Unemployment Not Just Hitting Employees
Wednesday, October 14th, 20092½ million unemployed across the UK is maybe too big for many of us to get our heads round, so let’s zoom in closer. I read this morning about unemployment in Barking, east London.
3.6% in August 2008 to 5.8% in August 2009 might not seem a lot at first glance yet it represents an increase [...]
Redundancy is NOT a stigma!
Saturday, October 10th, 2009We’ve seen in the past that a whole mine, factory, mill or steel works that closed was an acceptable reason for being suddenly jobless: Employees and all their mates were in the same boat.
If it was only a small part of the workforce that was ‘let go’, redundancy often had such a stigma attached to [...]
Keep up the good work for another few hours
Friday, October 9th, 2009It’s Friday.
It’s cold, wet and windy across much of the UK today.
Many who’ve been made redundant and don’t have any activity already planned will probably be tempted to give in for the week. Yet most companies are open for business for at least another three hours!
What three things could you do this afternoon that most [...]
