For our generation this is our most painful experience of needing to find and exercise real meaningful resilience in our working lives.

The threat of job loss perhaps or restriction on promotions or pay increments; finding new engaging employment; redefining the product or services we supply.  The list of things can feel fairly endless.

Additionally many of us have been touched by the need to reach beyond the ordinary and become resilient as we face just the normal trials of life.
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For many of us, the thought of self-promoting and pushing ourselves forward can fell quite unnerving.

Perhaps we reflect on how laughable others have seemed when they apparently suggest they alone are responsible for every possible successful outcome and how no company or organisation should be without their skills.

Do we worry that if we too speak well of ourselves we will be equally judged?
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Again this week I had a conversation about the how and why people are selected at interview and I thought it might be useful to touch on what that certain ‘something’ might be that, when it appears, puts you ahead of the competition.  It is something that is often more important that qualifications; the successor can hold lesser qualifications and experience and yet still walk away with the prize.

What on earth is it?
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LinkedIn is the premier social networking site for people in business. Not just for looking for new job opportunities but for connecting and staying in touch with your network.  So if you think you might like to move up or even along in your career anytime in your lifetime now is the moment to build and develop your LinkedIn profile; leaving it until you need to reach out is not the way to go.

Now is the time to address why you should be on LinkedIn, why you should commit to having a strong profile and to using this superb tool.  This is not a ‘how to’ guide but a ‘why to’
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