Rethinking the Resumé: Skills & Experience

It’s been a while now since I’ve done the whole sending around the resumé thing, but I was talking over the weekend with a friend recently went in search of a new job. The resumé’s been around for a while now with relatively few changes to reflect the integrated skill sets of today’s employees (e.g. contacts and resources available through informal social networks) . Over the next week or so we’ll be taking a look at the Resumé (or CV) from some different perspectives. First up? The Skills and Experience Section. Read more »

Focusing on the Little Things

Jet Pilot Booster SeatI was at a local breakfast chain (Chez Cora’s) over the weekend and there was a table with two children literally hanging off the wall and climbing anything they could, as children are apt to do. It was apparent that, aside from the food (and the colouring pages), there wasn’t much of anything for the kids to do but climb around their seat. For some reason this made me think that if only there was something that would capture their attention and keep them seated, if only long enough for their parents to relax a little and have a nice breakfast.

Then it came to me. Themed booster seats! Read more »