From the monthly archives:

September 2010

UK Job Industry

The most endearing words on persistence actually came from the mouth of Calvin Coolidge where he pointed out that no other characteristic or quality can take the place of it, not talent, not education, not genius. With persistence a quality that is omnipotent, pressing on and having determination is the way to get over many [...]

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Tweet Your Way to Job Success

Did you ever consider that Twitter could contribute to the acquisition of your dream job? Well this might be more of a possibility than you first thought. English business mind Laura Walls just landed a high profile public relations position in Brisbane, Australia, simply after sending out a mere 140 character Tweet. Well the tweet [...]

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UK Jobs – Resources

Part of the whole job hunting process in the modern world is including facts and information about you on the internet and making it available for potential employers and companies. While you open accounts in various social networks like Twitter, Facebook and the like, you have to think about the image that it carries of [...]

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The UK: Home of the Worlds Strangest Jobs

The United Kingdom is full of compelling tourist attractions I would contest, but perhaps another reason for venturing over lays in some of the questionable job vacancies so popular of the land. While unusual jobs are not exclusive to the Kingdom—the United States especially knows about this—we do seem to live in the universal capital [...]

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United Kingdom Retailers to Create Over 22 Thousand Jobs

Even despite the undeniable economic climate, one which is highly discouraging to the majority, retail full time equivalent employment (more painlessly the FTE) has increased by 3.6% in 2010’s second quarter as compared by last year’s respective quarter. This information was collected by the first quarterly Retail Employment Monitor—or REM. Set aside the relative figures, [...]

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UK Job Vacancies: At an Ever-Changing State

The alarming number of United Kingdom job vacancies has again fallen a point last month to a point of 102, as revealed by the Reed Jobs Index. On the other hand, these same figures also indicated job demand increases in several fields, and we’re talking record high booms. Manufacturing has increased 10 points since June. [...]

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September 2010 Nottingham Job Fair

The UK government had recently increased the minimum wage rates depending on the worker’s age bracket effective this October 2010. In line with this, the UK economy is now better than ever having slowly recovered from 2008’s world recession. And for the many job hunters in the UK today, here’s another good reason to celebrate! [...]

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UK Central Office of Information Job Cuts

The United Kingdom’s official Central Office of Information has been forced to announce today a sizeable cut in their staff—trimming their payroll from 737 employees to 450. This appears to be the result of the government’s freeze on non-essential marketing, promotion, and advertisement expense. This has caused for considerably less to do in the COI [...]

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What to Look Out for When You’re Facing Redundancy

In order for the government to keep afloat in these times of crisis as well as for companies to stay strong, the threat of early retirement and redundancy hangs heavy on employees and citizens of the UK. If you’re one of the people who’s getting axed, the question is if you should take the cash [...]

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