Coldcalling is one of my favourite things. It also reduces me to tears.
A great recruiter once told me “make your cold call a warm call and you’ll be okay”.
You have about ten seconds to make your first impression - a little more than if you’re face-to-face. You can be fat, green and naked, but on [...]

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You’re running a fever? You’ve put your back out and every little movement causes a low groan and dramatic wince? You’re running to the toilet every twenty minutes?
Stay at home!
Who do you think you are? Superman?

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What do you get when you Google yourself? Your prospective employer is doing this, are they seeing what you want them to see?
Your personal brand needs to be protected, as your corporate brand does. Unless your name is John Smith (sorry John), you can take four simple steps to ensure that it’s you (and not [...]

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I’m loath to share this with you, as the prize is fantastic, but in the interests of paying it forward, I’ve updated my online CV at VisualCV.com to win tickets to the China 2.0 tour in November.
Courtesy of Mashable and VisualCV, there are still four days left to enter … be quick!

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