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Human ResourcesWeb 2.0 and innovation in the workplaceWeb 2.0 and innovation in the workplace - This one looks at the capacity of social networking tools for fuelling innovation in the workplace. Again, the article takes a strengths and problems approach. Some more details first of all: In this crisis, it is not immediately obvious what contribution Facebook, the social networking website, might make – except as a place for friends to share tales of woe. But, as we argue in our report, Network citizens [available via link to download for free], networks are creating new opportunities for innovation, for business development and for maintaining relationships between the most talented people.
Making hay while the snow fallsI look forward to holidays with a mixed feeling of dread and pleasure. The dread because a little bit more of the academic year has passed, and I am aware of how much harder things are going to get. The pleasure because I get to take a break. Maybe. Or perhaps I would get chance if I wasn't having to work so hard to make my hay. Take the next week for example; I seem to have collected a fourth job somewhere down the line. I mean I have 2 pretty much stable regular jobs and two less so. Two are more casual. They call, I agree if the terms are right. One of those is the outdoor adventure centre - business varies at this time of year along with my ability to run around in the cold when I have joints that get more painful with dodgy weather.
Help required for undergraduate dissertation project on bloggingHelp required for undergraduate dissertation project on blogging - The dissertation is on the subject of gender differences in UK online blogging. Follow this link to help out. 
Labour website of the yearLabour website of the year - United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Need advice on how to ring in sick this winter?It was in the news yesterday how Benylin has been running advertisements telling workers how to 'throw a sickie'.
See this article from The Telegraph as an example. The advert suggests that at the first sign of illness workers should take "a Benylin day" in bed, rather than struggle into the office. To see the guidance follow this link. 'How to call in sick' guidance is based on whether you have a formal, familiar or casual boss.
New labour movement Web 2.0 websiteNew labour movement Web 2.0 website - More specifically, it uses RSS feeds to bring together useful sites or resources that relate to the labour movement. It's called Laborgeek. Some final words from the organiser of Laborgeek: As this site is intended to complement rather than compromise any of the great sites already discussing these issues, we don’t host debate or discussion at laborgeek itself. If you want to comment, go do so at the site the link takes you to. If you want to endorse or spread the word about a particular link, you’ll find a share this button on each post.
1 in 5 set to be in crap jobs
Why? The usual answer is that Britain is well on the way to being a 'knowledge economy' and that means crap and menial jobs, both which require few if any qualifications, will become something for an absolute minimum of the workforce. As there's no need to plan for it as 'market forces' will sort it all out. The other day the Institute for Public Policy Research published a paper that suggests quite the opposite. In fact, we might end up with millions of highly qualified and skilled people doing menial and crap jobs instead of such jobs going to people with the least qualifications and skills base.
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