I’m often amused when I read the phrase “Talent” and by extension the fact that there might be a “war” on talent. I’m not amused by the reality of “Talent scarcity”, our recruitment model causes anxiety, heartache and financial loss …
Read More →Four words that seem to have become ubiquitous. Uttered by learned people, they convey the extreme emotion felt, resulting in “speechlessness”. Parroted by less learned people, they often preface the delivery of lots more words (sadly). But as this phrase …
Read More →Sadly, my review of 2015 is that the great career bottleneck at the end of education is as problematic as ever. Amongst young people and parents, there remains anguish about access to job opportunities and placements, and amongst employers, there’s …
Read More →This afternoon, on BBC2’s Jeremy Vine radio programme, I heard an alarming story about a UK police force considering sponsorship in order to raise funds. On the surface, I thought the story sounded a little contrived, as if the evidently …
Read More →I’ve recently read a few articles about the increase of stress counselling amongst students. Two different articles, from both sides of the Atlantic, suggesting that the students of today don’t have enough resilience to function in the everyday world. The two …
Read More →I was recently invited to comment on an article about social mobility initiatives within recruitment. Specifically, the selection criteria large accountancy firms use to manage their recruitment (you can read the original article here). Deloitte have announced that they want …
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