Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Multiple Job Holder
27 / 02 / 2015
Rejecting Ed Miliband’s proposal recently, MPs have voted to continue to allow themselves to have second jobs. Many hold directorships and consultancies, though the Commons also boasts lawyers, a GP, a dentist, a lecturer, farmers and sundry journalists/media workers. They all say that having these outside workplace activities make them better MPs. Perhaps. Judging by the complexity and administrative difficulty...
Disability in The Workplace
23 / 02 / 2015
As part of our training process trainee and junior consultants spend time with clients to gain an understanding of the different roles in various organisations. We work with a number of different types of clients from schools to builders’ merchants, charities to dentists. This allows the team to gain experience of our clients’ operations across the various sectors. Having a...
Job Hunting - Neglecting the Background Image
20 / 02 / 2015
Over the last week we’ve had some better news about unemployment. The number of people out of work in the UK fell by 97,000 to 1.86 million in the three months to December. The Office for National Statistics said the employment rate for those aged between 16 and 64 was 73.2%, which is a joint record high. So after a...
University of Bedfordshire Attracts Top Recruiters
18 / 02 / 2015
This week’s guest blog reviews what’s happening in recruitment at one of our local universities. The Careers & Employability Service (CES) at the University of Bedfordshire marked the graduate scheme application season with a noteworthy succession of on-campus employer events. The University welcomed both national and international companies onto the university premises, including Hertfordshire Police, Enterprise-Rent-A-Car (ERAC),Clifford Chanc...
50 Shades of Grey Areas of Workplace Relationships
16 / 02 / 2015
This year Valentine’s Day weekend coincided with the release of the much talked about film, 50 Shades of Grey. And everyone is talking about it. Certain businesses / organisations expected to be busy because of it. The fire brigade is expecting a high number of calls after couples try tying one another up and then cannot get free. B&Q have...