Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 - career change, career management, career planning, employer, employment, legal, professionalism

Career planning: pregnancy, maternity and children I have answered the question a number of times with female friends about Career planning, and how they should address the issues of pregnancy, maternity and children. So it seemed about time to put my thoughts into public. Most women when asking the question are concerned more about the [...]

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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 - career coaching, economics, employment, job hunting, legal, politics

Industrial relations: British Airways 1970s style? I was going to write a blog entry last week re the industrial relations dispute at British Airways, but decided to wait until the weekend for both the media reaction and reflection of the High Court strike ban on what was deemed an illegal ballot. I thought that there [...]

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Thursday, December 10th, 2009 - credit crunch, economics, employment, legal, politics

UK Pre Budget Report: A budget for jobs? UK Chancellor Alistair Darling’s British Pre-Budget Report included a number of initiatives which will affect the employment market. But are the overall measures positive or negative on employment? UK Pre Budget Report The measures announced were: All national insurance rates to rise by a further 0.5% from [...]

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Friday, November 6th, 2009 - CV Tips, cv help, cv writing, employment, legal

CV Writing: unfair dismissal? Sandy, a job seeker, asks: I got dismissed from a job, possibly unfairly, but I just accepted it. Do i have to put this in my CV, in the part where I write up my previous job experience, e.g Sales Assistant 2007-2009. In interview, do I have to mention it to [...]

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Monday, November 2nd, 2009 - CV Tips, CV format, cv examples, cv help, cv security, employment, job application, legal

Identity Theft Scams Claire, an unemployed bank worker, asks: Identity fraud, do you think i should be worried about this, is this an Identity Theft Scam? I put my CV up on monster jobs, a jobs board. It has been up there for over a year now. I forgot about it until I recently lost [...]

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