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Do What You Are: Time for a Career Review?

As the City exodus continues, some former finance executives are making surprising shifts in career direction. It seems that those fortunate enough to have a big redundancy cheque, or prudent enough to have set aside money for just such a rainy day, are seizing the opportunity to set up their own businesses. The Sunday Times (2/11/08) reports on choices as varied as cake-making, plant-selling, supplying kitchen equipment in Kenya to fine art.
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Beam Me Up Scotty

How many of your company's Personal Development Plans included attendance at a Presentation Skills Course this year?  And what happens when the individual has attended the course?  In most cases the box gets ticked and life goes on.  But has it made a difference?  Is the individual now actually more skilled at whatever kind of presentation he/she is required to make or do they come back remembering "tell 'em what you're going to tell 'em, tell 'em and tell 'em what you've just told them" and a couple of other chestnuts?
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Grammar to Go

"If I see a spelling or grammar error in a CV - it goes straight in the bin".  more >>

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  • Do What You Are: Time for a Career Review?
    As the City exodus continues, some former finance executives are making surprising shifts in career direction. It seems that those fortunate enough to have a big redundancy cheque, or prudent enough to have set aside money for just such a rainy day, are seizing the opportunity to set up their own businesses. The Sunday Times (2/11/08) reports on choices as varied as cake-making, plant-selling, supplying kitchen equipment in Kenya to fine art.
  • Do You Really Care About Your People?
    A commitment to Workplace Wellness is becoming an increasingly important issue. In the UK, over 13 million working days are lost every year because of stress and fatigue. Stress is believed to trigger 70% of visits to doctors and 85% of serious illnesses.
  • Beam Me Up Scotty
  • Grammar to Go