Monthly Archives: July 2010

Portfolio Careers – What do employers think? Is it a career breaker?

July 21, 2010 – 3:12 pm

Increasingly, I am coming across more and more professionals of various ages who have portfolio careers, which is essentially restructuring your work differently to that of a traditional one job with the one employer. Portfolio careers are not simply for those transitioning into retirement. Often they are now for those wanting to design a more [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Information of Interest, Searching for the Six Figure Job | Comments (4)

Incorporating the CV into Staff Management

July 21, 2010 – 3:02 pm

Incorporating the CV into Staff Management may just help both you and your staff get what you want “If you cannot say why you made your company a better place, you’re out.” I am half way through reading Tom Peters’ brilliant book, ‘The Tom Peters Seminar  – Crazy Times Call for Crazy Organisations’ and really [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, Human Resources | Comments (4)

How Pleasing Is Your Personality?

July 14, 2010 – 1:26 pm

The more pleasing it is the more likely success will follow … Anthill recently ran an intriguing article by Joshua Moore ‘The law of success: Lesson 10 – Moulding a pleasing personality‘. The article explores finding the right balance between self-promotion and taking an interest in what others do that you meet and work with.  [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Information of Interest, Networking, Personal & Work Values | Comments (2)

Do Line Managers Need More Training? HR Thinks So

July 7, 2010 – 3:09 pm

In this month’s HR Leader magazine, an article has been run that says ‘HR wants compulsory training for line managers’.  According to a recent survey by XpertHR, 8 out of 10 HR people think management training is a must. Why? Because the majority of HR people surveyed did not rate line managers’ skills in their [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, Human Resources, Interviewing, Training & Events | Leave a Comment
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