Archive | August, 2011
French workers art about with post-it notes
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French workers, presumably in fleeting moments when they’re not enjoying the fruits of 100 years of incessant striking, have been defacing their offices with post-it notes, creating images of things like Pacman and Tetris (The Post-it wars… continue
One in five would sleep their way to the top
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One in five workers would consider sleeping their way up the career ladder, says online recruitment website staffbay.com.
Guru is shocked that only one in five would consider this, but can confirm that it doesn’t work anyway.… continue
See bee, feel (like) bee
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Olswang, a law firm in London, is keeping bees in its courtyard to inspire its workers to work hard and cooperate with each other (London offices offered bee hives to ‘boost work morale’). Apart from the obvious… continue
Charity offers HR director sympathy salary
Guru has often wondered whether people who work for charities full-time forgo a monthly salary in favour of the opportunity to radiate the insufferable air of smugness that surrounds them.
This morning, Guru’s wondering can cease, as it has been… continue
Guru backs Germany’s no kissing campaign
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Guru isn’t normally first in line to praise the Germans, but it is difficult to find fault with the Knigge Society in Germany, which has called for a ban on workplace kissing (German etiquette group targets workplace… continue
HR spam ruling gives Guru an idea
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An Australian HR company has been fined for breaching spam regulations in Australia after sending marketing emails advertising their HR software to people without their consent (ACMA warns Aussie HR firm for spam infringement).
The ruling makes… continue
Sarcasm is the highest form of management
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Guru is excited. The BPS Occupational Digest blog brings news of a study that will do for HR what a clerk in a Swiss patent office did for physics. The study in question reveals that the key… continue
China leads way in team-building exercises
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Team-building exercises in this country tend to involve things like building an imaginary bridge across an imaginary river, but not in China, a country far too busy becoming the world’s chief economic power to bother imagining things.… continue
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