If you speak to any girl of a ‘particular age’ and ask them ‘Donny or David?’ they will know EXACTLY what you mean. If you ask two or more girls in a group no doubt they will start discussing the merits of their respective crush. Donny, of course, was Donny…
Are we making unemployment worse for 16-24 year olds?
Today it has been announced in the press that unemployment for 16-24 year olds is at a high (1) As unemployment has increased to 2.62 million, over a million of these are in the 16-24 age group, or NEETS (Not in Employment, Education or Training). This is a shocking statistic.…
Talk Radio Europe
I gave a live radio interview this morning on Talk Radio Europe. You can listen again here – it starts at 33 minutes. If you were listening and didn’t catch all of the details, these are the books and website that I mentioned. And do check out the website HowPublishingReallyWorks.com. If…
What will happen if you go off sick?
What will happen if you go off sick? It’s a good question and one that you’ve probably never asked yourself, unless you wanted to throw a ‘sickie’. Most people I’ve met in publishing love their jobs far too much to throw sickies very often, but if you were really ill,…
Why you should never go into work after an accident…
This is why you should never go into work after an accident. I was involved in what I thought was a minor car accident on my way to work on 19th April 2006. It was a rear end shunt, involving 3 cars, and I was the last car doing the…
Dr Frankenstein, I presume?
It is time for my latest Frankenstein injection: the injection that lets me participate in some sort of normal life. I nicknamed them Frankenstein injections because 1. They inject the back of my head. 2. It is a bit like getting a powerpack or upgrade. Once it has settled in, it feels like…
Hillsborough
Yesterday was yet another ‘biggest day in our history’ for Dagenham & Redbridge FC. After the previous ‘biggest day’- winning the League 2 play off final at Wembley back in May, our first game in League 1 was against the team which had been relegated from the Championship, Sheffield Wednesday,…
Moving the blog
I’ve been doing a little bit of housekeeping (cough, splutter, dust everywhere!) and the archived blog from bookcareers.com has been shuffled over here. All will become clear when the dust has settled.
More redundancies plus new opportunities
You might have seen this article over the Christmas holidays – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8433024.stm that the CIPD predict more redundancies, with unemployment reaching a peak in the summer. I feel like the ‘purveyor of doom’ when I state I have been saying this for ages. I believe that between now and May we will…