CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY NOTE: Seasons Greetings to all our clients — past and future! Please note: the last day for new orders is Sunday December 7 2008. Until Christmas, we will be finishing existing orders only prior to taking a two-week break in January. We will be...
Gayle Howard
An employer out of the box!
Was thrilled to read this news item from a caring employer in the US. A good news story hopefully to counteract the doom and gloom that pervades the news. If only there were more of them! The news item extracts are below: IDAHO FALLS – Eastern Idaho’s...
“Morality Disengagement” and your resume
The term morality disengagement along with the term “tuning” refer to the act of telling of “porkies” (that’s “pork pies” meaning lies in rhyming slang for our Aussie readers). So just how many people are guilty of morality...
New Trend: Blogging Staff Cuts
New York Times Article here: Interesting article in the New York Times today how Web 2.0 has made it into the realm of announcing staff cutbacks. In the past, press releases announced job layoffs, but now, the company blog is seen as a way to release information...
IT Jobs Squeeze
Today’s Financial Review today indicates that a recorded 22.8% drop in IT job ads in the last 12 months, seems to give credence that the global financial meltdown has and will continue to significantly and negatively impact staff recruitment in IT as employers...
Outplacement Services: Value For Executives? Maybe Not
In the past couple of months, I’ve had several senior executive clients who have been offered and have rejected, outplacement services from their former employers. Heading the list of criticisms seems to be that these services are far from individually tailored...