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Monthly Archives: June 2011
R is for recruitment
As many as 88% of companies have regretted hiring someone in the last 12 months: 47% landed themselves with someone who didn’t have the right skills and 35% got someone whose performance fell below standard. And this includes companies who … Continue reading
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Tagged advert, appointee, attributes, brief, CV, feedback, hiring, interview, performance, recruitment, recruitment agencies, skills, talent management
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Q is for quitting
However long or short your tether, there are some work situations that will get you to the end of it at some point: you’re over/underworked; at odds with your boss; underappreciated or bored. You’ve realised that the field you’re in … Continue reading
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Tagged bored, overworked, quitting, rehearsal, tether, underappreciated, underworked
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P is for part-time
A quarter of the labour force works part-time and – not much of a surprise – 80% of these workers are female. Part-time can often seem like the less good solution, a stopgap, a step down in terms of using … Continue reading
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Tagged absence rates, earning power, female workers, flexibility, flexible working, full-time, morale, output, part-time, recruit, senior roles, stopgap
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O is for opportunity
What does it take to turn a problem into an opportunity? It may just be an attitude: you might think that, if you lose a job you love, so much has gone – income, colleagues, a chance to put your … Continue reading
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Tagged attitude, opportunity, problem, redundancy, resources, skills
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