, 2010 1,922 Reads share
Management Knock! Knock! .. Who’s there? .. It’s me AGAIN … A big part of successful job hunting and business development in this market requires proactive strategies like networking, cold calling and speculative approaches... April 22, 2010 4,469 Reads share
Management Job Hunting – Fools don’t back horses This article is not served to promote gambling on horse racing but instead to promote gambling/risk-taking when job hunting or in business. As Robert F. Kennedy said “only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly” March 9, 2010 4,172 Reads share
Management I am giving up “giving up” for Lent …. Lent began on the 17th February. This period of 40 days and 40 nights has always represented giving up and sacrifice for me. For years I gave up chocolate, sugar, alcohol and... February 19, 2010 3,396 Reads share