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Why Failure is Underrated
Most entrepreneurs I know are much better acquainted with crisis and catastrophe than they are with success – even those business chameleons who seem to thrive from one unrelated field of business to...
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How to Succeed in the Job Market: Junk Positive Thinking
Having a great CV is often seen as the most important thing when looking for a new job. While the debate over length, format and content is important, it’s not in my opinion and experience the thing...
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How to Have Success in the Job Market: Think Process, Not Outcome
Have you ever wanted something so badly that it’s all you can think about? The thought or wish becomes self consuming but is rarely self fulfilling! It’s the same in the job market – finding yourself...
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The internet is both friend and foe for the jobseeker
When I first graduated and entered the job market the internet and email, while in existence, were nowhere near the force they have become today. I remember travelling across Australia and having to...
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Psychological Testing – Know thyself…
You don’t need to know all about psychology to understand yourself and others, but what is useful is to develop awareness about yourself so that you can be able to appreciate your strengths – and...
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The Double Ds!
I’m often asked what determines success in the job market. For me two of the key ingredients are Determination and Discipline, or what I call the Double Ds! The two are inextricably linked and when...
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Participant or pinball in today’s job market?
What you personally bring to the job market is just as important as the tools in your toolbox, such as a well-worded CV or cover letter. It may even be more important. Increasingly in discussions with...
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5 sure signs you need a CV makeover
The competition for jobs today is tough. This means that if you’re going to have any chance of getting the job you want (or any job for that matter), you’re going to need a winning CV as your ally. How...
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Are you an Ostrich in the job market?
Sometimes as jobseekers and more generally in life we’re afraid to ask the difficult questions – we pretend that all is well and bury our head in the sand just like the proverbial ostrich! This is...
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Often the first thing people tell me about their job search is how frustrated they are that their CV isn’t working for them. They’ve taken advice and sometimes spent money to come up with what they...
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