Jul
02

Finding New Employees, via Social Networks

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A NY Times story by Julie Weed ‘Alan Kennedy… did what many job seekers are now advised to do: he set up profiles on Facebook and LinkedIn.’ ‘Mr. Kennedy’s former co-worker used a software tool to search the profile information of his Facebook friends and LinkedIn contacts. He flagged Mr. Kennedy as a possible match… Continue reading »

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Jun
23

WANT TO BE MORE ENTREPRENEURIAL? YOU MUST PLAN YOUR LEARNING

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…and of course you must learn your planning! Entrepreneurs are active continuous learners If we are to capitalise on future business opportunities we need as entrepreneurial leaders to be ‘entrepreneurial learners’!!! The old think, decide, act and asses (or plan, do, assess and adjust) single loop corporate learning cycles advocated in the past are no… Continue reading »

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Jun
06

Do Something Different, Don’t Just Dumbly Crawl Along With the Rest

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Truly great advice from Tony Haley Author of The Invisible Candidate ‘The story of the Processionary Caterpillar illustrates human behaviour, or rather human habit, so well. It probably illustrates typical [behavior in life, work and at the time of posting] job hunting activity in particular better than any other example of behaviour.’   “The larvae of the moth Ochrogaster lunifer has… Continue reading »

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