STUFF PEOPLE SAY TO HR #31
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Stuff
HR life is full of stuff that isn’t terribly easy to categorise. That’s probably why this section exists. You’ll find all kinds of – well, stuff – in here, including tidbits of global news in HR World, the latest HR and business jargon unpacked in HRpedia, and (often silly) surveys, HR-related video clips, gags and links. Not career-changing necessarily, but guaranteed to make your ‘al-desko’ lunch that tiny bit more enjoyable.
As a big law firm introduces 'CV blind' interviews, we ask what else might benefit from similar thinking
Coffins from China, a Kiwi who sleeps in the office ceiling and some of the best ever sickie excuses
'Age fraud' and the Italian footballer whose birth date no-one can quite believe
When all-out strikes are banned, how can workers protest? With widespread use of sickies, that's how
Man pleads guilty to crime of 'mailing injurious articles' after sending packages filled with cat feces to employers
A Japanese composer admits passing off another composer's work as his own. What's the problem?
When colleagues are worrying about who conducts exit interviews, rather than stopping the departures
Sony's new 'lifestyle logging' technology could be a dream solution for suspicious employers
Marketing splodge or recruitment exercise? Doesn't matter – Heineken's film is a good waste of anyone's time
The weirdest global HR news of the month, including a much-anticipated update on the 'facial hair ceiling'
David Cameron's given his hairdresser an MBE. Is this justifiable Reward and Recognition?
Reckon you're a polished performer? Take our test to see if your HR manners match up to those prescribed by Debrett's