Opportunity Unlimited!
Business is all about seeing a need and meeting it. To be good at business you have to be both alert and aware; attention must be open and directed outwards as well as on keeping your own house in...
View ArticleBig Foot!
While we are clearly a commercial business, Skills Hive has strong ethical and social values. We provide the tools to promote your skills and earn money, but we also actively encourage everyone to...
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Networking for Newbees! – GUEST POST
Networking can be a bit daunting. We all know we need to do it … but how, where and why do we do it, and what can we get out of it, and bring to it? Here are 10 handy hints for making networking work...
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Mo’ Mo’ Mo’– How do you like it?
I couldn’t resist this ridiculous title, seemingly cryptic or curiously random? Well – both really! Recently I wrote about the social and ethical credentials Skills Hive could perhaps claim in the...
View ArticleDeal or No Deal?
One of the main reasons we started Skills Hive was to provide an alternative to the “deals” being offered on the established freelancer marketplaces. It is becoming pretty clear that the bid based...
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Time to Emerge?
Ahead of the upcoming Emerge Mini-Conference hosted by Web Heroines, Skills Hive member Aimee Carmichael tells us what they are doing to inspire more women to start careers and businesses in the...
View ArticleScoring Goals
This isn’t about my feeble attempts to recapture my youth by playing 5-a-side on a Sunday, it is rather a couple of musings on how we go about getting things done. I received an interesting email last...
View Article“Employment 3.0″
It is pretty obvious that the world is changing all the time and we are all coming to terms with the accelerating nature of this change. The key driver appears to be technology, or at the very least it...
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Pay It Forward
When you have been fortunate enough to have found your route to success, the most rewarding thing you can do is help others to find their own path. One of my favourite quotes on mentoring is from Sir...
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On Reflection…
The Noblest Route to Wisdom (according to Confucius anyway – and who am I to argue!) January is often considered to be the most depressing and miserable time of the year. Yes the parties are over and...
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