Human Resources

The most fundamental part of any business, the most expensive item on the balance sheet, the face of the organisation. While for that decision to buy a new printer is agonised over for hours, the human resources is often the preserve of the old admin manager until he retires.

  • BAD WEATHER

    It’s often said that in Britain we are not properly prepared for bad weather. Whilst there is some truth in this, there is a category of staff that has a routine perfected over decades.  With some staff adopting a “keep calm and carry on” attitude, they will battle against the worst the British weather can…

  • NEW BLOOD

    “We need new blood we need new ideas”.   No! That is the last thing any employer really wants when you go there.  Think about it for a moment. If you dare suggest any changes you are immediately criticising the people who pay your wages, who have been quite happy doing things the same way until…

  • RECEPTIONISTS

    A much-maligned body of the workforce; the face and introduction to any organisation. Yet, despite in some fields having specialist medical training to enable them to immediately diagnose any number of ailments just on sight, they are extremely poorly paid.  The latter, startling deduction can be made by the fact that they appear to have no internal plumbing in…