During my daily commute, I’ve been listening to Linchpin by Seth Godin, and am absolutely taken by the idea that the CV/resume could be becoming an outdated concept.
As a freelance contractor, one of the key marketing tools I use to get work has traditionally been my CV, so to me the idea that its days might [...]
Category Archives: Careers
Is the CV/resume outdated?
11 March 2010 – 8:02 pm
Leading from the bottom
19 February 2010 – 3:00 pm
I used to think that in order to be a leader in an organisation, you had to be in senior management. My reasoning was: you have to have authority to lead, and that only comes with being a manager.
I was wrong. In fact, it’s perfectly possible to be a leader no matter what your rank is in an organisation. You can even [...]
Why I dislike ‘personal branding’
10 February 2010 – 8:25 pm
There’s at least one big craze every year, and 2010 looks like it’s going to be the year of the personal brand.
Everyone’s talking about it. As soon as you mention the phrase on Twitter, you get several self-proclaimed personal branding experts following you, courtesy of their obedient little Twitterbots.
Client confidentiality
13 January 2010 – 9:34 pm
One of the most worrying things about writing for this global public platform is the issue of client confidentiality.
Whenever I get an idea for a post, one of my first tasks is to apply my commonsense confidentiality filter to ensure I’m not about to offend any past, present, or future clients.
If my alarm bells ring, [...]
Why aren’t we teleworking more?
12 January 2010 – 9:26 pm
A few days ago I exchanged tweets with Emily Cagle about how more companies are beginning to embrace teleworking. Our brief chat made me realise more than 60% of the work I do for my biggest clients could be done remotely, yet I still feel obliged/compelled to go into the office.
It goes without saying that [...]
Be a client of yourself
11 January 2010 – 8:26 pm
If like me, you have a tendency to have lots of ideas, and start personal projects full of enthusiasm only to get distracted further down the line by another idea, you’re not alone. Many people experience similar false starts when they kick off something new.
Over the weekend I read a thought-provoking post about this on [...]
No need to turn hobbies into a career
6 January 2010 – 8:30 pm
For the last few days, I’ve been reading Penelope Trunk’s career advice blog. I only discovered her work recently, and I’m glad I did – she writes some superb posts, with a wisdom I can only dream of being blessed with.
The advice I’m going to quote here is obvious (isn’t most?), but it gave me [...]
