Monthly Archives: January 2012

The one where the tail’s gone

In November I was fortunate enough to attend the CIPD annual conference in Manchester as part of the press contingent. Last week I found myself in a similar situation at the HR Director’s Business Summit in Birmingham. At the end … Continue reading

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The one where everyone gets to play

So previously on the HR Directors Business Forum…. One of the sessions I attended was presented by Rachel Denmeade who I believe is Director of Resourcing, Talent & Development (or maybe in a different order) at Everything Everywhere (the name … Continue reading

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The one with the chicken and the egg

So this week I am at the HR Directors Business forum being held in Birmingham. Having attended the CIPD conference in Manchester as a blogger I was able to gain attendance for the same reason. The opening keynote was given … Continue reading

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The one with the honest experience

Over recent weeks for some unknown (for that read completely known) reason I have been thinking a lot about the candidate experience. I was then provoked to share some thoughts when Lisa Scales at Tribepad formed a LinkedIn group to … Continue reading

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The one where Moriarty dies

Disclaimer: If you have not watched ‘Sherlock’ from Sunday January 15th and intend to please avoid reading this post. Otherwise crack on!   So in the climax to the second series of the BBC’s ‘Sherlock’ entitled ‘The Reichenbach Fall’ the … Continue reading

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The one with some Morecombe & Wise(dom)

Blue Monday be gone!

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The one with the stripes

I remember being in a meeting a few years ago where a very ambitious manager attempted to influence an executive by taking them through a very well-known business model for the situation being discussed. To say this approach didn’t work … Continue reading

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The one with the brands

As I make my merry way around the recruiters who may be kind enough to peddle my wares to their clients, I am asked, regularly, who I would like to work for? Now, most questions I get asked have a … Continue reading

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The one with a lack of achievement

There’s a line from the song ‘Sit Down’ by James which is “if I hadn’t seen such riches I could live with being poor”. When the song was first released I never really paid much attention to the line (I … Continue reading

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