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  • HR separated at birth

    Here's the latest offering in Guru's quest to find those in HR that bear striking resemblances to the famous, infamous and mildly irritating. And what a case in point we have here. For does not Richard Crouch, head of HR at Somerset County Council - featured on page 9 of 21 July issue of Personnel Today - look very much like Timmy Mallett? Who...
  • HR look-a-likie

    Here's the latest HR look-a-likie, sent in by disciple Rushna. She says: "Rick Stein is the spitting image of Matt Burghardt - our Asst Director of HR in Bradford! Needless to say, it may be the end of my HR career when he clocks his face staring back at him one day if you were to print this image." Disciples can judge for themselves....
  • HR look-a-likies - the latest victims

    Guru's disciples are responding well to the call for HR-look-a-likies. This week's pair were again spotted in the pages of Personnel Today, so keep your eyes peeled for any more. Disciple Nicole reckons shadow Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, featured on the front page of Personnel Today's 9 June issue, looks like Hollywood lothario...
  • More HR look-a-likies

    Suggestions for HR look-a-likies are, like, trickling in. Disciples will remember from previous posts that this is where Yours Truly picks on some poor, unsuspecting individual from the world of HR, business or politics and compares their boats (mostly unfavourably) to someone else. We all then laugh/gasp/snort at the similarity. This week we have Tory...
    Published 28 May 2009 8:27 AM by Guru
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  • The return of HR look-a-likies

    Disciples will be overcome with joy at the news that Guru is resurrecting his HR look-a-likies feature. This is where Yours Truly picks on some poor, unsuspecting individual from the world of HR, business or politics and compares their boats (mostly unfavourably) to someone else. We all then laugh/gasp/snort at the similarity. Yours Truly humbly offers...
  • Richard! Richard! Richard!

    Today Guru can bring you the latest in his series of HR look-a-likies - and it seems employers' group the CBI is a rich vein of identity swappers. After Guru revealed that director of public services Susan Anderson was separated at birth from canoe...