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Every little helps, and this certainly does…
Twitter really is a wonderful idea, and whilst I am slightly sceptical on its ability to add any ‘real’ value to my professional life I have enough scepticism to at least carry on using it! I received a ‘Tweet’ today via Peter Gold of Hire Strategies announcing that Tesco have recently launched their new Career [...]
I’d do Anything (for work), but I won’t do that…
Only last week I was sat in a meeting with a person that was in search for guidance on how to get back into a job. I agree that she had done a great deal of the normal options open to her, it’s a story I’ve heard a million times (well, maybe not a million…but [...]
One big reality cheque?
Could this be one great big reality check? Not so long ago, job vacancies were plentiful, mortgages available and disposable income was spent on evenings out and weekends away, rather than inflated utility and shopping bills. The great British public lived a life of Riley, safe in the knowledge that their home was increasing in [...]
A victim (of circumstance?)
At the beginning of the week, I was sent an article from a friend of mine that caused me great concern. The Daily Mail website carried an article discussing steps that the Government are looking to take, to deal with the effects of redundancy. The link can be found here: (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160337/Workers-lose-jobs-recession-offered-free-counselling.html#comments) There are two major [...]
What next, the homeless to Foxtons?
Today is a tricky blog entry that follows on from my blog on Friday. I find myself sitting on the negative side of the fence. You see, it all started on Sunday afternoon. I’ll paint the picture for you; in fact, I might even put a picture on. Take a lovely spring day, a beautiful [...]