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Jelly

aspicadmin9945 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:44:50 +0000

Find out more about ‘jelly’ working where freelance, casual and home-based workers get together, both physically and online, to brain-storm and exchange information.

The concept, which is named after jelly beans, was started three years ago by a 25-year-old Web entrepreneur called Amit Gupta, and is now becoming an increasingly common phenomenon in big cities around the world.

Technology critical for younger workers

aspicadmin9945 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:42:09 +0000

They’ve grown up knowing nothing but instant, mobile 24-hour access, so it’s perhaps no surprise young workers expect to be allowed to use mobiles, social networks, instant messaging and other new technologies at work. And if they’re not, they’ll walk.

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Blogging best practices

aspicadmin9945 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:38:39 +0000

Since blogging began almost 10 years ago, new blogs are launching at a rate of over 120,000 per day, adding to the 4.6 million already in existence.

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A year of warnings, but heads are still in the sand

aspicadmin9945 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:36:15 +0000

Despite almost a year of warnings, a fifth of British bosses surveyed and a third of their counterparts in the US, still have not made any sort of contingency plan to manage their workforce through the downturn.

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Making friends at work can be ‘satisfying and energising’

aspicadmin9945 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:10:21 +0000

Employees are being encouraged to take the time to get to know their fellow staff as this can be a good way to make work a ‘satisfying and energising experience’, it has been claimed.

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Staff don’t have the time to go green

aspicadmin9945 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:08:33 +0000

A third of Brits say their job is the main reason why they do not have time to be green but 44 per cent would be more motivated if their employer offered some kind of green employee benefits.

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Five ways to get remote working wrong

aspicadmin9945 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:07:13 +0000

There are five common, and easily avoided, mistakes that companies tend to make when setting up teleworking or remote working programmes.

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Managers put a brave face on the meltdown

aspicadmin9945 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:56:16 +0000

A fifth of senior managers admit they don’t feel safe in their jobs and are suffering sleepless nights from the economic meltdown. Yet most remain, outwardly at least, confident they will ultimately weather the storm.

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Top 50 favourite words

aspicadmin9945 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:11:13 +0000

The BBC asked for readers favourite words and were swamped with nominations. For a list of the top 50, hit t his link!

Dismissed employees kill CEO

aspicadmin9945 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:30:47 +0000

An Indian cabinet minister has blamed a break-down in communications for one of the country’s worst instances of industrial violence.

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