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Handy bits of advice and thoughts on careers
5 Top Tips for LinkedIn
I HATE SOCIAL MEDIA! I hear this cry often in my one to ones with technical folk. But a digital presence is required to move our careers forward. LinkedIn is currently a great way of doing that. it appears in search engine results, it's designed to be a professional,...
Be shameless
Be shameless. Be like Cersei Lannister in Games of Thrones. Both pieces of advice from a new lecturer. He was speaking on my course for researchers thinking about applying for fellowships. Be like an evil queen who is determined to get her way! Shocking advice from...
Be a better programmer? Learn a new language? Do it now!
I'll do that course next time it comes around. I'm too busy to do it now. I don't have time. Sad but common themes for someone passionate about learning and development to hear. Even worse are the people who book onto development events and then don't turn up because...
Top 5 CV Essentials
STOP! Did you remember to tailor your CV? I was working with a client recently who had applied to several jobs with the same CV. "I heard nothing back. I wonder why I bothered." Well the recruiter was probably wondering exactly that as a generic CV landed on their...
Time saving tips
Where did that hour / week / millennium go? Time management is always an issue with my clients. And you only have to look at a self help section in a bookshop to know it can be a huge problem for many of us. So I've put together the nuggets below which help me. Trust...
Chicken and egg: how do I get management experience?
Leadership inspires us with vision. Management delivers that vision. In a research group or small technical start-up often people are called to be both. There just aren't enough people to split the roles. And couple in the fact that you got to this space by being...
