The 5 Top Reasons Your CV Gets Shredded Number 4

The 5 Top Reasons Your CV Gets Shredded Number 4 Right. Your CV looks good and you have cleaned up your social media act. You have made sure there are no ‘omissions’ or errors on your CV. That’s not enough though. It’s enough to make sure your CV gets more than a cursory glance sure […]

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The 5 Top Reasons Your CV Gets Shredded Number 2

The 5 Top Reasons Your CV Gets Shredded Number 2 So – you’ve made it past the first hurdle – your CV looks good, is easily read and the relevant info is all in the right places. So – why else might it make the shredder rather than the ‘yes’ pile. Social Media Yes – […]

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The law of attraction

You may have heard of the law of attraction. It refers to the belief that positive thoughts and actions are magnets for positive life experiences, whilst negative thoughts are magnets for negative life experiences. A wise man once said to me, “the universe responds to the vibrations you give out.” Sounds like some mystical hippy […]

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Hearing vs Listening

Hearing vs Listening… Hearing and listening aren’t the same thing. What do you mean, Tom, you may ask? Listening skills are important in business… Actually, scratch that: IN LIFE. Yet there are still so many of us who fail to listen properly. (Myself included.) Hearing occurs with or without your consent… Like that aggravating mutt […]

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Making the best of a bad situation

A valuable life skill: making the best of a bad situation. I am a Social Media apprentice. Being an apprentice involves completing an NVQ course for college (which equals two A levels, if you were wondering.) For most people this means going into college once a week or once every two weeks to complete work […]

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