All Entries in the "Friday Fun" Category
Is it time for good old fashioned innovation in recruitment?
It’s not been a good couple of weeks if you’re unemployed… This week has been a BAD week for the unemployed of the United Kingdom and the news seems to be about to get worse. Louise Peacock in this week’s Daily Telegraph that confirmed that young people were about to bare the brunt of changes [...]
Thank you Twitter
So, here I was, just playing around on Twitter when I really should be doing some work and stumbled across the equivalent of a ‘repost’ on Twitter. @GLHoffman had reposted a blog entry that I’d missed when published by Seth Godin. (For those who don’t know him, he’s one of these people that if he [...]
Text Talk
So, is this the sign of things to come? A story in this morning’s Sun Newspaper has highlighted perhaps a change of tide in the way that applicants will apply for jobs. Hot off the back of Twitter’s 140 characters, mobile phone firm Teimlo (http://www.teimlo.com/news/61-were-hiring-by-text.html) has set wanna be workers a unique challenge – tell us [...]
I think you might need to sit down…
This is a light-hearted post today about a story that featured in mainstream UK news, and it certainly brings a smile to your face! In the past I’ve spoken about how people should be very careful about their career choices, people often make knee jerk reactions about their career without thinking about the longer-term picture. [...]
Employer Branding; A List Style!
Now that’s what I call opportunist Employer Branding! Thank you to one of my Twitter followers (I’m @ja_smith) for sending this to me! I am unsure of the exact Burger chain, as I am pretty sure that the delectable Gisele didn’t charge for her product endorsement! Either way, I hope the HR manager was given [...]
Sorry, we’re closed… and skint.
Earlier this week, Personnel Today produced an article that has appeared to have been lost in cyberspace, when it should have in fact sent shivers down the spine of the entire recruitment industry. Surveys/Reports/Investigations are often not worth the paper they’re written on, however, this one seems to have an element of common sense behind [...]
A great scheme to beat the Summertime Blues
Once again, Employers and Employees are making headlines. Today it’s for a very good reason and I think that Kellogg’s should be applauded! Not only has this already been in place for six years, but due to the increase in use of Employer Branding, some bright spark in Public Relations has decided to share the [...]
Shall I tell you where I am….OUT!
So, the recruitment industries very own Dragon has branched out of his den into the world of mainstream TV. Last night saw him present ‘James Caan’s Jobs’. In truth, I really wish he hadn’t. (For those who never had the privilege, you can watch it here: http://tinyurl.com/am7bse) He told one woman that she should write on her [...]
The Ultimate Employment Machine
Today’s Friday fun is not so much, but more of a lighthearted overview of what happens when you take all the right ingredients, and mix them together wrong. For today’s Masterchef you’ll need: 1 Multi billion pound engineering company 850 Agency Workers 2 Large Recruitment Agencies 4 Branch Managers [...]
What’s your red card policy?
One more week into the year, and we’ve seen another huge number of redundancies, firms struggling and normal people finding themselves back in the very difficult job market. What’s so incredible is that firms need to hold onto their best talent now more than ever, but because of stress, worries or a drop in overall [...]