By perryburns on August 4, 2008
According to the BBC, more than half of Britons have not made a will. The proportions are similar in the US and Canada. The fact of the matter that actually making a will is simple and its cheap. So why do people not do it? Making a will means dealing with some difficult issues. The [...]
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By perryburns on May 31, 2008
I was talking to a client the other day about the complexity of building a compelling web presence. I was explaining that it was not just about design of the web page itself (which has to be good) or about the quality of the content (which has to be good), or the way it is [...]
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By perryburns on May 25, 2008
Web 2.0 is not a new technology. Rather it is a whole new way of thinking about information, other people and how they interact. This will have an increasingly important effect on the way that companies do business. Web 2.0 is distinct from web design and requires a change the way firms interact with their [...]
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By perryburns on April 18, 2008
If you have been living in a soundproof box for the past few months you may not be aware of this, but Web 2.0 is coming faster than anyone could ever have imagined, and it is going to affect just about every business. Put simply Web 2.0 is the extension of the internet. It brings [...]
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By perryburns on March 16, 2008
I am frequently asked about questions that may be asked at a sales rep job interview. Everyone wants to know “How can I ace my job interview? In this article we are going to look at tips on how to present yourself in the first interview, how to answer interview questions, how to prepare for [...]
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By perryburns on March 3, 2008
The big buzz in the Learning and Development community is about Leadership development. “If only we could train good leaders,” goes the argument, “we could be beat the world” This belief is so well ingrained that hardly anyone stops to question it. But when you step back for a second, there are a number of [...]
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By perryburns on March 3, 2008
Recruiting staff has never been easy. But with changes to legislation employers are having to be ever more careful as they assess candidates. An employer’s first responsibility of course is to recruit the best possible candidate for the job; but increasingly, they must also be able to demonstrate that the process used for selection was [...]
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