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Job hunting in a recession

August 28, 2010

Why it’s important for employers to engage with candidates who, without having built an affinity with the employer brand, may otherwise be simply taking the first role that comes their way. Ace Research http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNvGraIa2u8 And, of course, it’s important for job hunters to make a good impression too – bespoke suit anyone? http://www.highandmighty.co.uk/shop/page?pageId=7471

Put your money in graduates!

October 30, 2009

In the 90s it was houses. Recently talk has been of gold. But new research by Dr Anthony Hesketh of Lancaster University Management school suggests that putting your money into graduates will give you a 500% return with the break even point coming after 20 months. Commissioned by the Government’s Backing Young Britain campaign, the […]

Putting the cart before the cause?

September 10, 2009

New research has shown that, in primary schools, staff with a good work-life balance are more likely to produce higher achieving pupils – defined as those attaining level four or higher in Key Stage 2 level Maths and English. Or does it show that staff who teach pupils who attain level four or higher in […]

Twitter – it’s how you phrase the question

August 26, 2009

Biased though I may be as a research professional, might the reason so much of the traffic on Twitter is counted as pointless babble because the entry box reads: What are you doing? Given that many people engage with social media, online news and the cricket during their lunch hour (and, it seems, more and […]

Intrinsic value in graduate recruitment?

August 25, 2009

Success where measured against intrinsic goals … was seen to be psychologically nourishing. A June study in the Journal of Research in Personality sheds new and interesting findings on the concept of happiness at work within a graduate context. Running a series of psychological surveys with 147 alumni from two universities, once twelve months after graduation […]

I do not know what I do not know

August 10, 2009

Without meaning to give undue credit to Rumsfeld, there is more than a hint of resonance in his 2002 briefing when it comes to the latest research on state versus private education. The Sutton Trust’s research into access to higher education is a valuable addition to the debate and confidence is indeed a major factor in the […]