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Even Santa Can’t Fix Recruitment Advertising

Two weeks ago, I posted a joke festive job advert.  A confidential search for an Interim Chief Logistics Officer (Peak Trading Transformation), based in Northern Finland, offering ‘seasonal goodwill’ as part of the generous remuneration package. It was deliberately tongue-in-cheek, and obviously so. A moment of festive frivolity. Subtlety wasn’t the point. And yet within 24 hours […]

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“I’m ‘oot” – What now for Scotland’s ousted MPs?

If yesterday’s polls are to be believed, the SNP are about to reclaim Scotland, predicted to win every one of the 59 Scottish seats. Big political statement, a potential Tsunami over British Politics,….and a worrying invasion over English politics and political power if Ed Miliband [or his union backers] happen to a) win the largest […]

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Be Serious.

For weeks on end, for almost 10 years, millions of TV viewers have watched Simon Cowell publicly berate dozens and dozens of people, all with a quest to exploit their talent in the name of success. Many people proudly stride onto the X-Factor stage, convinced their talent is world class only to be ripped to shreds and tossed on […]

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