When you realise that recruiters say they spend less than a minute reading your CV and covering letter you don’t want to drop howlers like these.Impression management is crucial at all stages of the recruitment process. Get some advice if you are competing in the job market; there are plenty of career coaches out there. Continue reading »
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How important are the 3 Rs for business?
“Spelling mistakes cost millions” according to an article on the BBC News web-site.
An on-line entrepreneur said analysis of website figures showed that a single spelling mistake can cut on-line sales by 50%. First impressions are important on the internet. Continue reading »
No country for grey-haired men
In America it seems more and more men are seeking hair colouring since the recession. Men of a certain age are trying to retain just enough grey hair to look distinguished but not so much that they look over the hill in the job stakes. Over the last 10 years the number of men colouring … Continue reading »
1, 2, or 3 buttons?
How buttoned up you are could influence your career prospects. Literally. But many women know that already. Even if you have the brains using your “erotic capital” might give you a boost. As a former city trader said; “do you want to get noticed or play safe?” in the Sunday Times article (19/12/10) “Which button … Continue reading »
Flattery & ingratiation works – if you have class
Flattery generally gets a bad press. Abraham Lincoln said “Knavery and flattery are blood relations”, Dante said that their words were the equivalent of excrement, in the 8th Circle of Hell, and Dale Carnegie said that flattery; “is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself”. But the evidence is that flattery can … Continue reading »
Impression Management
How we look is important. To some people it’s everything. In America 1 in 3 women think the way they look is more important for their self-esteem than intelligence or job performance. Students said they would rather marry an embezzler, a shop lifter, or a drug smuggler than someone who was obese. And 11% of … Continue reading »
