by admin | Oct 23, 2008 | Case Studies, Media Room
For any company going through a period of dramatic growth and having to employ a lot of new staff there is a great deal of risk to the business if it gets its hiring decisions wrong. For Retail Africa, one of South Africa’s foremost property development companies,...
by Martin Gibbons | Oct 15, 2008 | Celebrities, News, Films, Books
Just been to see a great movie, The Stone of Destiny. It’s set in Scotland in the 1950’s, where a handful of students stole the Stone of Destiny from Westminster in England to return it to it’s rightful place in Scotland. I took a lot of things from...
by Martin Gibbons | Oct 14, 2008 | Job Hunting
Do you buy lottery tickets or are you tempted to call in sick every Monday? If the answer is yes, then you’re not in your Dream Job. Let me share a secret with you – a secret successful people already know: ANYONE can have their dream job. You don’t need heaps...
by Anne Ellis | Oct 13, 2008 | Job Hunting
With the launch of the PeopleMaps Dream Job sequence of personality reports and home study course, we’re always on the look out for more ideas about how you can use the Internet to help you land your dream job. And since it’s Monday and you might be...
by Martin Gibbons | Oct 11, 2008 | Personality Test
Are you getting hung up on your label? I see lots of people talking about the MBTI type but what you have got to keep asking is “so what?” What are you going to do with this new information? My feeling is that most people use to support their existing...
by Anne Ellis | Oct 7, 2008 | Coaching and Personal Development
The Guardian reports: “Schools, universities and businesses should prepare young people for an era where CVs may well be obsolete, enabling them to manage their online reputation,” says the report. Erm, is that time not already here?
by Anne Ellis | Oct 6, 2008 | Job Hunting, PeopleMaps People
And we’re not the only ones who think it. The CV is dying – but there IS another way. Martin wrote recently about how Seth Godin is using social media for his recruitment drives, and my last post talked about the importance of creating a professional...
by admin | Sep 29, 2008 | In the Press, Media Room
PeopleMaps in the News and Comment pages of the Autumn edition of the Contact Centre Association’s Membership magazine InTouch, click on the thumbnail to read more…
by Anne Ellis | Sep 19, 2008 | Job Hunting
There’s certainly no shortage of voiced opinions about the pros and cons of social networking platforms for jobhunting and recruitment purposes. What you as jobseeker must understand is that recruiters really do check your online profile to help them make hiring...
by Anne Ellis | Sep 16, 2008 | Job Hunting
With my morning coffee, I was browsing Flickr for some images I can use in a presentation, when I came across a few fun and relevant photos, so I duly followed the link trail to find some fab t-shirt products you need to know about. I’ve been encouraging...
