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More training needed
Quo Vadis Opinions | October 12th 2008 by Steve Pronger
Listening on the radio to people who have been made redundant, some talk about emigrating as if they’ve no other choices. Sometime it appears they’ve made the choice to emigrate rather than retrain. Yet retraining is often a very viable option. read more
Every cloud has a silver lining
Marriage with Altitude | October 9th 2008
Here's a blog entry on an uncharacteristically (for now, at least) happy note.There's only been one good thing to come out of my husband's airline collapse, but it's a wonderful thing - I finally get to see him properly! Just for this period of our l read more
How very embarrassing... erm... contacting clients can be interes…
My (dull) life in film | October 9th 2008 by Rumour_man
I have often toyed with the idea of what it would be like to work for some of my clients, rather than work for them on behalf of my current employers. One in particular works for a very prominent high street brand and one that is becoming a global pr read more
Debt Problems Are The Same In Indiana As They Are In Ireland
Get Out of Debt | October 8th 2008 by Steve Rhode
Patrick Bryan, a debt adviser friend of mine from Northern Ireland, and I were chatting recently about the universal nature of debt problems in the world. It became apparent that while we are all told that we live in an interconnected global economy read more
work/life: A long term relationship
work/life fusion | October 7th 2008 by Paul
One advantage in working with the same people over time is that you get to know them very well. You learn to appreciate what people/colleagues/friends are good at, where they need help, what situations or tasks they would rather avoid. All the while read more
Redundancy: Is there a positive future?
work/life fusion | October 6th 2008 by Paul
Some employers are quick to turn to redundancies when times get tough. The business case often used is: 1. We need to cut costs. 2. People are a big cost. 3. Let's get rid of some people.Making people redundant is viewed as a risk but that risk is be read more
How to Cope with Job Loss
Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds | October 3rd 2008 by doug
The Ririan Project today has a post on dealing with the loss of your job. Very timely and apt for these difficult economic times. The message in the post is simple and clear. The loss of your job also means a loss of security, this can lead to a lack read more
What Does it Take to Create Amazing SEO Results?
Web Data Source | October 2nd 2008 by WebDatamation - Akshay Sura LLC
Although the definition of amazing is unique to each individual, we know that getting quality traffic from SEO results is half the battle, yet once consumers reach your site, that traffic still must convert. Search engines deliver pre-qualified traff read more
APNIC Box - Linux on a Mikrotik 532a, Part 1
Adam's Info | October 1st 2008
I put this device together for fun sometime around the start of 2007. The ideas that spawned this was using OpenWRT on a Linksys WRT54G access point. A surprisingly powerful and full linux distro with all kinds of advanced capabilities running on a L read more
What To Do When You Lose Your Job
Skor Career | September 27th 2008
Here are 5 things you can do when you find yourself out of job: 1. Find out what situation you’re being put into Find out the real situation you are in now, and trace back the events, if any, that led to your current predicament. Is your job be read more
Voluntary redundancy schemes send confusing message
Knowledge Workers | September 25th 2008 by Bill Bennett
From an outsider’s viewpoint it sometimes looks odd when a company offers its workers voluntary redundancy packages. This happened in New Zealand on Thursday when the ANZ Bank ask staff to stick their hands up if they are interested in a volunt read more
Google-tastic
Marriage with Altitude | September 25th 2008
Inspired by some posts on other blogs recently, I thought I'd post a few of the search terms people have been using to find my blog of late:Air hostess and pilots storiesBlogs about women who worry their husband is going to cheatMy gf's an air hostes read more
“New Boobs Helped Me Beat The Credit Crisis”
Credit, Debt, Life and Steve | September 24th 2008 by Steve Rhode
WHEN the credit crunch bit, Kymm Barber-O’Reilly knew just what to do – she grabbed herself a new pair of boobs. “I was made redundant earlier this year and it completely floored me,” recalls the 45-year-old mother-of-one. “I had built a ca read more
Masculine Leaving Card
Creative Crafter UK | September 24th 2008 by CreativeCrafterUK
This card was a custom order created for a friend's masculine co-worker who loves his cars. I felt this BasicGrey dotty cardstock and lettering was ideal for this unusual leaving card. Muted tones suggest the sombre mood of the occasion during a tim read more
Calibre HR & Training warns employers over redundancy fines
That's News | September 23rd 2008 by Thats News
Small employers struggling to meet the wages bill are facing a double jeopardy by failing to keep to the law when it comes to redundancies, says Ashford-based HR and training specialists Calibre HR & Training. And with firms typically making more read more
Losing your identity
Marriage with Altitude | September 21st 2008
Just a little thought in the same vein as this post, from Oh the life of a pilot's wife. On the day my husband's airline went bust, he went to their crew room to find out any information he could about his rights, what he should do next, etc. But ins read more
That's Business
Odd Thomas Odd Blog | September 17th 2008 by Ric
When the Directorship position was first offered to me, I had a rough idea of what to expect, which is why I said no. Mostly, I wasn't keen on all the extra work for very little financial increase.However, at a time when I was completely zoned out fr read more
OpenBSD explained: CARP
UNIX SysAdmin: Silly Is As Silly Does | September 17th 2008
When asked what I like the most about OpenBSD, my answer would probably be the ease of configuration. This may seem strange, as OpenBSD appears to many to be pretty much obscure in configuration, with developers refusing even to make more userfriendl read more
What outplacement did next
work/life fusion | September 17th 2008 by Paul
The next few years could present outplacement consultancies with a once in a generation opportunity to respond to what some commentators are calling once in a generation economic conditions. Outplacement services have the opportunity to deliver great read more
Celebrating the decline of the job for life
work/life fusion | September 16th 2008 by Paul
New US Department of Labor statistics quoted in the previous post continue to reveal more about employee/employer relationships and the career long relationship between individuals and their work. Despite the job and direction changes they expose, it read more
Tautologies: 'close proximity'
The Engine Room | September 15th 2008 by James Clark
I've just realised that the common phrase 'close proximity' is actually a tautology. After all, 'proximity' means "nearness in space, time or relationship" (Concise OED), so 'close proximity' is akin to 'close nearness'.Should I, as a sub, remove 'cl read more
Better Management – The Key To Your Customers’ Hearts
Contact Center: Unplugged | September 11th 2008 by Aleassa
Author: Gary Barnett About a year ago , I talked about how great it would be if businesses could centralize the application layer that brings the administration of multisite contact centers and their components into a single location. Fast forward read more
Credit Crunch VS Cutting off Employees - When it comes to the cru…
That's News | September 9th 2008 by Thats News
There’s no hiding from the fact that the climate at the moment is challenging for thousands of businesses throughout the UK and organisations are striving to become leaner to survive. What with increasing prices, cost of product development (and cu read more
Challenging the outplacement response to redundancy
work/life fusion | September 8th 2008 by Paul
Some of my recent work has caused me to revisit redundancy situations and outplacement services and I have found myself researching the following question: How could outplacement services deliver more value to employer and employee alike? The succes read more
Mainframe IBM Processors!!! What are they?!?!
BLOGHEAVEN | September 7th 2008 by jamesj
Some people ask me what I do at IBM.. I work as a computer engineer maintaining mainframe computers. OK!!! Other people ask, what is a mainframe computer? Oh no.. You shouldn't have asked me that.... Why, because now I'm going to tell you..It may read more
Job Security-I am worried…
Partner of a Pilot | August 19th 2008 by Partner of a Pilot
As you know, I work from home. Things in the sector I work in, as with most areas of business in the world at the moment are not good. The aviation industry is not the only one suffering and having to make cut-backs. I was due to have my probation re read more
Life
The Pea Green Boat | August 13th 2008
In the US you only have to give two weeks notice when you resign from your job. This is great if you're doing something you hate and can't wait to get out, but if you're on the receiving end of two weeks notice, it can change the landscape of your li read more
The Way of Wirral
Fighting Monsters | August 13th 2008 by cb
Wirral Council are planning to replace qualified social workers with unqualified equivalents. This is apparently in the face of the new ‘personalisation’ agenda where there will be a stronger focus on self-assessment and providing guidanc read more
Efficiency in Technology Adaptation
Bloggy Business Today | August 9th 2008 by Brian Yalung
In an earlier post on this blog we discussed different strategies for making your business energy efficient as a way of cutting down on costs and in doing so helping your company stay afloat during the economic crisis that is currently unfolding. Ho read more
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