Iain Duncan Smith should be awarded a “common sense” gong for his completely logical, no-nonsense approach to getting good careers education to young people still in school before it’s too late.
The largest proposed change to sponsored employees in over five years is due to be announced in January by the Migration Advisory Committee, which will limit the number of non-EU workers in the UK. This is set to leave many firms, already facing a skills crisis, struggling to afford the rise in labour.
Seminal offerings are often forgotten years later or lose their cachet. After all, who remembers Archie, the first Internet search engine developed in 1990″ And would you tell anyone to “Yahoo! it”?
The pace of business is getting faster, making it tough to stay on top of ever increasing workloads. And with the pressure of getting things done representing a clear and present danger to work/life balance, Bruce Kornfeld, CEO of Gyst, looks to a future where technology helps, rather than hinders those aiming to strike the right balance.
Washington Post reporter Liza Mundy’s book, “The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family”, suggests that while the gender gap may be a bleak reality, the rise of the female breadwinner is set to shake things up for the better.
By Edward Craft
Should a FTSE 100 company like Sports Direct grant personal favours from the boardroom to controlling shareholder Mike Ashley
By Edward Brown
Author Edward Brown believes the single most essential third-space skill for managers in today’s world is courage – and there are five ways this can be taught.
Some $1.1bn was invested in tech ventures through equity crowdfunding platforms in 2015, a trend which is set to spike sevenfold to $8.2bn by 2020 – and it is Britain which is responsible for the surge of interest in the funding method.
CEO Marissa Mayer has been quick to jump to Yahoo!s defense following negative commentary earlier this week, but her comments clearly reveal a fundamental problem at the company.
By Jan Cavelle
As the nation begins to feel the strain of the first doctors walk out, and unions announce the latest planned London Underground strikes, Jan Cavelle explains why she believes these types of industrial action are damaging and unrealistic.
