McQueen Dies

12 / 02 / 2010

The apparent suicide of Alexander McQueen a week after the death of his mother has shocked the fashion world. Alexander McQueen, known as Lee, was famous for his controversial approach and unconventional catwalk shows. Coming as it does as Fashion Weeks is about to launch, his former colleagues are trying to come to terms with his death and cope with...

Russell’s Newest Crew Member

17 / 12 / 2009

If you’re one of the many followers of The HR Headmistress’ Blog, you may have noticed a rather funny name signing off some of the posts since the beginning of December. You’d be forgiven for thinking that Kate’s alter-ego has suddenly emerged in the form of a 24-year-old, budding journalist who writes under the adopted pseudonym of ‘Darry Khajehpour’. I...

Discrimination - Don't Be a Victim!

16 / 12 / 2009

Discrimination. A word we are all too familiar with in today’s society. A word which evokes images of victimisation, prejudice and the intolerance of difference. A recent article in The Observer highlighted the extent to which individuals can be discriminated against by others. Lou Jing, a 20 year old woman of Chinese and African-American decent, took part as a contestant...

How NOT to Write Your PPL

15 / 12 / 2009

You may have read my post from November the 26th where, as well as grumbling about the start of my 2009 outbreak of 'Bah Humbug', I discussed in detail the importance of protecting yourself during this festive period with a well-constructed Party Pooper Letter or PPL. A client of ours recently sent the team here at Russell HR Consulting a...

The ‘Allegation Trap’

14 / 12 / 2009

Pete Doherty, Eminem, 50 Cent and Britney Spears…all names we are familiar with and not necessarily for their music. Like many “musicians” (and I use that term loosely),they insist on getting themselves into all sorts of trouble! But it is not just the stars of the music industry that have been all over the news these past few weeks....