"An effective HR professional would probably be a mature person, one who has lived and who has been "knocked about" by life. Because if you have not experienced life, how can you share that experience with people?"
"If graduates do not get relevant experience in their field of study after graduation, they will forget what they learned and, in a few years, their knowledge may be completely lost,"
"Candidates should be proactive and show passion and commitment if they wanted to secure the best positions."
"(The Facebook campaign) "is a bit of a feel-good, but it is better than nothing""
"If little kids could play more, you´d have better engineers, better managers and more inspiration in the workplace.If you deny a toddler the chance to play and then put him in a preschool where he is always competing and being measured, you get fear and that leads to an unwillingness to take risks. You end up with boring adults."
"Everything about you is part of your branding, about how you are perceived, viewed, thought and spoken about. Great branding enables you to stand out, be memorable"
"I once asked a group of young managers in a workshop: would you prefer to work with a friend who never keeps their word or an enemy who does? The entire group said they would prefer to work with enemies, those they could in some sense rely upon.Give yourself time before rushing to respond to requests from your boss, colleagues and clients. Avoid being vague in how you respond. If you are not sure you can do what is being asked of you, do not say “I’ll try and let you know" as people could assume you will be completing the work."
"Poor quality job-hunting can be the surest way of remaining without work, of being depressed and of feeling that life has no direction."
"Yes, first impressions do count but every single impression counts. You cannot fake being positive, but you can practise and teach yourself to appear and act in a positive manner."
"Employers do not wish to hire victims, rather they try to hire balanced and flexible people who do not blame others for their situation."
"Employers are not going to hire a candidate who is stressed by cashflow and family problems. With this kind of baggage around your neck, you will choke your job-hunting opportunities."
"Rather than let the rejections deter you from your objectives, simply aim to learn what the rejections teach you."
"Even if you are penniless and desperate for any type of paid employment, you must work out what are the ideal jobs for you if you want to avoid future upset."
"If you don’t know where you are heading, no employer is going to hire you to give you a lift to ‘Don’t know where land’!"
"Be able to sell ice-cubes to Eskimos – you may have to!"
"I am often asked when can you stop networking. I would say never – networking should be a lifelong activity."
"Everything matters and the little things do count in life..So often in this fast world we forget the importance of effective communication."
"Preparation and planning are everything - ask any chef."
"No one owes you a job, least of all the person across the table interviewing you!"
"Whatever you start, finish well!"
"No longer be one of the many job-hunters who are blinded by your ignorance and self-confidence, who after a lengthy period of unemployment still feel that the world owes them a living."
"Today knowledge and human capital are becoming an organisation’s key resources, and the ability to find, attract and retain talent has become an essential skill that any successful organization must embrace."
"Hire people who can deal with crisis and uncertainty"
"Very few people can succeed in their careers without having to manage, supervise and lead other people...virtually everyone is part of a team, and at some point in their working lives they must take a leadership role – if only to chair a team meeting or a project in their boss’ absence."
"Any team, consciously or unconsciously, agrees a set of understandings around which all of their thinking and activities are organized. This is your team’s culture."