There’s really no doubt that you need a photograph to accompany your profile on LinkedIn. Not having one simply means that people will at best consider you’re a newbie on LI (and, by extrapolation, IT generally). At worst, they will think you have something to hide.

Remember that you are using LI as a way . . . → Read More: Make sure you can be recognised from your LinkedIn profile photograph

Do you think it is worth me offering one?

I get a bit frustrated. There’s a lot of people who download my e-book. They read most of my tips that I send them afterwards. A small number of them contact me and arrange a free conversation.

I do this work for two reasons – obviously . . . → Read More: Would you be interested in a free job hunting webinar?

I’m not a great believer in paperwork exercises – simply documenting something that you’d do anyway in order to gain a piece of paper seems intrinsically wrong to me. It’s a question of how much effort is necessary. When the form filling becomes too onerous, but is still only documenting what’s already been achieved, then . . . → Read More: Learning something new or going through hoops – and for whose benefit?