As is traditional in December, there are all sorts of blogs and articles reviewing the last year, and predicting the next. I’ve fallen for that before, and won’t do so again. I’m not saying they are useless (they are), but you do need to take them with a giant pinch of salt. Instead, let me...
If you’re reading this, it’s quite likely that you are, like me, quite keen on the odd gadget or too. My most-used gadgets of choice are the iPhone 4s and iPad 2. At Christmas, what better measure of what to get others, than something you’d want too. By way of suggestions to make your present-buying...
I was going to compose my thoughts here on the Leveson Enquiry, and the present state of the British Press. The so-called Third Estate has almost literally gotten away with murder, and is only now being called to account. I gave up writing, when I heard Marcus Brigstocke’s brilliant piece about it on The Now...
“This piece of software will quite literally blow your mind!” Really? I don’t think so. I am a literalist. Almost everything I do is driven by logic. I grew up playing with Mecanno, Airfix and home electronics sets. I have three sisters, who are all expert in giving and reading hints, undertones, inferences and covert...
“I remember when this was all fields, as far as the eye can see!” When I was young, this was one of my Dad’s favourite phrases. With the passing of time, some of us older geezers can now say this about the Online Recruitment industry. 16 years ago (or thereabouts) an industry was born. Pioneers...
If unemployment rates are at a 17 year high, and youth unemployment (16-24 year olds) especially has risen to 991,000 or 21.3%, then how can it be that businesses are struggling to find talent? Perhaps businesses are being too fussy, or maybe even a higher proportion of the young demographic are unemployable. Surely not, you...
As a recruiter of some 24 years now, I have become wearily familiar with my chosen profession being traduced and derided, along with other careers and jobs, such as estate agents, lawyers, and traffic wardens. 24 years ago this week, I got married. I was only 21, and immediately afterwards (the next week) joined HMS...
The occurrence of recruitment, used to be a little blip in the timeline of someone’s career; an obstacle to be navigated, before resuming the daily task of doing one’s job. Changes to employment patterns have now meant that changing jobs is an integral part of pursuing your career, and has to be dealt with accordingly....
We all know by now that there seems to be a never ending stream of new products, and development of existing kit from Apple Corporation, now the most (or 2nd most) valuable company in existence (vying with Exxon). In the computing world, Apple is now firmly identified as at the top of the class, and...
As is traditional at this time of year, many commentators are decrying the improved exam results achieved by our nation’s children, and accusing the exam bodies of “dumbing down”. Can this really be true? Are they coddling teenagers ever more each year, so that the poor dears don’t feel bad about themselves? Maybe they are...
