Archive | September, 2007
Guru not invited to blog league table
Blog aficionados will be well familar with the now-commonplace blogger tactic of creating blog league tables.
Guru has (inexplicably) not yet been inducted into any of these human resources blog halls of fame, and now notes that his arch enemy… continue
Guru exposes easyJet meal combo swindle
Guru headed to Spain last weekend for a bit of late summer sunshine, and enjoyed a very pleasant few days in the company of his friends Paella, Sangria and San Miguel.
The short break was spoiled somewhat by an eight… continue
Pizza boy demands right to sexual harassment
It’s more than a decade old, but thanks to Disciple Rob for the link to this spoof article about an 18-year-old pizza restaurant worker filing a formal complaint, citing a “gross lack of sexual harassment” in his workplace, which is… continue
Press releases get bad press, but not from Guru
Press releases are like a gift to Guru.
Most journalists, however, do not feel the same way. Press releases are inevitably dreamed up by some bored PR officer, who has the unenviable task of making her (it usually is) client’s… continue
Guru is charity mugged in the name of CSR
Reed Elsevier (RE), the multinational FTSE 100 publisher that owns Personnel Today, as well as other classic publications like New Scientist, Variety, Computer Weekly, Caterer & HotelKeeper, Farmers Weekly and Flight International (good bloggers all) designated September 2007 as RE… continue
Harrogate show rubs Guru up the right way
Guru made it back from the CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition in Harrogate in one piece – a very tired and emotional piece, but one piece nevertheless.
Personnel Today‘s fringe event in the Holiday Inn was a great success, with… continue
Survey of PAs puts the sex into secretaries
Mrs Guru subscribes to a range of women’s fashion, lifestyle and celebrity gossip magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Company, Glamour etc.
They are all piled up in the corner of the downstairs loo, which Guru has need to visit on occasion, and,… continue
Carpet skating is new corporate craze
Thanks to Disciple Sue for alerting Guru to the following office antics video. “Extreme Carpet Skating in the Corporate Office” would you believe!?
HR needs a policy on this, pronto.
According to the video makers, you can actually buy these… continue
Is Paula Radcliffe in Anne Robinson’s attic?
On the subject of look-alikes, and following Guru’s revelation that former ITN political correspondent John Sergeant was separated at birth from comedienne Jo Brand…
Has anyone else noticed that with each new surgical nip and tuck, BBC TV’s Weakest Link… continue
Look-alike employee sparks PR exploitation
Talk about naked opportunism! Angel Services Group has just employed a handsome young black fellow who happens to play a bit of golf.
And it didn’t take long for the company to draft and send out the following press release:… continue
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