Monday, March 16th, 2009 - Article, credit crunch, economics, employment, redundancy, unemployment

Unemployment Data photo credit: Editor B I didn’t write a Sunday Thoughts this week, as two news worthy lines were still developing, both of which I want to comment on at some point: Foreign workers – which we will save for later Unemployment data – which we will address now, but with a slightly more [...]

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Monday, February 16th, 2009 - candidate, job search, unemployment

Unemployment photo credit: Steve & Jemma Copley Under the title Stuck on the CV shelf the New Zealand Herald reports on Derek Schoemaker, who: “blames himself for being made redundant. He lost his job just before Christmas and despite applying through agencies for 38 roles, he has had just one interview and no offers.” Is [...]

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Sunday, February 15th, 2009 - redundancy, sunday thoughts, tutorial, unemployment

Redundancy Pay Lessons post the 2008 banking crisis There has been much coverage of the pay packets that the directors, former directors, ex-traders and bankers of the “saved” banks have both had in the past, are now due, and will be paid in the future. We “suddenly” find that some people who were on basics [...]

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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 - career transition, cv writing, unemployment

CV and interview skills ‘vital to job search’ According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD) public policy adviser Gerwyn Davies, some professionals who lose their job will not have participated in an employment search for a long time. In interview, Davies said that many individuals who are out of employment lack the [...]

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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 - job hunting, unemployment

The credit crunch, created by the US housing market crisis, has so far not affected either headline UK consumer spending, or UK unemployment – but are the first signs of the rot now beginning to show? In summary – YES! We might not yet be seeing the scale of unemployment, but it is now revealing [...]

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