Monthly Archives: May 2010

Working the room tip 7: Be positive and enthusiastic

This is the seventh blog post in a series taken from my book ‘ Networking tips for busy female professionals’. Each week, we will take a tip from the book and publish it in a blog post.
You want to create the right first impression. As a busy female professional, you don’t have time to repair [...]

The Definitive Guide to Job Hunting 7 – Where you fit in

When a company sets out to fill a vacancy, there is a specific process involved. In some cases, this is relatively simple but it can also be along, protracted process with many steps that sometimes make candidates (And Recruiters!) feel as though they are jumping through hoop after hoop.

“I never prepare for presentations, I just wing it.”

Paula Jones discusses the importance of preparing before your presentation.

Efficient Networker: Introducing Gina Wadsworth

Breakfast networking clubs, an expensive waste of time and money OR an efficient way to market your business?

How NOT to be David Brent when presenting!

Do you add in a joke when presenting and risk appearing like David Brent? Or do you play it straight? Paula Jones discusses this knotty problem.

Working the room tip 6: Stand in popular locations to get conversations started

This is the sixth blog post in a series taken from my book ‘ Networking tips for busy female professionals’. Each week, we will take a tip from the book and publish it in a blog post.
Joining people in the queue for food or the bar – or for us females, the queue for the [...]

The Definitive Guide to Job Hunting 6: A Regional Recruiter’s View

How to use a regional recruiter to find a job.

Working the room tip 5: Engineer who you sit next to

This is the fifth blog post in a series taken from my book ‘ Networking tips for busy female professionals’. Each week, we will take a tip from the book and publish it in a blog post.
At most business gatherings there is normally a formal part of the proceedings, be it a seminar, speaker, or [...]

The Definitive Guide to Job Hunting 5: Get the Best out of Agencies

You never know what you are going to find when you set out on a path to find a new job. Allow the agencies to work with your data to give you the widest possible exposure but don’t expect individual treatment until you embark on a recruitment process (I.e. go for interview). Until then, your CV is purely a number in a huge pool of candidates and it’s the agency’s task to match it to potential opportunities.

Taking the First Step Towards Your New Career Path

Coming to terms with being in the wrong career for you, is not an easy place to be. However, it’s best to keep the momentum going and put together a simple strategy that will start you along the road you need to take.

What makes a credible social media expert?

It seems to be that every Tom, Dick and Harry is deciding to declare themselves a social media expert and is running social media workshops or on-line training courses – predominantly aimed at small business owners.

18 signs that you are ready to take your business to the next stage

After ‘start-up’, in my view, the most painful period in a business’s life is when the business owner makes the transition from working in the business to ‘on the business’. The question is, how do you know when it is time to alter your business model to allow you to step up and lead your business?

Working the room tip 4: Position yourself so you can see people entering the room

This is the fourth blog post in a series taken from my book ‘ Networking tips for busy female professionals’. Each week, we will take a tip from the book and publish it in a blog post.
The rules of a business gathering are different from a social gathering. People expect to meet people and circulate, [...]

How to pinpoint your target market!

Here (and dedicated to @aileen456) are my instructions on how to pinpoint your target audience.

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