This was The Times’s headline, Wednesday 13th April and there is one point I would like to pick up on from it… the article looked at 6 young people who were unemployed, different levels of education all with little or no experience and all of whom wanted to work.. so at least their attitude was right Read the rest of this entry »
One in Five: Young and Jobless
April 14th, 2011What are the prospects for the Younger Generation?
February 18th, 2011Watched an interesting interview on BBC News this morning, between a lady from Connexions responsible for youth employment and a professional headhunter.
The lady, sorry her name escapes me, tried to say that the youth of today are desperate to work, and the Headhunter coined Mr Tebbit’s phrase of getting on one’s bike.
I am a Celebrity…
November 19th, 2010I have only one comment to make this week… Vote Gillian McKeith for all the Trials, has there ever been a more annoying woman on the planet?
X-Factor Entry to Universities
November 12th, 2010So how about allowing Simon Cowell and a panel of judges to decide who should go to University? Is this not the future of society? Reality style interviews to decide who is worthwhile of Higher Education. The General Public could vote on which students they felt were suitable for University, and the Tax Payer would support and who were a waste of Tax Payers money? Read the rest of this entry »
The Importance of a Team aka a Lesson for John Terry
June 22nd, 2010Team playing and diplomacy is an essential part of working towards success, a little lesson that would help John Terry is possibly getting back his Captaincy of the England Team Read the rest of this entry »
It is a Question of Manners
May 19th, 2010I have been involved in Recruitment for over 25 years, and you would think that after all this time I would understand human nature better than most, but here is the thing.. where are peoples’ manners? The service we offer is free, is that the problem? Something that is free is of no value? Read the rest of this entry »
THAT FRIDAY FEELING!
May 14th, 2010New addition to Alexander Hancock’s website is the introduction of our Blog.. I can’t tell you how exciting this is, those who know me well, will know that there is nothing I like better than a) a forum to air my views and b) a good discussion about those views! So please feel free to respond, discuss and argue to your hearts content. Read the rest of this entry »