Thursday, February 5th, 2009 - disciplinary procedure, discipline, legal

Disciplinary procedure In light of the recent cases of use of the disciplinary procedure within the BBC with regards to Jonathan Ross and Carole Thatcher, there are valuable lessons that employees can learn from how to handle disciplinary procedure issues once you find yourself advised that you are subject to a discipline case. Both Ross [...]

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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 - Blog, career change, career management, career transition, employer, employment, job relocation, professionalism

Employment lessons As a Liverpool FC fan, it was disappointing but inevitable that Robbie Keane left Anfield yesterday. The papers today suggest it was a poor decision by manager Rafael Benitez, but a decision to move from one organisation to another is always a joint decision by both employer and employee – so 50/50 for [...]

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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 - Article, career transition, employer, job offers, legal

Job Offer? photo credit: jimbowen0306 When is a job offer not a job offer? When you need to read the job offer letter! The recent case of Schley v. Microsoft Corporation in the United States has brought about a lot of debate in the recruitment industry and among HR Professionals of what is an offer [...]

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Sunday, January 18th, 2009 - credit crunch, employment, sunday thoughts

The second week of January was unusual in the present economic climate: according to data, it was the first week where net job creation was greater than job losses. So, am I about to make a recurring political faux pas, and suggest that the green shoots of recovery are now being seen? Ah, no. In [...]

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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 - credit crunch, economics, employer, employment

Which staff to cut? Ask a recruiter first The quarterly Manpower Employment Outlook survey was released this week, showing employment trends for Q3 2008 and predictions into Q1 of 2009. To say it doesn’t look good is an understatement, with hiring globally down at least 90%, with it set to slow further in the first [...]

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