Think Doctor Who sucks? Thinks household chores suck? Think the unending quest to become the supreme beings in the universe sucks? My friend Simon Heath proposes the Doctor Whoover as the only way to exterminate dust, even as the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who looms large. My thanks to Simon for his kind permission to […]
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Genius writings from Laurie >> The HR Robots are Coming!
Awesome post here, via the great laurieruettimann: My friends in human resources make fun of me when I write about how human resources will be automated. Many of them don’t believe they will be replaced by robots. It turns out, the robots are already here. It may take a little while to automate your local… […]
Nearly half of recent graduates working in ‘non-graduate’ roles, says ONS
“Why graduating after 2006 sucks.” This was the FT’s Chris Giles’ Twitter soundbite (https://twitter.com/ChrisGiles_) on the findings of latest ONS data on the state of the UK graduate labour market in 2013. Here’s a link to the full ONS report on Graduates in the UK labour market: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171776_337841.pdf The report finds that “nearly half” of […]
So why don’t George A Romero’s zombies eat brains? #RomeroNight
It was my great privilege to see Dawn of the Dead director George A Romero in conversation at the BFI (British Film Institute) in London last night (part of the #RomeroNight evening). And for bonus horror geek points, Dario Argento was in the audience, too! A number of key questions were asked and answered. Including […]
Looking at UK economic recovery through “pink-hued Ray Bans”?
Are those who currently claim the UK economy is firmly on the road to recovery looking at the situation through “pink-hued Ray Bans”? This great phrase comes to you via Jim Armitage in today’s Independent, in a piece entitled ‘Recovery’ is overstating it – so let’s forget about those rate rises for now. He says: […]
UK economy to grow by 2.2% in 2014, reckons European Commission
European Commission UK economic forecast autumn 2013: http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/eu/forecasts/2013_autumn/uk.html << GDP to hit 2.2% in 2014?
Lessons from @mjcarty
This week has had the F Bomb dropped by Twitter by Chrysler, a series of shameful tweets about Japan and Pearl Harbour and a UK based minor celebrity called Duncan Bannatyne from a UK TV Show called… A quite lovely post from my friend Grant Mason – thank you, sir! Lessons from @mjcarty
John Cleese on creativity – an all-time masterpiece, can’t share this one too often!
Folks I Learn From !!
Recently, I’ve been trying to think of more ways to put resources in the hands of other HR pros. When I saw the recent post from Trish McFarlane on HR Bloggers as well as the new e-book from David … So honoured to have been mentioned here by the great Steve Browne (@sbrownehr on Twitter) – […]
Twitter / jawaddell: @MJCarty @JsarahwatsHR It …
A true moment in history, this! Two of my favourite HR bloggers – aka the Canadian JWs meet for the first time in real life! Depicted here are Julie Waddell (@jawaddell on Twitter) and Jane Watson (@jsarahwatshr on Twitter). Twitter / jawaddell: @MJCarty @JsarahwatsHR It …
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