Publications.

Friend of Ribit, Tom Hitchcock, CEO of Purple Patch Consulting, shares his considerable knowledge on helping students and employers hire successfully. In this final blog of our three-piece series, we conjoin the findings of the previous two into a pragmatic guide to...

COVID-19 taught us a lot and now is the time to put those lessons to the test. As we enter life post-pandemic, we, as business owners, need to step up and take responsibility for our future success. Here’s a bit of advice from Purple Patch Consulting for entrepreneurs...

Stoicism is in my blood - a trait I am proud of! The British stiff upper lip. As Sir Winston Churchill said, "if you’re going through hell, keep going"! But what is the price of this behaviour? Believing in cause and effect, there must be a trade-off. I think there...

Odds are that your past includes financial mistakes. If so, you're not alone. According to government statistics, more than half a million people in the United States declared bankruptcy between 2016 and 2020. Still, economic researchers have determined that similar...

Company Culture V Team Culture — what culture type are you? Friend of Ribit Tom Hitchcock, CEO of Purple Patch Consulting, shares his considerable knowledge on helping students and employers hire successfully. This is part 2 of a 3-part series of articles on the topic...

Meet Del Boy! A Boxer Puppy with bags of energy and charm. He is a team player and will do anything for you. Including hiding my shoes and digging escape routes in the garden. He is a puppy and takes a lot of time and effort to learn. However, on reflection it is me...

The importance of maintaining a good credit check is well known. The inherent system is notoriously swift and blunt for mistakes we make and painfully slow to rebuild. For those that suffer bad credit from historical poor decision making, it may seem impossible to...

Technophobe or not, it is hard to hide and not be affected by technology. It advances at a rate often quicker than our learning; all with the agenda of making life-better through efficiency and speed. Business and in this example ‘recruitment’ is at the forefront of...

Often, we are told it is prudent to have 2 or 3 versions of your CV to accurately reflect the type of role you are submitting your CV for. This is common practice and OK to do as long as its not a lie. Rather, more that it drawers out, to the attention to the selector...