Following our blog on ‘Difficult Conversations in the Worplace’, this week we are pleased to feature a guest blog from Eugene Clarke of TalkBuddy with some advice on dealing with awkward communication situations. “Difficult” conversations are not simply the preserve of the manager or HR professional; in fact they’re certainly not restricted to the work… [Read more…]
This week we are pleased to feature our first guest blog of 2012 from Laura Duncan, a final year Management with Marketing Student at RGU, who discusses using social media as a tool for graduate recruitment. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had the vision of making the world a more “open” place, and he succeeded with millions… [Read more…]
As our ever expanding list of guest bloggers continues to grow here at The UP Blog, this week we are pleased to welcome Lisa Arnold, PR Administrator at Fifth Ring who takes a look at the benefits (for both parties) of taking on a university/college intern. The student brain, a much pondered over and intricate one… [Read more…]
In our 6th guest blog, employment lawyer and mediator Lili Hunter of Lili Hunter Consulting takes to the stage to disuss mediation. Om mani padme hum, om mani padme hum……oops no that’s meditation. Mediation, thankfully for those of us in our advancing years, does not involve sitting cross-legged on the floor and chanting! There is a lot… [Read more…]
Who’s responsible for improving UK workplace discrimination? This week we’re please to welcome another new fab guest blogger; Claire Walsh, managing partner of Brighton-based leadership development, executive coaching and learning & development consultancy firm LCP. Inequality in the workplace – in recruitment, promotion, salary and treatment – could be down to many kinds of discrimination.… [Read more…]
In his 2nd appearance as a guest blogger here at The UP Blog, Brian Rogers, Partner at Lewis Hymanson Small LLP in Manchester, asks: ‘Is it only in politics that managers can be brutal and volcanic?’ Alistair Darling, apparently talks in his new book about his old boss, the Prime Minister, as being ‘brutal and volcanic’,… [Read more…]
This week we are delighted to welcome yet another fantastic guest blogger; Conor Crowley, Consultancy Director at Atkins Oil & gas UK, who was challenged to give up technology for his holiday! Could you do the same? My wife challenged me to try my holiday with no email, no Facebook, no messing around on the internet, no… [Read more…]
Today we’re delighted to feature another new guest blogger to The UP Blog – Mr Brian Rogers, Partner at Lewis Hymanson Small LLP in Manchester, who is discussing the issues surrounding reporting potential regulatory problems. “Damned if I do and damned if I don’t!” - It’s a phrase often used by people at work who… [Read more…]
As the first of many new Guest Bloggers set to feature here at The UP Blog, Emma Gordon, Head of Public Relations at Fifth Ring, discusses why employers should be as keen to impress as prospective employees. Universities will soon be welcoming new students. Many will be keen, enthusiastic school leavers intent on three or fours… [Read more…]
April 26, 2012 by uplimited
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