Jackie Hartley’s BLOG

I was delighted to see that the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) Skills Taskforce has just produced a report on the need to overhaul the training system in this country to ensure we get the skilled workforce we need. Bill Midgley, President of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and Chair of the Skills Taskforce, […]

Following on from the last post, according to some research done for the Investors in People organisation (leftover organisation from a previous Government strategy, see last post) ‘one fifth (19%) of employees are unhappy in their current job, with a further 33% feeling unsure and considering their future’. So clearly not all work is good […]

It’s official. According to a recent independent review of the scientific evidence on the health effects of work and worklessness, work is found to be generally good for physical and mental health and well-being. The report, Is work good for your health and well being?, was commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions. Frankly, […]

At the university, where I work one day a week, I run a careers and enterprise course as part of a core module for around 200 computing students. It’s based around a case study which the students, working in groups, have to tackle as if they are the owners of a new, technology based, start […]

My stepson sent me the link for the new Sony Bravia advert. You have to watch this Paint Extravaganza! Wonder what career does that - some sort of paint ball, pyrotechnic, special effects whizz kid. Fantastic. Enjoy.
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Am finding it really hard to blog at the moment. Why? Because my life feels completely disrupted by having a team of builders practically living with us. Don’t get me wrong, they are a really nice bunch of fellas, but after 3 months of living in the middle of their work site I just want […]

Apparently Steve Ballmer, the chief executive of Microsoft, has been urging British businessmen to follow his example and sack as many underperforming staff as possible each year. Interesting. Sounds horrific, I know, but if I’m honest, I think he might be onto something. How many of us have had to work for people who have […]

I’ve got used to spam email but am now up to my eyeballs in blog spam. It is really annoying because it is all posted as comments so I get an email saying you have a comment on this or that entry and I think ‘oh great, someone has read my blog and commented’ then […]

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Saw this poster at a wonderful exhibition of Royal Mail vehicles at Coventry Transport Museum today. It made me hoot with laughter. It’s easy to forget how far we have come in terms of discrimination […]

I have now realised that my last two posts contradict each other. One the one hand I want politicians and government to ‘kick ass’ and get things done and on the other I want central government to stop deciding what needs to be done and then forcing it on us. A tad inconsistent then! But […]