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How employers exploit your networks

This is not always a bad thing, and is implicit in the employment deal struck between many individuals and their employers.  Many, but not all, jobs are very dependent upon your ability to interact with other people outwith your own company; clients, suppliers, candidates, government bodies etc etc. Before the advent of social media, companies...

My First Suit

This weekend, I had occasion to buy son No2 his first suit.  He has an interview for Uni and the sixth year school prom soon, so one that could be used for both purposes would be ideal.  As he was trying on various items, and grimacing at the discomfort, I distinctly recalled buying my own...

Just How Much Do Your Colleagues Earn?

As a recruiter, and professional nosey-parker, I always loved finding out intimate details of individuals’ working lives, which they would never reveal to other people.  One of those, of course, is the biggest taboo subject in the workplace –salary.  A spokesman for the Government Equalities Office says: “From October 2010 the Equality Act will make...

Self Employed and Unemployable?

There is a continually repeating “circle of life” in the UK recruitment industry, where its own progeny leave established firms to set up in competition. I know, as I’ve been part of it. The incidence of this is most evident amongst the small and medium recruitment firms up and down the land. As an industry,...
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