It is a shame to see BT pulling its graduate training programme, I hope this is not a sign of things to come in larger organisations. Though it takes only 130 graduates on a year I think this sends out a message to the recent graduates and people about to go to university that they will struggle to find work on completion of their degree. The recession affects everyone but apparently the under 25's suffer more than any other demographic... http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/aug/24/bt-axes-graduate-recruitment
It must be a daunting prospect leaving uni at the moment, what you have to hope is that this doesn't damage the talent train further on in the future because of a lack of graduate placements and people's desires to go to university. In reality there could be a lost generation. http://www.economicsuk.com/blog/000964.html
Monday 24 August 2009
Monday 3 August 2009
Hands up, I confess, it was over ten days since my last Twitter post, over a month since I have done anything on Linked In and well this is my 2nd blog so I have been the equivalent of a boring person, obviously!
It is totally fascinating that we now have so many tools at our disposal to connect to people, I actually ditched Facebook a while because it got silly, 'No, I do not want to battle you in an online poll for control of the galaxy, I am not even sure I know you!'. I wonder how many businesses are actually utilising all these tools though? Are they relevant? What time is actually devoted to putting meaningful information onto the super Internet highway these days?
With all of these forms of online networking and information sharing, it always worries me that a post or a message is misconstrued, it is fine face to face and to a certain degree on the phone because you can gauge a reaction or emphasis a point... I guess that is why LOL was developed (I believe it stands for Laugh Out Loud)... But it does worry me, the wrong wording could offend someone!
In our own field of HR, communication between employers and staff has never been more important, in a small business environment it is critical, the left hand must know what the right hand is doing. Now whether this is management speak or the reality is that even in a small team of 10, if you don't talk or communicate the right information things can wrong, feeds like Twitter and Linked In have the power to really take away that rapport or relationship built up by face to face or phone contact which aids any communication process... So call me old fashioned but I think I will still plug away at the Twitters etc.. But always ring The HR Dept if you fancy a chat, otherwise I will start ending emails with LOL to be on the safe side!
Promise to myself, I will blog and tweet more...
Stay positive!
It is totally fascinating that we now have so many tools at our disposal to connect to people, I actually ditched Facebook a while because it got silly, 'No, I do not want to battle you in an online poll for control of the galaxy, I am not even sure I know you!'. I wonder how many businesses are actually utilising all these tools though? Are they relevant? What time is actually devoted to putting meaningful information onto the super Internet highway these days?
With all of these forms of online networking and information sharing, it always worries me that a post or a message is misconstrued, it is fine face to face and to a certain degree on the phone because you can gauge a reaction or emphasis a point... I guess that is why LOL was developed (I believe it stands for Laugh Out Loud)... But it does worry me, the wrong wording could offend someone!
In our own field of HR, communication between employers and staff has never been more important, in a small business environment it is critical, the left hand must know what the right hand is doing. Now whether this is management speak or the reality is that even in a small team of 10, if you don't talk or communicate the right information things can wrong, feeds like Twitter and Linked In have the power to really take away that rapport or relationship built up by face to face or phone contact which aids any communication process... So call me old fashioned but I think I will still plug away at the Twitters etc.. But always ring The HR Dept if you fancy a chat, otherwise I will start ending emails with LOL to be on the safe side!
Promise to myself, I will blog and tweet more...
Stay positive!
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