According to a newspaper article I read on holiday some parents heavily involved in their children’s job search. As a parent of a recent graduate myself I had a strong desire to share my expertise and give advice on his approach to the world of work. I have helped him write his CV and made introductions [...]
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 [...]
As I have mentioned before I am an obeyer of rules. On my flights last week I listened to the safety briefing from the cabin crew and I read the safety leaflet “in the seat pocket in front of me” because the Captain said I should. I expect that if airlines ever get to the stage [...]
In discussions with my colleagues at Napier University this afternoon we got onto the subject of employee engagement to be included in a project on developing new managers. Then I found this interesting article in HR Zone.
But it was one of the comments that really caught my eye. The story in the post is about how a [...]
In my previous post I mentioned that I was writing it in the local library in the main town in Shetland, Lerwick and that i would then head for the airport to fly home to Edinburgh. That was at about 11.30 on Thursday 29th May ( that piece of information is important).
Over the previous week I [...]
