Recruitment

Is “Social Media” Getting You Jobs ? – Partial Survey Results

Is Social Media getting you jobs ? And what is more important -doing your job well or spending time on Social Networks trying to increase your " Social influence" ? And in any case just HOW do you increase your social influence ? Edit Post Add titleIs "Social Media" Getting You Jobs ? - Partial Survey Results Well, to get some facts on at least one aspect of it, I did a Survey in 2014, the results as on early July 2014 were : Survey Results as on 4th July 2014 The Question asked was : If yo have ever…
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CV Tips

CV Writing .. done the right way ?

CV Writing- the right way ?   CV Writing .. the  right way ? Quite true actually, and well put :-) I have seen  many, many pretty similar .  Supposedly from "professional" resume writing services . Personally, I feel it is better to be true to yourself rather than stuff your CV with jargon and keywords maybe even you can't substantiate / know the meaning of !  Long experience tells us that is the right way to Want another viewpoint ? ...here is just  another link quickly found from Googleshwar ! : So what is YOUR opinion and experience ?…
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Employers

Why training matters

 The Importance of Training On Training     Here is a very effective "dialogue " to ponder over whenever you as a CEO/ Employer are wondering whether all those training costs are worthwhile ! The CFO to the CEO :"What happens if we invest in developing our people & then they leave us?" The CEO : 'What happens if we don't, and they stay?"
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Humor

An Expert Engineer in Business Land…

The Expert Engineer The " Expert" An Expert Engineer has to many times face up and reconcile to people for whom sales and business are paramount and who expect the " expert " to do anything ! Here is a hilarious yet very familiar scenario similar to those played out very Sure it is exaggerated a bit, but gets across the point very well. Enjoi !
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Humor

This Is NOT An Actual Job Application Submitted To McDonald’s – but FUNNY all the same !

The McDonald CV that was NOT !- but funny still!     There are different variants of this floating on the Net - some say an application for McDonald's from a 17 year old guy who ended up getting hired. Well , the truth is it was made in 1997 - almost pre-historic times, , and is still funny !   Taken from : And for more " analysis" you could see : So here it follows - maybe some inspiration for some ? ====== NAME: Greg Bulmash DESIRED POSITION: Reclining. Ha ha. But seriously, whatever's available. If I was…
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