Submitted by Judithgermain:
HR staff who are also trained gym instructors are helping to boost employee engagement at Fitness First, according to the health club’s UK HR director.Neil Tune said that several members of his team, who were previously general managers, regularly instructed fitness classes at weekends. Their involvement at ground level hel (Read More)
Submitted by Mogston
from blog:
One of the most influential media agencies in the UK seeksa digital Account Director to take the helm of digital’s share of a newlyacquired megalithic account. Sittingatop an existing team, the AD is responsible for aligning client strategy withbusiness objectives and providing strategic direction to the digital team. You’ (Read More)
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Submitted by Mogston
from blog:
Calvin alerts us to the news that, just days after dining with entertainment industry honcho David Geffen while on holiday, at the Rothschild family villa on Corfu, Lord Peter Mendelson, the UK's Business Secretary suddenly returned to the office and demanded that the Digital Britain report be beefed up to include criminali (Read More)
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Submitted by Judithgermain:
Last week, the Pentagon announced that it would be reviewing the use of social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter, amid concerns about security.Although an official said there would be no outright ban, one branch, the US Marine Corps, did just that at the beginning of August.Your team may not be tasked with defendin (Read More)
PersonnelToday.com - All HR news stories:
Just 5% of employees recognise HR as being fundamental to business survival, a survey has revealed.Research conducted by the European Leadership Programme (ELP) also found more than a quarter of employees felt HR expertise was the least important skill for their CEO to possess when leading their organisation through the tou (Read More)
Submitted by Judithgermain:
Blogs have sparked a profound change in the way the outside world perceives business schools. Since 2002, 133m blogs in 81 different languages have been indexed by Technocrati, a blog content index. A recent search of this index showed that about 121,000 blog posts mentioned the term "MBA" and more than 10,000 blogs had the (Read More)
Sterling Performance:
Americans are quite simply better at business networking than Britons — and just about any other nationality, actually. So it should come as no surprise that they’re streets ahead of the UK when it comes to using Web 2.0 for business connections.
In the US, business networking site LinkedIn seems to be massively popular. (Read More)
Sterling Performance:
Job fears have been credited this year with a surge in university applications. Yet the UK is making “limited progress” in making higher education accessible enough to poorer students.“A university education remains the gateway to the professions and a ticket to higher lifetime earnings on average,” said business secretary (Read More)
Sterling Performance:
Could private equity (PE) funds be the saviour of entrepreneurial businesses in the UK? With banks still nervous about lending (thanks to recessionary risks as much as the credit crunch) and market upheaval creating opportunities galore, I think PE might just come into its own.But before we start cheerleading for a group of (Read More)
Digital Lifescapes | by David H. Deans:
The traditional advertising industry is not the place to be right now -- unless you have a very high tolerance for stress. eMarketer reports that the decline in overall ad spending is not only continuing, it is getting steeper on a month-to-month basis.As an example, ZenithOptimedia revised their ad spending forecasts downw (Read More)
Submitted by Benm1969:
Research from UK managers and workers shows that many regret the redundancies they've made and feel that further cuts will damage the business. (Read More)
Submitted by Judithgermain:
Don McCullough shares a story of hope and encouragement from his writing, Walking from the American Dream, about Winston Churchill. Mc McCullough writes, "During World War II, England needed to increase its production of coal. Winston Churchill called together labor leaders to enlist their support. At the end of his present (Read More)
SMC:posts:
Caveat Emptor is Latin for "Let the buyer beware." It is a call for purchasers to become informed and use due diligence before completing a transaction. If you're a marketer, this is a call you should take very seriously before contracting with a Social Media agency or hiring a Social Media specialist. Care is required if y (Read More)