“The annual budget is even less of a meaningful document this year than usual, ” argues Cynthia Jamison of Tatum, a consulting firm that also provides clients with interim CFOs.

An encyclopaedia 's-worth of knowledge feels trivialised when it can be generated with just a few strokes on the keyboard, just as the live chatter of the world becomes so much waste paper.

No longer just another piece of paper in a stack of resumes, online job-seekers have more power than ever to show off, brag and stand out.