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Selling Like Danny DeVito

by Tom O'Connor on April 29th, 2011

Hollywood hasn’t been very kind to salesmen – what with their tortured depiction in such iconic movies as Death of a Salesman and Glengarry Glen Ross.
Fortunately, this is more than made up for with the range of great actors involved – Dustin Hoffman, Jack Lemmon, Kevin Spacey, Al Pacino, etc.
And, then there is Danny DeVito [...]

Humphrey Bogart’s Dual Duel

by Tom O'Connor on April 12th, 2011

The town of Sandwich, in Kent, is long famous for its association with the 18th century Fourth Earl of Sandwich, who gave its name to the common snack – that holds a filling between two slices of bread.
Less known perhaps is another of it illustrious sons – one Sydney Greenstreet, whose character portrayals of villainous [...]

Free Employee Engagement Seminar

by Tony Roe on April 5th, 2011

Just a short heads-up here to let you know of a free, ‘not-to-be-missed’, seminar we’re planning for the 2nd week of May, 2011, on the subject of:
Employee Engagement in Challenging Times
We’re finalising preparations at the moment, targeting an early evening slot (5-6:30pm) in a convenient centre-city Dublin location.
The exact date still has to be tied [...]

Torc Jobs Alert – April, 2011

by Paddy Collins on April 5th, 2011

CTO – Irish technology company
The CTO will provide the overall technology vision for the company ensuring that products and software services are built to meet or exceed customer requirements through innovative approaches, architecture and technology. 
The ideal candidate will be delivery focused, capable of building and sustaining credibility at executive board level and investor level, have [...]

Decision-Making: New iPhone Apps

by Izabela Turek on April 4th, 2011

“Nothing is more difficult & more precious than to be able to decide”
Napoleon Bonaparte
Decision-making has always been important – and, even more so now, with the explosion in choices available across all walks of life.

It is a subject long of interest to computer programmers, especially to those working in the esoteric fields of robots and [...]

Employer Branding – Step 1

by Paddy Collins on April 3rd, 2011

Most large companies today are concerned about their reputation as an employer because it has a major impact on their capacity to attract talented new employees.
It is reminiscent of the days of economic boom when employers were involved in the so-called “War for Talent” – so what’s new!
In reality we will never escape the challenge [...]