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How an April Fool’s Joke Exposed the Flaws of Recruitment Advertising

Last week, I posted an April Fool’s job advert – a confidential search for a new UK Prime Minister. It was deliberately tongue-in-cheek, and obviously so. Subtlety wasn’t the point. And yet, by the noon deadline (with responses to “the Rt Hon Sir A.P. Rilfool”), I’d received over 20 genuine applications. A week later, that […]

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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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