27
NOV
2015

The communication gaps in the students/employers/universities triangle

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Background The guardian reported, 19 august 2015, Britain’s failure to create sufficient high-skilled jobs for its rising proportion of graduates means the money invested in education is being squandered, while young people are left crippled by student debts, warns a ne...
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26
NOV
2015

Employability: which university is doing the best by its students?

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A Times Higher Education report discusses Employability: which university is doing the best by its students?  Whether it justifies the subhead, The Global Employability University Survey reveals where to study to get a job, is debatable, but it is an interesting article with some...
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25
NOV
2015

Journalists: a suitable case for treatment

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Take a profession, any profession.  Say, plumbers.  It’s possible to assess plumbers on a number of criteria, including their competence, problem-solving skills, efficiency, and so on.  It’s also possible to assess them on their probity. Probity, definition:  “the quality of a...
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13
JUN
2015

Why you can’t “measure” customer service

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Of those businesses that understand about the primary importance of customer services, many are trapped by people who should know better into worrying about how they measure customer service.  Here are some questions to ask people who make an unreasoning emphasis on this. 1  Who...
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12
MAY
2015

No business needs a unique selling proposition

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Even today, I have found people on LinkedIn discussion forums promoting articles and videos in which they attempt to explain why my business has to be unique. This is so last century.  Literally. A few years ago, I needed a graphic designer to produce new designs for my...
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23
APR
2015

Why it isn’t worth atheists engaging with religionists

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I believe it is wholly pointless to invite atheists and agnostics to an interfaith discussion. Drawing on Bertrand Russell, it would be like inviting people who didn’t believe a chocolate teapot was orbiting the sun to a meeting of those who did. The meeting would be...
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20
APR
2015

Why don’t some people want to change?

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I was asked this recently by a colleague. He added, “And of course, we never truly know what drives the behaviours, unless they tell us.”  Well, we know what sorts of things drive them:  emotions and feelings, and thoughts and beliefs. I call this the behaviour cycle, and...
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16
APR
2015

How not to interview job applicants—1

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An article on the internet, How to not hire a dud: The killer interview questions every candidate should be asked *, suggests that there are some “killer interview questions” which “will help you to sort the wheat from the chaff, as well as highlight some of the signs that...
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13
APR
2015

Stop selling!—2: Be clear who it’s about

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If you hang around LinkedIn discussion groups that are largely patronised by Americans, you quickly learn of their taste for exaggeration.  Noone should aspire to merely being a “leader”, fine though that aspiration is.  We all have to want to be “Great Leaders”. If everything is...
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11
APR
2015

Why soft skills are important

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I don’t like the term “soft skills” because it relates to something which isn’t soft and isn’t a skill.  Apart from that it’s a great name. “Soft skills” is the capacity to relate well to our fellow human beings. Everyone has to be...
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