Good old GRB hunted down a nice story on CV writing recently, looking at whether paying a professional company to hone your CV was worthwhile. After all a good CV may not get you the job, but it damn well gets you through the door. Many people spend under a minute looking at a CV, often just scanning for something that stands out against all the others. CV consultants will find and exploit skills and experiences that will make you sound like a superhero – follow this advice and be loud and proud. “Kerr Wells, who now runs his own company, Attivo Global Learning, paid Bradley CVs about £650 to write his résumé…Did it work? When Mr Wells had his first CV written in 1998 he was earning £35,000; 10 years later he was on £120,000. “You’ve got to be up to the job too,” he says. But he recalls sending his CV to the chief executive of a European bank and getting back the two-word response: “Let’s talk.” Let’s talk indeed – to our on campus Careers Services!! And they’re free!

Ladies: we’ve heard of the glass ceiling, well Lloyds TSB and Stonewall have got together to publish a report on The Double-Glazed Ceiling. The report claims that lesbian or bisexual women fear gender discrimination more than gay men in the workplace, which makes them more likely to hide their sexual orientation from colleagues. The research pointed to a lack of openly gay women in UK workplaces. when such role models are important for other lesbians. I know one terrifically inspiring lesbian at KPMG - my old friend Ashley Steel who came out many years ago in what was an all male environment and has made marvellous achievements in the firm. She is well worth listening too. Good to see a big brand like Lloyds TSB catching up too (when they’re not spanking our money down the drain): Their equality and diversity director was quoted as saying that commissioning the report was a way to make “Lloyds TSB a genuinely great place to work for all our lesbian gay and bisexual  staff.” (write your own jokes about deposits and withdrawals).