Does size matter?
A guest blog from http://www.theexpgroup.com/blog/ Discrimination in the workplace due to gender, race, religion or sexual preference is not only unethical but is also illegal in most countries. Importantly though if an organisation does undertake discriminatory activities in for example deciding not to recruit certain people it can miss out on good quality employees from [...]
Life isn’t fair – an open letter to students
The following life and work rules landed in my in-box this morning. I am sure many of you have also received it. Allegedly it’s an extract from Bill Gates as he spoke to school kids. Of course everything he said is true; however I wanted to expand on it. So students, listen up: Rule 1 : [...]
Pass the Tequila I have just been thrown a lemon!
I have always worked. From a young age I was taught that if I wanted something I had to pay for it and a job was the way to go. If I remember rightly, I think I was around 9 when I got my first paper round. Well let’s skip through the years as over [...]
Where doesn’t age matter?
I’d originally thought of calling this post ‘Woman 50+ Redundant Bounces Back’ because that was a story wanted by one of the women’s magazines. A features reporter contacted me the other day off the back of my redundancy website. It happens every so often – a hack leaves their research till the last minute thinking [...]
Should disabled people be paid less than non-disabled people?
A Conservative back bencher, Philip Davies, expressed his view that the minimum wage might be a hindrance to disabled people who might want to offer to work for less than the minimum wage. He claimed that the most vulnerable, including those with learning disabilities and mental health problems, were disadvantaged in their search for work [...]
In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell
In her shoes is a series of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]
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