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  • Guru's Friday workplace bizzares

    Once again, Guru gives you five links to the top workplace stories of the week. Jobcentre's sorry for the spurn of the Jedi No job unless you're Polish: Biggest Asda meat supplier excludes English speakers as 'all instructions are in Polish' Racism storm over £38,000 'Indians-only'...
    Posted to Guru Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 19-03-2010
  • Dream come true for couch potatoes

    While employers are falling over themselves to prove how flexible they are these days, Guru has always taken the view that working from home is, indeed, a licence to shirk from home. It seems the ultimate job for home shirkers has now been created. A company wants to recruit a couch potato to eat 400...
    Posted to Guru Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 16-03-2010
  • How will the World Cup 2010 affect your organisation?

    With the Football World Cup less than 100 days away, what plans has your organisation put in place to allow employees follow their national team? Take part in our poll and it will link you to the latest IRS survey...
  • What is HR's most embarrassing name?

    Do you work with someone who has an odd name? Is there a colleague in your team or office that whose moniker is something embarrassing or just plain weird? You know, that fellow employee who, every time someone mentions their name, you can't help emit a little snigger. If so, Guru wants to know....
    Posted to Guru Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-03-2010
  • CIPD must investigate behaviour of Christine Pratt

    The long-term consequences to the anti-bullying movement of Christine Pratt's decision to go public with claims that Downing Street staff had contacted the National Bullying Helpline will be hard to quantify.Pratt says she spoke out after denials by ministers that...
  • Sathnam Sanghera goes after HR - again

    A mere four months after his previous article stating HR was a waste of space, Times columnist Sathnam Sanghera is at it again. His latest missive in today's paper is headlined: 'The fuss that HR makes about itself far outstrips its contribution to the world'. Deep breathes everyone, put...
    Posted to Guru Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 15-02-2010
  • Hula hooping HR professional Julianne McGregor

    HR worker Julianne McGregor is planning to hula hoop on her way to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to rise money for her best friend with cancer. The 27-year-old is raising cash for the World Cancer Research Fund to support her friend Megan Houchins, who has thyroid cancer. "I'm doing this for...
    Posted to Guru Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-02-2010
  • 600 LinkedIn users claim to have a degree from Belford, a known diploma mill. Does one of them work for you?

    The Accredibase Report which we recently published revealed that 810 bogus institutions are operating from the US and 271 from the UK. We have also found diploma mills operating in no less than 121 different countries! How does it affect your business? If degrees are important to you, do you check if...
    Posted to General HR (Forum) by Eyal on 02-02-2010
  • You thought your staff were stupid ...

    Disciple Patrick insists he spotted the following in South African newspaper The Cape Times : "I have promised to keep his identity confidential,' said Jack Maxim, a spokeswoman for the Sandton Sun Hotel, Johannesburg, "but I can confirm that he is no longer in our employment. We asked...
    Posted to Guru Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 27-01-2010
  • One bollock at a time – Part 5

    The last bollock and perhaps the biggest one of all. (Incidentally, I realise that I have been potty mouthed this entire week and promise not to swear for the entirety of next week. If I slip up you can call me on it and I will donate £10 for each swear word to a charity of your [...]
    Posted to My Hell is Other People (Weblog) by Anonymous on 15-01-2010
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