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Pray for Recruits

I had a client that manufactured mobile phone antennae for Motorola in Scotland. Their headquarters was in Israel, where they manufactured radios fixed to one Christian radio station. When I asked the HR Manager how they normally recruited, he told me that the senior managers usually get together in this room (we were sitting in),...

The danger of MPs as salary martyrs

IPSA was setup to ensure that MPs couldn’t vote on their own salaries. Yet If MPs then decide not to accept the raise in salary awarded to their jobs, wouldn’t that be them yet again voting on their salaries? Wouldn’t this also be viewed as blatant electioneering, which would inevitably result in continual undercutting each...

My Favourite Interview Questions

These are typical of the kind of questions I like to ask candidates in interview.  What are your favourite questions?   1. Which sensation do you enjoy the most? For example the sensation of winning, achieving, relief, being ahead of schedule, independence, being part of a team etc. 2. Of your siblings and peers, who is...

JobCentre Plus and the £15m Website Flop

Below are extracts from the much longer transcript of evidence being given by Kevin Green, CEO of the REC, Monster Government Solutions, and the CBI to the Work and Pensions Commitee. I’ll try to highlight the relevant parts, where it is made clear that the website, Universal JobMatch, was specified by civil servants to a...

Remove Windows Icon Shortcut Arrow

Windows: Shortcuts on your desktop (or anywhere else) are usually indicated by that little arrow in the bottom-left corner of the icon. It looks terrible, especially if you are using small icons. This tool called Windows Shortcut Arrow Editor lets you remove it, change it to the old XP style, or customize it with your...

New Chrome “New Tab” Page

Google Chrome has just updated. As some people are having difficulty using the omni-search / address bar, they have added a humongous Google search box in the middle of the page. If, like me, you don’t like it, here is the ‘fix’ to revert the behavior: 1. Go to chrome://flags2. Find:Enable Instant Extended API Mac,...

WP Mobile Detect Shortcodes

WP Mobile Detect is a plugin which can ensure your WordPress website visitors view content on your pages which is specifically target to they device they are using to view. Here’s how the shortcodes, available with this plugin, can adapt to devices. [phone]Put content here that you only want displayed on Phones NOT Tablets or...
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