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According to an article by Martyn Sloman  in the CIPD quarterly update “Impact” here in the UK

“only” 20% of organisations use Web 2.0 technologies for recruitment purposes
in a survey of 1700 employers 79% had disciplined one or more staff for using social networking sites during work time
in that same survey many had banned the use of […]

My son is looking for his first job since graduating. I had names of a couple of people who could be useful contacts and I e-mailed them to him using his hotmail e-mail which is made up of his full name which I will not repeat it here - to protect the innocent. (He has others that he […]

Yes  - I do have a vested interest here. But I like to read other blogs on HR issues - leadership, management, careers, engagement, retention, reward, recognition, etc  and I have had such trouble finding UK based writers. There are loads of blogs based elsewhere which are great. Now is time to get the UK […]

I was reading my feeds and catching up on my e-mail and dipping into online magazines …and wondering what I should blog about today.
A lot has happened this week. I have focused on getting my Linkedin profile up to date. A  friend I made through blogging  suggested this a while back. I had joined but done nothing else. I […]