Virtually every employment or careers advice book, blog or article will highlight how important networking is to your job search - we’ve even mentioned it ourselves in our own ebook How to Search and Apply for Jobs (*ahem* shameless plug). However in reality how easy is it to network effectively so that it can have […]
As a business owner, you need to think about how you are going to best invest in your employees’ development. If you are willing to spend time and resources on training, you are going to be able to create a workforce of skilled employees who are able to benefit your business in a number […]
Networking is probably one of the most misunderstood and underrated skills. Some people think it’s just about mingling and some people think it’s about getting a chance to get in front of someone they can sell to. But this completely wrong and the latter is extremely counter productive. Done the correct way networking is probably […]
Whether you’re at a networking event, trade show, or lunch meeting, business cards remain one of the quickest and easiest ways to trade contact info. But if you settle for “quick and easy” when it comes to designing your card, you could seriously damage your chances of ever hearing back from that person. People receive […]
If you’re looking for a job, you’ve got to look in as many places and in as many ways as possible. It might have been acceptable at one time to simply look at the ads in your local paper or jobcentre, however these days it’s essential to do so much more. With fewer jobs around […]
In a short time, Facebook has become the most popular destination on the web where every netizen is networking. While social networks like LinkedIn are dedicated to professionals, Facebook is more personal. But Facebook isn’t just reserved for personal networking - there’s a great scope for professional networking too. In the following article we look […]
Open any newspaper these days and you are likely to be bombarded with gloom and doom type stories - telling of redundancies, the double dip recession, the so called “lost generation” of graduates and the ever increasing unemployment figures. There are probably a few more positive stories in there too ; it’s just that they […]
Robin McKay Bell is a respected author and voice, on the subjects of Age and Employment. For the last two month’s Robin has been writing a series of blog posts, on the subject of coping with redundancy and the story you have to tell. Click here to read Robins other posts for TheEmployable. Check put Self-Promotion Part […]