I’d rather have a hole

…than an ass-hole. A controversial response to the question ‘what happens if I let someone go and don’t have a replacement?’ It’s definitely worth some thought though isn’t it?  I’d wager that on the whole, this person isn’t an ass-hole but something, somewhere is making them behave like one. Dealing with under-performance is a daunting […]

Do you feel special?

Answer is no, I don’t. I’ve been applying for jobs recently, something I haven’t done for a very long time.  And it’s no fun at all. As someone who knows a bit about recruitment, I am genuinely shocked at how little we have all learned. We’re not ‘winning the war for talent’ we are hiding behind curtains […]

Digital and Creative sector stats … what the numbers say

If you haven’t heard about it before the Commission for Employment and Skills is a publicly funded, industry led organisation.  Its commissioners are a social partnership made up of CEOs of large and small businesses, employment advisors and Trade Union representatives from across the UK. In June 2015 they published their Insights for the digital and creative […]