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Is Your Personal Brand Picture Perfect?

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Employers are increasingly using social media to hunt down their next employee. So what's your personal brand saying about you? Today, a staggering 90 per cent of UK employers …

 

Passion from the Podium – 7 Speaking Tips for Procurement Pros

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Apparently, the old underwear trick doesn’t work anymore. Last year my son confided in me his nervousness about making a speech at his school assembly. I shared the …

 

10 Career Influencing Women in Procurement – Part 2

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A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend the ProcureCon Europe ‘Women in Procurement’ Breakfast in Berlin. The conversation over breakfast got me thinking about …

 

10 Career Influencing Women in Procurement – Part 1

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As a woman in procurement - what would you do if you weren’t afraid? Would you ask for more from yourself, your partner, your boss, your colleagues, your …

 

5 Ways to Beat the Procurement Blues

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“In a ditch calling for a shovel” is a favourite saying from my husband’s long repertoire of business expressions. In my recent blog 6 sure-fire ways to become …

 

Injecting Social Media into Local Government’s New Commercial DNA

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A good dose of social media activity could help local government make the most of the sweeping EU Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR2015). Local authorities have been advised …

 

Procurement Makeovers – Tales from the CIPS UK Conference

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We all need a makeover from time to time, and I am sure that we’re all in agreement that procurement’s image (like anyone’s!) can always do with some …