Author Archives: Lee Cooper

About Lee Cooper

Career Alchemist, Recruitment Entrepreneur, Catalyst for Connection, Business, Social Media, Politics, Current Affairs, Technology, Music, Books, Coffee, Sports, Football and Arsenal FC. Most important of all, Dad to two amazing children who teach me more each day than I ever thought possible to learn.

Do you love what you do?

I love to read. Books, magazine articles, blogs, tweets, the format isn’t important to me. What counts is the content. I regularly read something that really resonates. Yesterday was one such day. Two quotes struck a chord with me. The … Continue reading

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Keep your opinions to yourself, Darling!

A word of advice that I feel compelled to pass on, if only that in my experience I have found it to be incredibly true. Never trash a former boss. Never trash your former colleagues. Never trash your former employees. … Continue reading

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Yahoo! learn some manners!

Yahoo! needs to learn some manners. It’s all over the news this morning. Carol Bartz, beleaguered and much maligned CEO of Yahoo! has been fired. Over the phone. By the Chairman of the Board. Class. There is a right and … Continue reading

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Get in the game – using social media for recruiting.

If ever you needed proof that you’ve got to get in the game, then look no further than this excellent infographic from Mashable How Businesses Use Social Media for Recruiting I would strongly recommend a read. The data comes from … Continue reading

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Who are you?

Who are you? How do you evidence it? The proliferation of social media affords us the opportunity to develop a brand that we can showcase to the world. Such an opportunity has never before been available. The impact on your … Continue reading

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Do you come here often? My response.

Earlier in the week Business Networking Strategist Andy Lopata wrote an excellent post on the subject of Business Networking Do you come here often? I would recommend a read, it will certainly provoke you in to thinking about your approach … Continue reading

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What do you do?

We have all been asked at networking events “What do you do?”. I recall at one particular event being struck by how ill conceived and muddled my answer was going to be to that very question. “Errr, lots of things” … Continue reading

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Just a perfect day!

Someone asked me a couple of months back what my idea was of my perfect day. I was ashamed. I couldn’t answer. It sure got me thinking. It got me thinking about the things I love to do and in … Continue reading

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Capital Punishment!

Polly Toynbee writes an excellent post in this mornings Guardian entitled; Britain’s entrepreneurial spirit is being strangled Her argument is spot on. The banks, even those majority owned by the tax payer, are punishing those that stood by them in … Continue reading

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Create a website and get a job at Google!

Do you really need to create a website to get a job a Google? I am sure there are lots of ways that Google conducts it’s hiring process. However, here’s one guy that did just that. Matthew Epstein – Google … Continue reading

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