Archive - Mar 2009

Free-to-use communication tool Skype is available from the Apple App Store from today.

Relevant and valuable information - rather that self-promotion - is the key to business success in email marketing, according to an expert.

Although lying on a CV is not illegal, it can damage a candidate's future employment prospects, an expert has advised. Lying on a CV is not illegal, but doing so can badly damage a person's future employment potential if it is detected, an industry expert has explained. Peter Panayotou, senior consultant at the Write Stuff, made his comments following the publication of a Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors study which found around one-third of UK adults have told untruths on their CV in a bid to secure employment.

Employers in the IT sector could benefit from adopting a number of measures to attract and retain professional female candidates, it has been asserted.

Businesspeople should not always trust items that appear in their email inbox, it has been asserted.

BT has unveiled the first set of locations where it will make superfast broadband available from early 2010.

Businesses neglect wireless local area network (WLAN) security, it has been suggested.

Firms that are only able to stay in business by removing staff that might cost them money should not be operating, it has been asserted.

Facebook and MySpace profiles could hinder those seeking jobs, it has been suggested.

Relatively small errors on a firm's website can hold it back, an expert has suggested.