When hiring new staff for your business, how often do you recruit with a view to recruiting leaders of the future? I was at a networking event last week at MMU (“no really Carole – you …networking?? Don’t believe it” I hear you say) Actually I hosted an event at MMU for the Chamber this […]
Trying to hire the right staff? Read “Think and Grow Rich” Today
Have you read Napoleon Hills Book – Think and Grow Rich? If not you have missed out. Go buy it – or in fact – drop in to beResources office in Spring Gardens in about a week and ask me for one – my FD and me have written a foreword for the book and […]
LinkedIn – critical mass achieved
Question of the day…. Are you on LinkedIN? Statistically you are way more likely to respond positively to that than you would have been 12 months ago. LinkedIn has seen growth of 65 % increasing from 48 million members to 79 million in the year to March 2011 (now at over 100 million). In roughly […]
Planning to retire abroad – you’ll be lucky!!
Dreaming of retiring to sunnier climes?? You’re more likely to be still putting in the 9 – 5 according to figures which show the number of over 65’s still in work has doubled in the last 10 years. People of retirement age have been hot by falling annuity rates, falling interest rates on savings, stagnant […]
Recruitment grows at weakest rate since August 2009
Staff appointments in October increasing at their slowest rate for 14 months. Does this mean we are heading for a double dip recession? REC chief executive Kevin Green, who last month warned that the jobs market was “starting to flatline”, said: “These figures show that employer confidence remains fragile and as the role of job […]