Career apps

I was just saying to a friend the other day that, apart from singing Stevie Wonder songs, I seem to come up with some of my better ideas in the shower in the morning. I don't think I've managed to solve world peace in there yet but I think most of the things I come up with have more merit than anything that any of the Republican Party presidential candidates have come up with so far. Taking my ideas to the next level is the tricky bit though. How nice it would be to be able to take one or two of those ideas to someone with some serious business experience and ask them a few questions about ...  More

If you've read any of the Malcolm Gladwell books or articles in the New Yorker you will probably think that all you have to do when you go for your next job interview is to stride in confidently looking your interviewer in the eye and shake their hand. According to Gladwell, that first impression is the thing that is going to swing it for you. While I fully recommend that approach in interviews you still are going to need an impressive resume to go with your new found confidence. Career Igniter is a clear, concise and simple to use free resume creation application that puts all your ...  More

It's said that if you are the employer of a great software engineer it's best to try to nail them into a new contract before they've been with you for five years or so. One tends to find that if they haven't found what they are looking for in your business by then they will think about moving on. It's the nature of the beast. So if you are an employer looking to coax one of the great ones out of their soft, cosy and comfortable conditions it's rather difficult for obvious reasons. But how could you encourage and court them to come and talk to you privately and anonymously? You might be ...  More

Kapta Systems could well be described as an executive tune up for your business methods. By that I mean that this business solutions application provides a cost effective elite employee performance management for businesses of all sizes that doesn't take a degree in business studies to understand.  Kapta's business plan is based on performance management problems based on the business experiences of over 100 top executives to identify and solve familiar everyday business problems.   Kapta started with the simple idea of providing great employee performance management tools and ...  More

Do many of you keep your professional accomplishments up to date on a regular basis or do you only update them when you are applying for a new job? Personally, it's the latter I'm afraid but I totally agree that it would be far more organized and sensible to keep an ongoing record. WorkSimple Individual Edition is a free business and portfolio application where you can detail your working career and then adds a bit of a LinkedIn-style social side to share your efforts.   WorkSimple's Personal Edition is the easiest way to manage your career. It's a simple professional view of your ...  More