Markets showing signs of Recovery Marketing Articles | September 17 Rodrigo Palacio Jersey , 2009 As summer approaches I am seeing genuine optimism amongst our interim managers and clients alike that certain market sectors are starting on the long road to recovery.
As summer approaches I am seeing genuine optimism amongst our interim managers and clients alike that certain market sectors are starting on the long road to recovery.
However, most of our interim management placements at present are still in the areas of business improvement, change management and business turnaround which would indicate organisations are still prepared to spend money when a leaner Yao Jersey , fitter business is the result.
Where interim placements were common a short time ago to cover for scenarios such as maternity, staff sabbaticals and executive terminations, in our experience Mauro Icardi Jersey , organisations are preferring to re-organise internally instead by battening down the hatches in order to save funds in these uncertain times.
We have provided short lists of candidates to a number of clients in recent weeks only for the client to re-evaluate their plans at the eleventh hour and withdraw the assignment favouring instead a ?make do and mend? strategy. I would suggest that this trend may continue for at least the next 12 months before more standard disciplines and scenarios re-emerge once again within the interim portfolio.
In truth I believe this may well have a positive Darwinian ?natural selection? type effect on the interim pool of talent because in my opinion it was starting to get saturated with interim managers from too few disciplines causing supply to outstrip demand ultimately driving down the day rates. This recession may also lead to other changes in the provision of recruitment solutions for many private and public organisations.
Human Resource Directors are starting to see that swathes of employment laws and costs relating to permanent staff do not apply to interim managers meaning that the use of interim managers has suddenly become a lot more appealing.
I believe the balance of 2009 will test us all to the limit but at the end of it we will have a leaner and more structured recruitment industry where both permanent and interim management solutions are available in equal measure.
New Year - New Parenting You! Family Articles | January 2, 2008 Happy New Year!As the clock ticked down the old year and we all awaited the arrival of a brand new 2008, I begun to wonder what all the people around me truly wished for deep down in that very quiet p...
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But if we want to be a co-creator of our own universe and family life we must make plans with a purpose in order to manifest the destiny that that we foresee for ourselves and let go of our fear of sounding silly. I call it "creating dreams.... with a date" and since writing down my dreams and visualising them every day I can't believe how extraordinary things keep happening to me.
Having watched "The Secret" DVD a couple of years ago and having just read Napoleon Hill's amazing book "Think and Grow Rich" I can't believe the people I meet Samir Handanovic Jersey , the adventures I have and the relationships and people that I'm so grateful for having in my life since I started to use the power of visualisation.
Some people say that we cannot control the future, but failing to plan is planning to fail. If you have a wait and see attitude, then whatever happens simply happens and sometimes you can feel like life is controlling you and you are a victim to fate. When you write down some goals that you'd like to achieve you feel far more in control of your life and you feel far less stressed and far more energised.
Like everyone else Cheap Inter Milan Jerseys , I like to plan things that I'd like to achieve or see happen for the new year, but I also know that unless I put determined, concentrated effort behind my goals they will never materialise. You have to distinguish between a wish Fredy Guarin Inter Milan Jersey , a dream, a hope and a desire. Napoleon Hill even goes so far as to say you must make your dreams burning desires which adds passion and real enthusiasm to your hopes. It's the difference between just talking about something you'd like to happen and really making it happen.
So why not look at the sort of family relationships you'd really love to have with each of your children in 2008 or look at the sort of parent you'd like to be described as when your kids are all grown up and are telling their kids about you.
What sort of memories are you creating for them through your discipline, enthusiasm and time spent really chatting and playing with them?
Go and grab a cup of coffee and a pen and take a few moments to daydream and make some plans.