Category Archives: Networking

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 | Also posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Information of Interest, Personal & Work Values | Comments (2)

The ‘Slow Movement’ for Conferences! Is technology taking over a ‘face to face’ people connection occasion?

October 21, 2009 – 12:49 am

Recently I attended a few conferences, which have been terrific. One was a digital media conference, the other a recruitment and technology related conference, so there was a lot of strong technology flavor. Upon reflection however I have to wonder if I gained the maximum benefit from these conferences thanks to technology taking over my [...]

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The Etiquette of Accepting / Rejecting Social Networking Invitations

September 15, 2009 – 11:50 pm

To accept or reject Invitations from sites like LinkedIn and Facebook can be a rather stressful decision dependent on whom the invitation is coming from. It seems we face invitations from school and university days, from former colleagues, bosses, others who share similar interests, those wanting to hire us and many more. However many of us [...]

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How to master the skill of networking in your job search

July 29, 2009 – 5:48 am

Annemarie Cross has written a great article called the “Top ten effective habits of a highly successful networker” Whether currently employed or job searching, networking (online and offline) is a skill we all need to master. As Annemarie says, “with a tightening job market numerous job seekers have increased their networking endeavours with the hope [...]

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Interview with Stephen Collins, founder of acidlabs; thinker & doer in social media and user experience

July 13, 2009 – 12:40 am

This week we interviewed Stephen Collins, founder of acidlabs and thought leader in the field of helping organizations to communicate and collaborate more effectively. “Stephen works with a range of organisations in the public and private sectors helping them change old corporate culture into a new model – one where people, where conversation, collaboration and [...]

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Where does your Personal Brand begin and your Employer’s Brand end?

March 11, 2009 – 12:20 am

“Some traditionalist bosses see the Brand You notion as institutionalized disloyalty. In my opinion, nothing could be further from the truth. Brand You is about people profoundly committed to personal growth — and it goes without saying [I think] that people committed to growth are by far the most engaged and valuable employees.” Tom Peters [...]

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