So, you know how sometimes life surprises you and someone says something so profound that you (mentally) gasp and then a split second later you wish you’d thought of it. Well that happened to me about 5 minutes ago. My 13 year old daughter, Phoebe, is sitting next to me and helping me do some […]
I’ve gone back to doing something I used to do when I first started my business and so far its really working
When I started my first business in May 2001 – I had no money (2 months bills money in the bank), no office, no advertising budget, no contacts to speak of and I had no clients. I also had a husband who was on part time hours and an 18 month old little girl. Oh […]
Everything before ‘BUT’ is Bullshit
This is an expression I coined long ago – when working as a sales manager at Yellow Pages. Apologies to those of a sensitive nature for the graphicness (is that a word?) of the headline. However, it is true. Once you consciously acknowledge this fact (which you subconcsiously already know) it can help you do […]
Private Sector Employers Watch out
Private Sector employers watch out! Employers in the private sector should watch out for a high level of discrimination claims as ‘equal pay firms’ seek to cash in on the abolition of pay secrecy clauses in the Equalities Act introduced in October. Pay secrecy clauses are now unenforceable, and employers will not be able to […]
How Not to Do Recruitment
How Not to Do Recruitment The unemployment rate is the highest for 15 years and we have a record 5 million people claiming out of work benefits, but there is some good news. The number of short term unemployed fell by 42,000 in the 3 months to April. That would indicate that firms are hiring […]