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A smart investment in future talent

Last week KPMG, the global consulting firm, announced plans to launch a 6 year training programme to turn 100 of this years school leavers in to Accountants.  The specifics see KPMG working with 20 schools in disadvantaged areas to recruit … Continue reading

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Is it ever a good time to go back?

Growing up in England in the 70′s and 80′s with a passion for football that engulfed my life, Kenny Dalglish was a superstar.  My statement is not born out of blind hero-worship (since the age of five I have been … Continue reading

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Dont be Evil – Googles Hiring Process

Do you remember a time before Google? 15 years ago Google didn’t exist. Today, Google has a market capitalisation of $190 bn, employs around 20,000 people worldwide and enjoys more than 90% of the Search Engine market share in the … Continue reading

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The Ying and the Yang

I am repeating myself. I don’t want to be told who to hire. I am interested in your talent, your aspirations, your ambitions, what motivates, what inspires, what drives you, what you’ve learned, what you want to learn. Your gender … Continue reading

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Recruiting and retaining talent in tough times

An interesting perspective on the value of great people to an organisation came from a customer of mine recently.  This particular CEO and his HR Director proudly showed me round their new production facility that had harnessed some of the … Continue reading

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Staff Turnover costs the UK £42BN per year! What are you doing about it?

A new report is out this week from PriceWaterhouseCoopers.  It is a frightening read.  In the last 12 months, despite one of the toughest economic climates on record and rapidly rising unemployment, “an average of 10.4 % of UK staff … Continue reading

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The times they are "a-changing"

We are living through a revolution.  In years to come this period will be studied, picked apart, analysed, reviewed and commented upon in much the way that the Industrial Revolution is studied today.   The old rule book is being … Continue reading

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The times they are “a-changing”

We are living through a revolution.  In years to come this period will be studied, picked apart, analysed, reviewed and commented upon in much the way that the Industrial Revolution is studied today.   The old rule book is being … Continue reading

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Managing X and Y

A recent survey from the respected Economic Intelligance Unit highlighted attraction and in particular retention of top talent as critical to business success in 2010, behind only economic recovery and the availability of credit in terms of priority. With 44% … Continue reading

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