Posts from ‘June, 2010’

In the fourth part of the FreshMinds Talent blog series on the secrets to career success, Phil Bolton, career coach with Less Ordinary Living talks about the 3rd secret - Charisma
Sparkling at interview is the final step to landing your ideal job.Â
Succeeding at interview means creating strong rapport with your interviewer and showing the charisma [...]

A new approach when you’re not sure what the next job might look like:
I often find myself in initial interviews with very bright, highly articulate and extremely driven candidates who are struggling to really pin-point what their next role might look like.  What is going to get them out of bed on most Monday mornings [...]

Retail Week
Gap reveals plans for China
Gap has revealed plans to enter into the Chinese market, starting with four stores and an online site to launch towards the end of this year, and has poached senior executives from Tesco and Best Buy to lead its charge into the country. The company plans to open a headquarters [...]

Local Government
Guardian - Bars and pubs to pay for the cost of after hours drinking
Under plans to dismantle round-the-clock drinking, the government wants late-night bars to help pay for the cost of tackling antisocial behaviour and alcohol-related violence. Town halls will be given the power to charge premises additional fees for late-night licences, with the [...]