November 25, 2004
Ten Things You Should Know About Money
Here are ten tips that you'll love, but the banks will hate!
Cut The Cost Of Christmas
Christmas need not be so costly with a 0% credit card. The Fool can point you to a range of credit cards offering zero interest on balance transfers and purchases. Some even offer cashback rewards!
Beat The ISA Rush
Always make the most of your tax-free ISA allowance. So get ahead of next year's rush and order your free ISA guides now!
The Curse Of The Best Buy!
You have to be careful when choosing Best Buy products, thanks to these peculiar curses...
Lessons From The Demise of The VCR
Dixons plans to stop selling video recorders by the end of this year as consumers switch to DVDs. What does this mean for your old video collection?
Bankruptcy Is Big Business
Personal bankruptcy is on the increase. Why?
Five Years Of Managing A Public Portfolio
Maynard Paton celebrates five years of managing the Qualiport by recounting some of the lessons he's learnt.
These tips are all from the Motley Fool
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November 23, 2004
Recruitment News
Recruitment
duo on the move
ic Newcastle.co.uk
- Newcastle,England,UK
By Evening Gazette. Two recruitment
firms have expanded their operations on Teesside by opening offices in
the area. Newcastle-based ...
Police Probe Muslim
Staff Recruitment
Scotland
on Sunday - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
By Wesley Johnson, PA. A national
seminar to look at issues that affect the police service's ability to
recruit, retain and progress ...
Free Graduate
Recruitment for Selected Companies & Agencies
Online Recruitment - UK
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and ...
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Online Recruitment - UK
Smart Recruitment
doesn't do things by half as evidenced by their recent comprehensive expansion
programme, their no nonsense approach to business and their ...
Morris
men 'recruitment crisis'
BBC
News - London,England,UK
By Mark McGregor. Every time Mark Ashton
tries to find new people to take up his favourite pastime he faces the
same problem. He ...
BA
embarks on IT staff recruitment drive
VNUNet.com - London,England,UK
British Airways
plans to embark on its first IT staff recruitment drive in four
years, marking an end to an era of job losses and cut backs at the airline.
...
Stoddart
denies Dutch recruitment drive.
crash.net
- UK
Minardi boss Paul Stoddart has played down suggestions
that at least one of his drivers could come from Holland next season,
despite rumours claiming that ...
Inward
migration recruitment fairs
Aberdeen
City - UK
... year. These recruitment problems
have also affected First Group who now has established a recruitment
centre in Poland. Research ...
Clarke
issues warning over overseas recruitment
EducationGuardian.co.uk - UK
The government is
to push for more systematic inspection of UK university courses taught
abroad, the education secretary, Charles Clarke, warned today. ...
Head
teacher recruitment shake-up
BBC
News - London,England,UK
... "I can understand the
rationale behind it but how is that void going to be filled?". Ministers
hope to make recruitment more rigorous by the end of next year.
...
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How to cope with Redundancy
Ten steps to deal with Redudancy:
1. Check your legal position. It’s not the first thing you’ll want to do after that talk with the boss (or the consultant hired to do his dirty work), but it’s important (see box). Redundancy is not the same as being sacked and it comes with a number of statutory rights, plus whatever is specified in your contract. If you disagree with what you’re offered, you have only six months to do something about it.
2. Check your financial situation. Know your costs. Find out what your payout will be and whether you will have to pay tax on any of it (generally you will if it’s more than £30,000).
3.What else can you get? Check your contract. Your redundancy might be negotiable. Perhaps your former employer will let you keep your laptop, or throw in a career-coaching session.
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To read the full article: How to cope with Redundancy
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