May you live in interesting times…
There was an interesting article on Radio 4 the other day as I was driving from the airport to work. It took the average UK family’s net income of £20,500 and used that to illustrate what the nation’s...
View ArticleLet’s hear it for the cat herders
It’s been a fairly quiet week this week. There’s been nothing to get me throwing things at the TV or harrumphing over my breakfast newspaper. This is good in a way, of course, especially for the sake...
View ArticleSecurity clearance finally cleared up?
Back in 2002 I kicked off a bit of a debate about the Catch-22 situation regarding jobs that need people with security clearance. It’s a Catch-22 in that you can’t have clearance without the job and...
View ArticleThe job curiosity shop
August is traditionally a time when the Job Market goes into limbo. People are away on holiday, trade generally winds down, France stops completely and people are generally more relaxed than usual....
View ArticleCoalition should rethink the new compulsory pension scheme
The FSB thinks that micro firms should not need to comply with the government’s new pension scheme that comes into effect in 2012.
View ArticleRecord breaking increase in the number of new contractors
My research has revealed a record breaking increase in the number of new contractors / limited company formations, which supports the theory of a new entrepreneurial culture developing to partly...
View ArticleMy new year resolution
Is not to lose weight (a lost cause, I fear) or cut down on booze (shudder), but something that’s far better for the heart rate: to stop being get annoyed with Recruitment Agencies any more.
View ArticleHow to bid for freelance work in a fog of ignorance
Have you ever thought that contracting is about the only job where you have no idea how much you should be charging? You go for a job, you talk to the agency advertising it and you have a two minute...
View ArticleThe three headed dog from hell or a huge step in the right direction?
I don’t know if anyone’s noticed, but there’s a bit of a revolution going on this weekend. Something I’ve been banging on about since early 2003 is facing a big and, to my eyes, rather significant...
View ArticleOne day, sanity will prevail. But I suspect I’ll have retired by then.
An interesting idea was floated this week on one of the websites I haunt. Someone was getting just a little exasperated at the identity proving process we all suffer these days, and rather than drive...
View ArticleTime to change the world of recruitment methinks
You have to laugh, you know. I never cease to be amazed at the number of posts I see about contractors claiming all sorts of problems with, variously, notice periods (don’t need them, as I’ve said...
View ArticleWhat happens when the world changes?
One of the great appeals of freelancing your way through life is the constant change, working in new places with new people, solving new problems and generally getting away from the mundane grind of...
View ArticleUp, up and away: contracting jobs go through the roof
This week, both IMA and APSCo report on 'professional flexible workforce' vacancies; they're not only up, but could add £2bn to UK GDP in 2015!
View ArticleMay you live in interesting times…
There was an interesting article on Radio 4 the other day as I was driving from the airport to work. It took the average UK family’s net income of £20,500 and used that to illustrate what the nation’s...
View ArticleLet’s hear it for the cat herders
It’s been a fairly quiet week this week. There’s been nothing to get me throwing things at the TV or harrumphing over my breakfast newspaper. This is good in a way, of course, especially for the sake...
View ArticleSecurity clearance finally cleared up?
Back in 2002 I kicked off a bit of a debate about the Catch-22 situation regarding jobs that need people with security clearance. It’s a Catch-22 in that you can’t have clearance without the job and...
View ArticleThe job curiosity shop
August is traditionally a time when the Job Market goes into limbo. People are away on holiday, trade generally winds down, France stops completely and people are generally more relaxed than usual....
View ArticleCoalition should rethink the new compulsory pension scheme
The FSB thinks that micro firms should not need to comply with the government’s new pension scheme that comes into effect in 2012.
View ArticleRecord breaking increase in the number of new contractors
My research has revealed a record breaking increase in the number of new contractors / limited company formations, which supports the theory of a new entrepreneurial culture developing to partly...
View ArticleMy new year resolution
Is not to lose weight (a lost cause, I fear) or cut down on booze (shudder), but something that’s far better for the heart rate: to stop being get annoyed with Recruitment Agencies any more.
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