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Courtenay HR in the Press - Archive 2003
Experts View
Personnel Today recently asked Gareth Jones of Courtenay HR for his view on what to look for when choosing a consultancy to represent you as a candidate...
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Personnel Today - 2nd December 2003
Feeling Lucky?
Having a hard time finding a job? Spare a thought for the Graduate population. As if fighting for their first job in these difficult jobs wasn’t difficult enough, some employers are making things much worse. And not in the way you may think. Dip into the murky world that is graduate recruitment...
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Crocodile Tears in the City?
The recent media coverage of bullying and harassment in the City, particularly the BBC documentary and subsequent coverage in the Financial Times raises some interesting questions...
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City HR Review - November 2003
Pipelines in the Public Sector
With public sector recruitment activity reaching the highest levels for many years and pay structure increases outstripping those in the private sector, making a move into the public sector as the next career step might seem quite attractive to many candidates…
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Opportunities Magazine - November 2003
ROI for the People
To achieve maximum ROI, Human Resources must align itself to the business it serves. Gareth Jones, Director at Courtenay HR, encourages people managers to follow their own unique path to success…
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Recruit Magazine - November 2003
Pipelines or Pipedream?
Fast becoming the most used word in the resourcing industry, next to ‘talent’, companies are now combining both and talking about developing their own ‘pipelines of talent’. Nice words but is it practical and will companies ever be able achieve this dream and see the benefits it can bring?...
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Recruiter Magazine - November 2003
Building a Pipeline of Talent
Even in these uncertain times, resourcing, particularly for key roles within an organisation is an issue for nearly every major employer in the City. Over the last 2 years many have considered the recruitment supply chain an opportunity to drive efficiencies through the process...
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City HR Review - October 2003
SME’s Well Positioned To Win Over Talent
Small and medium sized companies have a chance of winning the recruitment wars despite not being able to offer the best packages. But not all are taking advantage. Professor Richard Scase, author of Britain 2010…
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The Times, Appointments - 18 September 2003
Colleagues You Love To Hate
No workplace would be complete without an office star, someone who gets away with murder and is still loved by the boss. Tim Hitchcock has a few hot tips on how to burst their bubble…
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Guardian - 15 September 2003
Is a Stiff Upper Lip Making the Public Sector sick?
Stress in the workplace has become a catch-all phrase used to describe anything from petty annoyances to critical incidents, with 1997 being the first time ever that a personal injury court case for stress at work was filed…
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Sunday Times - 1 June 2003