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Thursday, 13 December 2007
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Louise Triance
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Every year I see white papers and surveys about companies wanting to ban Christmas parties or not allowing tinsel in the office and how workers hate the Christmas work party and think their bosses are mean for making them work normal hours on Christmas...
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Tuesday, 13 November 2007
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Louise Triance
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There are some interesting figures in the latest quarterly CIPD/KPMG Labour Market Outlook survey : Eighty-six per cent of employers responding to the survey intend to recruit staff this autumn, in line with the 86% and 85% recorded in the spring and...
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Friday, 26 October 2007
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Tim Elkington
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Personnel Today ran a piece this week based on a press release from a law firm saying that employers only using online application methods may be guilty of age discrimination. I didn't think this seemed right, had a dig around and found some interesting...
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Tuesday, 23 October 2007
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Louise Triance
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When your alarm goes off every work-day morning do you long to fling it across the room and bury yourself back into the duvet? If you give into temptation then you are not alone. Research from fish4jobs reveals 80% of the country’s workforce admit to...
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Friday, 12 October 2007
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Louise Triance
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It's now a year since the introduction of the age discrimination legislation. However, from recent surveys (and commonsense, in my opinion) it's clear that discrimination in the workplace still exists. The REC published some findings from the...
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007
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Tim Elkington
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Just a quick update on the Jobsite Facebook stuff that I mentioned the other week. The Jobsite 'Find me a job' group (which is aimed at people wanting to discuss the job seeking process, talk about interview tips etc) currently has about 250 members...
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007
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Louise Triance
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Back in the early 90's one of my colleagues, Bryan, ran an advert in The Grocer magazine with the headline "New Year New Career". Being new to recruitment I thought that Bryan was a genius and that it was the cleverest strapline I'd...
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Wednesday, 19 September 2007
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Louise Triance
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I've seen some new research from Talent Q showing that older workers can often be the most flexible. They conducted "in-depth analysis" of over 5,700 workers reveals and found that as people get older they become increasingly willing to...
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Friday, 14 September 2007
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Louise Triance
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Last year I mentioned National Take Your Dog to Work Day on my blog. As an early adopter of recruitment blogging in the UK I had the scoop on the story (no pun intended). This year everyone's talking about it. Firstly XpertHR has a gentle pop at the...
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Thursday, 13 September 2007
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Tim Elkington
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Jobsite has produced a Facebook application that scans a user's profile and then serves up jobs to match. I haven't seen it yet, and am off to investigate, but with so many people using Facebook so much then this seems like a great way of generating...
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Thursday, 06 September 2007
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Tim Elkington
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Just a quick reminder that the updated NORAS results are now available from the NORAS website . 19 of the 27 job boards taking part updated their Unique User numbers with new ABC ELECTRONIC figures, showing an average increase of 15% per site. In addition...
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Friday, 31 August 2007
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Mark Knapper
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I came into work this morning to find in my inbox the results of two surveys regarding candidates looking for jobs. The first stated that a n independent recruitment agency scoring website has discovered that 70% of people who had looked for work through...
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Friday, 24 August 2007
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Louise Triance
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Rather than ramble on myself this week I thought I'd give a public display of "blog love" (it's a real term - honest) and link to some interesting articles I've read recently. Interviewing and selecting your new Boss! Heidi Moulson...
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Wednesday, 22 August 2007
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Mark Knapper
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OBITUARY Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated...
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Friday, 17 August 2007
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Louise Triance
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Horsesmouth is a twist on the web 2.0 social networking site idea. It's a mentoring website where you register either as a mentor or someone who'd like one. You register your details along with pertinent facts to allow others to link up with you...
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