I was listening to someone speak recently about recruitment and how people who apply for jobs think they’re suitable for a role, but would the employer actually think they’re eligible? I had to think about that. ‘Suitable’, according to the Collins English Dictionary means ‘appropriate, proper’. ‘Eligible’, according to the same dictionary […]

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… my home address that is. I’ve just had a phone call on my home number (which is separate from my business number these days) with a guy asking for me by name and asking if I had a business here. I told him yes, but I haven’t used that number for […]

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I was having a chat with a client yesterday and mentioned I’d recently won an Executive Portrait Package. I’d been planning to get a new photo done for sometime and now something was going to be done about it!
But she was concerned it might be one of those promotions that draw you in to […]

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I was privileged to be asked to contribute to a new book which was launched recently in the US. The book is called “The Business Mom Guide Book” and it is filled with stories of ‘moms’ in different locations who have developed successful businesses at home.
The book was put together by Terilee Harrison and I […]

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Articles on becoming a VA that is. I’ve noticed an explosion of articles on different publications promoting how ‘easy’ it is to become a VA. Have a computer, have internet connection and voila! You’re a VA! If it were that easy, we’d all be doing it!
There also seems to be […]

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My previous post about lists prompted a discussion amongst my team and one mentioned how she’d been approached to do a joint venture with a company, which all sounded very good, until she was asked to hand over her list so the other company could contact all those people. She refused and I can’t blame […]

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