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Action needed now to prevent looming skills gap disaster

Research evidences that by 2015 60% of all jobs created will require skills that only 20% of the population possess. We need action now from legislators, administrators, employers and educators to address the widening skills gap. Economic and social prosperity … Continue reading

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Don’t let age be a barrier to your career goals.

Age should not be a barrier to the realisation of your career goals. Take the appointment at 33 of Andre Villas-Boas as Head Coach at Chelsea Football Club. If you are good enough, determined enough, focused and purposeful, then don’t … Continue reading

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Career Change Advice – From Chartered Accountant to Lion Tamer

Making a career change has been a topic on the agenda for a long time. Take a look at this classic Monty Python sketch from 1969. Are you a Chartered Accountant with ambitions to become a Lion Tamer? With apologies … Continue reading

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How To Choose A Career.

Google “Career Choices”. I just did. 3.9 million results. That’s a lot of opinions. So where do you start when it comes to making career choices that are right for you? Our latest Vlog examines just how best to go … Continue reading

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The Top 10 Career Choices for 2011.

The jobs market remains tough, really tough. If you want to succeed, you have to be really smart in your job search. Who’s hiring? What are they hiring for? Watch our latest Vlog to know what employers are looking for … Continue reading

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You can’t poke, tweet or email a handshake

Never a truer adage when looking for a job not what but who you know.  Your network is key to a successful job search strategy.   Growing your network has never been easier.   Social media has taken care of … Continue reading

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No regrets

What is failure?  Among the dictionary definitions can be found the following ; “non – performance of something due, required or expected”. If you want to make a change, if you need to make a change, consider this.  The failure … Continue reading

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You are who you are, not what you do.

You weren’t born a Teacher, Accountant, Engineer, Nurse, Doctor, Banker.  You became one.  If you don’t like what you do, change it.  Easier to say than to do, but it can be done.  It is not impossible.  The only thing … Continue reading

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Time for change

I tweet a lot.  I love it, it’s a great way to connect and engage with an enormous range of exceptionally gifted and bright people.  Yesterday I tweeted something that has stuck in my mind for quite some time, “If … Continue reading

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Strike a pose with your CV

Standing out from the crowd with your CV is incredibly difficult to do.  As I have said on many occasions in this blog the best way to put your CV together divides opinion.  There are lots of them.  Today’s Google … Continue reading

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