Friday, June 19th, 2009 - DWP, economics, employer, employment, health, professionalism, recruitment, tutorial

Drugs and Employment I have wanted to publish this article for ages, but held back for a while. But its a Friday, I am under a bit of pressure, and so I thought – why not! As a recruiter in a regulated market place – HGV driving – I think we probably get at best [...]

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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 - career transition, health, job application, politics, recruitment, sacked, tutorial

Health, Disclosure and Employment photo credit: niassembly The lessons for all from the case of Cheltenham Borough Council v Christine Laird, which reached a conclusion in London’s High Court yesterday, are now plain and open for all to see. The conclusion of the judge was that the recruitment procedure was poor, questions in forms poorly [...]

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Friday, June 5th, 2009 - Medical Jobs, Secretary Jobs, economics, education, employment, health, legal, tutorial

Just Secretary Jobs? I have only ever worked in recruitment in skill short sectors, the prts of the recruitment sector where training levels of employees were high, skills short and wages well above the national minimum wage. Clearly excluding the Gang Master sector, to my mind this always clearly excluded secretary jobs. Together with warehouse [...]

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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 - career coaching, career management, employment, health

Mental Illness and Work photo credit: Photos8.com Helen asks: I am currently working in the NHS as a permanent member of staff. I have been here 5 weeks. I thought I had a hold over my anxiety but its still there and being on reception is making it worse for me. I have been to [...]

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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 - Article, cv writing, health, legal

Back to Work photo credit: Hitchster Back to Work or Getting Work after a period of treatment for a health related issue can be difficult, but something which is not often talked about or discussed in professional circles from the employees’ view point. The Credit Crunch and resultant Economic Downturn is not an easy situation [...]

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