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Recruiter Awards news…

There was good news in the Hanson camp last week as it was announced that Hanson Search has fought off some fierce competition to be shortlisted for the ‘Best Marketing Recruiter’ category at the 2008 Recruiter Awards in April. For those who aren’t familiar with the Recruiter Awards, some might say they’re the Oscars of [...]

Work/life balance

Given the fact that we live in the country with some of the longest working hours in the West, it could be argued that the whole concept of work/life balance is a bit misleading, but it’s popularity seems to know no bounds. A new survey from the research firm, Universum, has found that 40% of [...]

Fit for purpose

If, like so many of us, you over-did things during the festive season and are looking for ways to get back into shape, here’s some handy tips from Canadian fitness guru John Douwman, also known as ‘Johnny B. Fitt’ (any alarm bells ringing yet?) Douwman says that a little activity at work can help you [...]

Flee the country

If the doomsayers do turn out to be right there are always plenty of other places to go and live and apparently most of them offer a better standard of living than the UK anyway. According to new research by HSBC an annual British salary would last you four years in Iran and nearly three [...]

Armageddon

We all love journalists of course. After all, without them things would be a bit quiet in the PR industry. But we can’t help think that, at least here in the UK, they do seem to delight in a bit of doom and gloom. Ever since the sub-prime fiasco came to light, the media have [...]