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Coming from a family of folk who could make things, I take my ability in craft work for granted. Every now and again someone will comment on something I have made and I am reminded that not everyone can knit or sew. I was thinking …

As I write this January 2013 is drawing to a close. By now, according to research, none of which I can find that would be useful, most New Year resolutions will have gone by the board.
Some of that might be down to the time of …

Why LinkedIn Won’t Help Your Networking
As we step into 2013 we are at a stage where social networking has become part of life for a huge number of people. Even those who have chosen not to engage with it have some understanding of what it …

I was about to write my post for this month’s magazine when Karen’s reminder email came into my inbox.  She asked “does social media/internet technologies make technology more acceptable to women/girls?” So I stopped to think about that for a while  and I wonder if …

One of my abiding memories of my dear Grandad was of him pontificating about what young folk were up to – always started with “the youth of today”. I kind of forgave him for that because in his time communication methods were less sophisticated than …

I was chatting to a young woman who had decided that the time had come to step away from her current job and find something else to help her develop her skills. When she heard that I coached people during their career transition she asked …