Email - it could get you the job
Gone are the days when you were expected to hand in your CV in person, or send four pristine copies through the post.
Gone too is that nerve-wracking call to let you know whether you have been successful. Many job applications, and even salary negotiations, now take place via email. Continue reading »
Teambuilding - Jack Bauer style
A contribution from guest writer Di Stirling-Chow, Greenslade Business Consultants
For any one who has always had a secret desire to be James Bond, or more lately Jack Bauer, Greenslade Business Consultants Ltd’s spooks-based teambuilding event fits the bill exactly! Continue reading »
Making sense of the office environment
Feeling lethargic and sluggish at work lately? Find it hard to concentrate or to get motivated?
You might think you need more caffeine or nicotine, but the problem could lie with the amount of stimulation your senses are receiving. Continue reading »
Appraisal – fit for purpose?
A contribution from a guest writer, Mark Beale, a leadership development specialist, in response to Praise for Appraisals in our last issue.
The article, Praise for Appraisals, recently published in this magazine, provided some interesting reading. Continue reading »
Making your job work for you
Being at work takes up a large part of your life so there’s no point in staying somewhere and doing something that bores you or makes you miserable.
If you find yourself surfing the net, making personal phone calls and emailing your friends to get you through your working day, it’s probably time you made a move or changed your role, to be fair to both yourself and your employers. Continue reading »
Praise for Appraisals
Appraisals should be an opportunity for feedback, motivation boosts and sometimes even a pay rise - but in reality, they’re often as popular as an appointment with the dentist. Continue reading »
Animal magic: It’s a jungle out there
The laws of the jungle bear a significant similarity to office politics, according to researchers. Learning from chimps and monkeys and using the same techniques they use to survive in the wild can help you get on at work. Continue reading »
From shopper to star
Just a few years ago, 24 year old James Goodfellow was a Biology and Management student at Royal Holloway College, earning a little money on the side as a personal shopper for Sainsburys.
Let your body do the talking
It’s interview day. You’ve pressed your shirt and donned your best suit, practised a brilliant speech on why you want the job, have answers for all the gaps on your CV and arrived five minutes early. But if you spend the entire interview with your hands in your lap, your hard work could have been for nothing. Continue reading »
Digging the digital dirt
Are you Facebooked? Is your face on MySpace for that matter? Are you LinkedIn and Viadeo’d? Do you blog or have you got your own website. Are you singing to the world on YouTube? And how’s your online CV – and do you even know where it is?
These days, most of us have many elements to our online presence. But do they show us in the best light – and could they land us in trouble when we’re looking for that perfect next job? Continue reading »
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