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Books: Mark is the author of a number of books including Your Job Search Made Easy (Kogan Page), How to Master Personality Questionnaires (Kogan Page), How to Master Psychometric Tests (Kogan Page), Graduate Job Hunting Guide (Kogan Page), and Using Psychology in Business (Gower Publishing)- details from Kogan Page and Gower Publishing. Most are available in a number of languages, and free excerpts can be found at Google Book Search.

Articles: He has written articles for newspapers, journals and business magazines, and for example Managing the Difference (64KB pdf) recently appeared in Graduate Recruiter. He has produced manuals, reports, guides and e-learning material relating to many aspects of applied business psychology. An example of a widely quoted report (written with Alastair Robertson), exploring the concept of the 'learning organisation', is Securing Innovation & Creativity in Design Education (241KB pdf).

Broadcasts: He appears regularly in the media and has contributed to numerous radio programmes, including BBC Radio 4's Shop Talk (ST-1), (ST-2), All in the Mind and Testing Times; as well as advising on TV related publications such as Think Yourself Rich - the book of the BBC2 series Mind of a Millionaire. Plus countless interviews on local radio.

Production: Mark has also worked with a number of production companies and broadcasters, for example Chrysalis Visual Entertainment and the BBC, to develop ideas for TV and radio programmes. These have included game shows involving psychological tests & puzzles (C4 Big Brain Game) and advertising campaigns (Virgin One Account).

British Psychological Society: Mark is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS). He is a press spokesman for the BPS on personnel assessment & selection matters, the psychology of entrepreneurs (his PhD subject) and creativity in business.

Other useful links for journalists:

  • British Psychological Society Online Testing Centre
  • Association of Business Psychologists
  • Business Test Publishers Association
  • Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
  • Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
  • Up-to-date list of example tests & questionnaires.





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