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Ever wondered how you'd live without your credit card? Read More...

Published 31 Jul 2009 12:00 AM by Stone Cast

Filed under: USA, credit cards
Sticks and stones

Want to know how not to deal with a member of the public in distress? Here's why good public servants or customer facing staff never retaliate to someone else's expressed emotions: Read More...

Published 29 Jul 2009 11:40 PM by Stone Cast

Filed under: emergency calls, retaliation, distress
Have you got the message yet?

Choose your words carefully. Most people aren't paying attention! Read More...

Published 29 Jul 2009 12:13 AM by Stone Cast

Filed under: non-verbal communication, words
What was your name again?

How do you educate children to present a pleasant face to the world - especially when they're used to pulling faces and looking grizzly? You put them in a large, lighted box with mirrors on all the walls. They soon learn not to look so miserable!...

Published 28 Jul 2009 12:07 AM by Stone Cast

Filed under: fathers, Friends, boring personality, sons
Deadlines

The worst deadlines are those artificially imposed ones from your incompetent supervisor, the best ones are those that squeeze out performances you never thought you had in you. Sometimes they're just plain dysfunctional. Read More...

Published 27 Jul 2009 12:00 AM by Stone Cast

Filed under: deadlines, performance management
Bad times; Good boss

For those of you as long in the tooth as me you'll have come across a fair number of bad bosses - they also proliferate in recessions. So, what guidance can be given to those people with people management responsibilities? Try these from Professor...

Published 23 Jul 2009 11:19 PM by Stone Cast

Filed under: bad boss, human nature, downsizing
Social networking for scientists

Don't want to wait for the editor of that crusty journal to approve your paper? - put it out there on the web and get an immediate response. myExperiment is a collaborative venture developed by Southampton and Manchester Universities. Worth a look...

Published 23 Jul 2009 12:00 AM by Stone Cast

Filed under: web 2.0; networking;, Science 2.0, myExperiment
The US has flu

You've heard the expression, "America sneezes the UK catches a cold." Well, I've been saying for some time that the 'unemployment', 'underemployment' or 'economically inactive' situation in the UK is getting v...

Published 21 Jul 2009 11:30 PM by Stone Cast

Filed under: unemployment tsunami
Post school unemployment

You've all been waiting for school's out and the latest Harry Potter film. Seems like they have unemployment in common - nice! Funny Videos | Funny Cartoons | More Video Clips Read More...

Published 20 Jul 2009 11:38 PM by Stone Cast

Filed under: Harry Potter, Unemployment
Holiday Postcard

You may be best mates at home but on holiday it's a different matter: Read More...

Published 20 Jul 2009 12:06 AM by Stone Cast

Filed under: holidays; friends, postcard
Raising the bar

I'm going to quote extensively from a recent post by Jo Jordon writing about how HR people can calculate the pool of potential candidates for vacancies. It's a handy way of thinking about a lot of other things too. Let's just start with unreasonable...

Published 17 Jul 2009 12:16 AM by Stone Cast

Filed under: employer expectations; candidates
Making the most of it

Here's another variant on "the make your miserable job fun " thing, (La Lobster fears for those one man bands). Read More...

Published 16 Jul 2009 12:01 AM by Stone Cast

Filed under: job satisfaction, motivation
Hurrah Hurrah to the middle one

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Published 14 Jul 2009 8:00 PM by Stone Cast

Filed under: Greynaut; Good fellow
Time for a digital world rethink

This is why: Read More...

Published 13 Jul 2009 11:45 PM by Stone Cast

Filed under: xml; html; web 2.0; networking; ownership; computers
Use your hands

Don't want to be outsourced? Get a blue-collar job. As it happens, it turns out those jobs that require getting your hands dirty take more brain power than those desk jobs you spent 3-4 years at university training for. It's alright, there's...

Published 12 Jul 2009 11:37 PM by Stone Cast

Filed under: manual jobs, brain power

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Sticks and stones

Have you got the message yet?

What was your name again?

Deadlines

Bad times; Good boss

Social networking for scientists

The US has flu

Post school unemployment

Holiday Postcard

Raising the bar

Making the most of it

Hurrah Hurrah to the middle one

Time for a digital world rethink

Use your hands