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Browsing Archive: September, 2009

CV Basics: Part 1

Posted by Dorothy Wilson on Wednesday, September 30, 2009, In : Developing Your Career 

Your CV is one of the most important documents you will ever put together. So let's have a quick look at things to avoid if you want yours to end in the recruiter's pile for the “short list” rather than in the bin.

Going on, and on – and on!

Curriculum Vitae may, literally, mean the course of one's life but recruiters are not interested in that. They are interested in what you can do for them. So keep it short, succinct and relevant. Whilst two pages are the standard, very ...


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Autumn - Job Blues Or Time To Plan For The Future?

Posted by Dorothy Wilson on Thursday, September 17, 2009, In : Developing Your Career 

Like the New Year, autumn - or Fall if you prefer – is one of those times when job-related blues can really hit home. The holiday period is over and it's a long haul to the next break. You are back at work and nothing has changed. You are bored or under pressure. Your boss is unreasonable and your career seems to be going nowhere fast.

At recessionary times like these, it can seem that the only option is to sit tight and wait for the employment market to pick up so that you ...


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Great Minds?

Posted by Dorothy Wilson on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, In : Miscellany 

There's a saying that great minds think alike but here are two slightly different slants on how to get on in life.

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I do not believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them."[George Bernard Shaw, Playwright, 1856-1950] 

"Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves, their strengths, th...


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About Me


Dorothy Wilson So that you know who you are dealing with let me tell you a little more about myself. A broad-based business career, which includes working for both small and large companies, a spell in the City of London as well as running my own business has given me a deep understanding of the inter-relationship between people and organisations. The expertise I have developed in career development over the past couple of decades is under-pinned by a Diploma in Management from the Open University and an MA in HRM, with career development as the dissertation subject, from Nottingham Business School as well as a coaching qualification. Wearing another hat, I have had a long connection with an international exchange programme and am very proud to have served as European President of the alumni association. My connection with this programme has given me some tremendous experiences. One of those was presiding over a meeting held on the side of an alp in Switzerland - one step back and I could well have tumbled down into William Tell's lake. Another was giving one of the key-note speeches at a conference in Manila. Then there was being stuck on the side of a Swiss mountain, knee-deep in snow in the middle of a hailstorm not to mention being horrendously sea-sick on a trawler off the Swedish coast and being faced with a dinner of barbecued pig just after making to the shore. I also managed to beat a hasty retreat from some head-hunters in the Philippines. However, after all that, I'm now back in the village where I grew up, working from my home office where I can look over the fields towards the Wolds - gentle rolling hills - that straggle the borders of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. And from there I hope to share some of my knowledge and experience with you - and to have the pleasure of getting to know some of you.

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Browsing Archive: September, 2009

CV Basics: Part 1

Posted by Dorothy Wilson on Wednesday, September 30, 2009, In : Developing Your Career 

Your CV is one of the most important documents you will ever put together. So let's have a quick look at things to avoid if you want yours to end in the recruiter's pile for the “short list” rather than in the bin.

Going on, and on – and on!

Curriculum Vitae may, literally, mean the course of one's life but recruiters are not interested in that. They are interested in what you can do for them. So keep it short, succinct and relevant. Whilst two pages are the standard, very ...


Continue reading ...
 

Autumn - Job Blues Or Time To Plan For The Future?

Posted by Dorothy Wilson on Thursday, September 17, 2009, In : Developing Your Career 

Like the New Year, autumn - or Fall if you prefer – is one of those times when job-related blues can really hit home. The holiday period is over and it's a long haul to the next break. You are back at work and nothing has changed. You are bored or under pressure. Your boss is unreasonable and your career seems to be going nowhere fast.

At recessionary times like these, it can seem that the only option is to sit tight and wait for the employment market to pick up so that you ...


Continue reading ...
 

Great Minds?

Posted by Dorothy Wilson on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, In : Miscellany 

There's a saying that great minds think alike but here are two slightly different slants on how to get on in life.

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I do not believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them."[George Bernard Shaw, Playwright, 1856-1950] 

"Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves, their strengths, th...


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