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I’m on on of my rants again I’m afraid.
OK so the euro zone is in chaos, the economy isn’t great and it looks as though we will have a few tough years before things get better. But do you know what? That’s life. In the good times, every person, every company and every country spent too much. Fact. So now we all have to take a bit of a hit and pay it back.
And while we’re about it I have to say that not every market is [...]
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If you hadn’t already heard, the Rugby World Cup is in full swing and so far the England boys are doing quite well.
The English team have performed at their best during the competition when a mixture of ‘old boys’ and new talent have been working hand in hand. This got me thinking about how businesses use age diversity in the workplace.
Organisations in the UK are increasingly looking to blend youth with experience in order to safely negotiate the current turbulent [...]
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This week, David Rowat was fired from his job at Argos for taking to Facebook to have a moan about a bad day at work.
Now, we don’t need to tell you that it’s inadvisable to badmouth your employer on social networks. It’s about as subtle as writing “I hate my job” on your forehead and even if it doesn’t get you in trouble, it certainly won’t single you out as an ideal candidate for promotion.
Under normal circumstances I would argue [...]
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I have a personal rule. No matter what my role in any organisation, I always make sure that I do one thing exceptionally well: I always do my best to get back to people.
It goes without saying that everyone can become very busy at times. It’s not always possible to return emails or phone calls straight away, I’m sure we’ve all been guilty of neglecting the odd response, but it makes a world of difference to your professional reputation if [...]
Continue Reading →I have read many articles and blog postings about the candidate experience – hell I even wrote one myself bemoaning the bad service candidates get in terms of engagement and feedback.
However, as someone who has been involved in recruiting for our own organisation over the past few weeks, I have been quite literally gobsmacked at the poor level of effort, courtesy and basic communication skills displayed by applicants. We hear lots of stuff about how we need to really engage [...]
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At a recent presentation training course, run by the brilliant David Josephs, we briefly discussed our fears about presenting. After all, if we’re so nervous, we must be afraid of something!
The discussion got me thinking about fears in general. Fear can be a great motivator, if you know how to identify and overcome it. But what if you don’t know what your career fears are? We all have them – but can we all spot them?
There are a few different [...]
Continue Reading →When well-known Gallic philosopher/writer, Jean-Paul Sartre, came up with the phrase, “Hell is other people” , he very likely wasn’t commenting on the problems of talent planning in an SME. Far too busy quaffing red wine, smoking Gauloises and womanising was good old Jean-Paul. But the famous phrase does strike a bit of a chord in sunny Hertfordshire. Here we are in a rapidly growing PR company doing some really good work with great clients, both in the UK and [...]
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A fantastic new opportunity has opened up at BlueSky PR for a great writer, account handler or media relations bod to take on a new challenge!
Who are we?
We’re a niche PR agency with clients in both the recruitment and business education sectors. On the recruitment side, we handle a variety of multi-sector recruiters at all levels and, on the business education side, we cater to the press needs of some truly prestigious, global schools.
We’re a small but [...]
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Reading through Andy Headworth’s mostly fabulous 2010 PDF, ’50 Top Tips for Jobseekers’ this lunch time, I came across one tip in particular that, I’ll admit, made my stomach lurch. “Employers want fun employees,” it read, “they don’t want overly sarcastic, rude or too opinionated employees!!”
Now, the rude part I understand, but I’m in PR, which means I do a lot of writing. Where would my writing be if I wasn’t sarcastic or opinionated? Indeed, like my hero, Charlie Brooker, [...]
Continue Reading →Ok – I know a lot of people will be throwing their hands up in horror but are we trying to put too many people through university?
I recently attended my son’s GCSE options evening and learned about the new English Baccalaureate. Students who receive an A* to C grade in English, Maths, at least two sciences, a foreign language and either history or geography will automatically be awarded the English Bacc. And why? Well no matter what the official line is, [...]
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