If you are looking for a new role or a new client, LinkedIn is where it’s at. The beauty of LinkedIn is that if you write a great personal profile you open yourself up to the opportunity to be found for work. Yes, that’s right, found for work. Potential employers or clients find you – […]
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How to write a compelling cover letter
Job applications are scanned in seconds by a human eye or a piece of software. In both cases the reader is looking to see if your skills and experience match the criteria detailed in a job advertisement. Nowadays our job market is becoming more and more competitive. Hiring managers are looking for candidates who […]
How to become a better negotiator
Negotiating is not only part of everyone’s job but also part of our lives. It is not always enjoyable but it is unavoidable. I strongly believe that “Negotiation” is a skill that you improve on by working on it; that is the reason why I would like to give you some tips on it. 1. […]
Interview Communication
If you think you’re a good communicator consider for a moment what this really means. The dictionary defines communications as: The act or process of communicating; fact of being communicated. Imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions or information by speech, writing or signs. Something imparted, interchanged, or transmitted. A document or message imparting news, views, […]
Talking Genders
You will laugh and probably squirm as you learn the error of your communication ways. Tuesday 21st July 2015 7.30am to 9am
Stop acting like a man…
As a woman working in civil engineering I realised early on it was really important for me to be authentic, for me to be who I really was. I had to stop acting like a man. I know, it sounds obvious. One might ask why, as a woman, would you even try to act as […]
7 Surprising Truths about Body Language
The past 3 months has been a tumultuous time for Australian politics as we now have an ex Prime Minister returning to the captains chair. During any time of political instability in any country, body language specialists return to the scene to provide subjective analysis on political leaders. An article on Forbes.com published back in […]