Generic cover letters

Cover Letter Advice: Why Generic Applications Often Fail Customers often ask me if I could help them write a ‘one size fits all’ cover letter. I say “I can, but I won’t”. The reason for this is, they don’t work, for several reasons:...
The dangers of writing resumes using AI

The dangers of writing resumes using AI

One day we were using our brains and the next AI crept in the back door, effectively shutting the door on our human creativity.  It answers emails, writes reports; it even drafts resumes. But before you let a machine tell the story of your career, think on this…...
September – A Grinter’s Tale

September – A Grinter’s Tale

The word vitamin is defined in the dictionary thus: “Any of a group of substances that are essential in small quantities for the normal functioning of metabolism in the body. They cannot usually be synthesised in the body but they occur naturally in certain foods.” I...