We know how it works. The premise is simple. Round up fifteen or so ‘business people’ and put them in front of Lord ‘Bongo Drums’ Sugar. They must have vague job titles which include the words ‘global’ ‘brand’ and ‘manager’ (in fact, there’s one right there). They must have faces you wouldn’t tire of driving … Continue reading Business acumen? Grammar is what I’m worried about, Lord Sugar.
Category: Business
Don’t Get Hung Up On Grades
One thing all employers look for – my company included – is experience. You can't get a qualification for that and aside from being a prerequisite of almost any 'serious' job, it is an essential tool you'll call on every minute of your working life, far more than you will that lecture you think you possibly attended four years ago in the midst of a hazy hangover.
Clever Weather
It appears the Weather – unlike our government, banking bosses and Sky News – has been determined to see us through the recession.
Swine flu puts the boot in
I'm fed up of the doom mongering media we are surrounded by these days. They're not happy unless we're all fatally miserable.
Work Hard, Work Hard
Deals that would normally have taken one meeting and a couple of weeks of chasing now take three meetings and months of negotiations over price.
Sorry, We Don’t Require Your Custom Today, Sir
It certainly wasn't the cheery punch-me-in-the-face car salesman greeting you expect to receive on entering their domain.
In any other business, the lot of you would be out…
Pulling such stunts in any other job in Britain would see them out on their ear without as much as their pencil sharpner to keep as a momento.
We’re Still Twittering in the Workplace
Time for another update. And there's not much to update, really. A colleague of mine has, however, pointed me in the direction of useful couple of sites which others in Twitterland (these Twitisms are getting very annoying, aren't they) might find useful. http://www.tweetburner.com is a very useful URL-shortening service which includes the ability to track … Continue reading We’re Still Twittering in the Workplace
Can We Drop the ‘Sir’, Fred?
Sir Fred 'The Shred' Goodwin's pension leaves a particularly nasty taste in the back of my throat. I'm fed up with seeing his smug face splattered across the UK media and couldn't agree more with the wide condemnation of his refusal toforgo his undeserved and highly immoral pension.
Twittering at work update
Well, it's been a week or so since we opened our work twitter account and we have 8 followers. Admittedly, two of those are employees and another is a partner … but it's progress, sort of. The five followers that are genuine customers have all signed up as a result of an e-shot we sent … Continue reading Twittering at work update
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