By way of explanation ....

In this tale, a HR Manager of indeterminate age is exposed to the vicissitudes of job hunting in a trying environment and an economy which could have been organised better by Mugabe ....

Oops. Due to the aforementioned lack of a technology gene I cannot get the cartoon to show on my third-born utterings. This is a shame, as it kind of explains this blog's raison d'etre ( how do you get accents above letters in a Microsoft programme please?)

Instead you will have to follow the link http://stripgenerator.com/strip/372444/blinded-by-the-light/#id=372444;view=undefined;accordion=0; which is also on my Facebook page if you are a true believer. Awfully sorry about the inconvenience.

Anyways, stuff to do today, but as Arnie said with such menace .... I'll be back.

Anne

Victory for common sense

As I woke this morning the world seemed full of hope and promise.

Waking to sunshine always helps of course, as does having a (rare) peaceful nights sleep, but as I followed my morning routines I reflected on the vagaries of my moods and quite why that shrivelled, clinker-like virtual organ I call my soul was quite so uplifted.

Time is a flawed concept in my brain, but I know absolutely that within a yoctosecond I had the answer – common sense seems to be infiltrating the world of Law. The scrapping of the Omari Roberts trial has struck a blow for natural justice – the self-evidence that a 14 year old knife wielding accomplice burglar would lie to seek revenge / obfuscate / because he wouldn’t know the truth if it bit him in the ass (delete as required).

In addition, Lance Corporal Tilern DeBique (known as sexy T to those without the necessary visual acuity) would only be awarded £17,000 of our money for hurt feelings rather than the £1.2M she was hoping for. Not only should we be grateful that the ludicrous Tribunal findings have been overturned, but further that the debacle has given oxygen to the fire that I sincerely hope will consume Harmen and Phillips and the rest of the liberal lunatics who’s intention is enforced homogeneity.

As a HR practitioner we have quite enough to do oiling the wheels of commerce, without fighting rearguard actions to prevent the equality terrorists; think of a world where the HR community could focus 100% on supporting and moving the business forward through fair and intelligent use of the people plan instead of imposing a net of policy with mesh fine enough to strain soup which by definition strangles initiative and enterprise and moxie.

Th-th-th-th-th-thats all folks!

Anne

Are we nearly there yet?

OMG - it is me, or do most people of 'my generation' (that's m-m-m-myyyyyyyy gggeneration of course) find that they are missing a technology gene?

Still, now I can actually see some product on the page it is a relief - I blog, therefore I am.

Sometimes it is as if there is a Matrix-like universe happening around me; a dimension where all people who want it have meaningful work and a focus for their life other than family, friends and the miasma of news the media emits. It seems that at some stage I must have chosen red instead of blue (hmmm, there was no yellow pill on offer then) and now I sit here, a reasonably qualified, very experienced, energetic 40 something (OK, 52 if you must know) uploading my reflections to share with the world rather than improving the business or supporting colleagues in their aims or indeed any of the useful stuff I used to be paid to do.

.....and all the time surrounded by world events from Fox, CNN, BBC - a kind of 'news-lite' folk tale for those with IBS (irritable brain syndrome) who cannot take the full fat reality of life.

Still, that's enough ranting for today - tune in soon for more ( or maybe less) soon, and see if this therapy is as effective as I want it to be.

anne