It is difficult to know how to approach the issue of bad weather interfering with employee attendance i.e. should they be paid, could they of really made it in and it might be wise to have a policy in place stating the organisations view on issues such as working from home etc.
I found this article particularly interesting:
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/08012010/389/know-snow-rights.html
Well we are only a month late due to some unfortunate technical issues but finally these are now resolved. So what is i-Hospitality? It is a website specifically geared towards businesses in the hospitality industry providing introductory online training courses in the following areas:
We have also included a download section similar to that of i-Resources and is growing on a daily basis, anyway please visit our site http://www.i-hospitality.co.uk any comments/feedback are always appreciated.
January and February are well know months for people changing jobs however in currents time when unemployment is fast approaching the 3 million mark completion will be as tough as ever! When an employer is looking through CV's the norm is for them to skim through them until something interesting catches their eye, this is why it is incredibly important that you CV really sticks out and for the right reasons.
Here are some tips when completing your CV
If a job is worth applying for then you should allow ample time to edit your CV as necessary, it will e noticeable if it has been rushed and you risk underselling yourself
You should list your skills and experience at the beginning of your CV, it is important not to make it difficult for the recruiter to find out the relevant information about you and to ensure an interview invite. Providing pages and pages of information will only ensure your CV is quickly dismissed.
Unless you have asked for a detailed CV or you have a large work history you should aim to keep your CV to around two pages, you are looking to get their attention, the interview is the time to provide details and complete work experience.
You should ensure that the tone of your CV remain positive at all times and provide any negatives at all, it is this information the recruiter will base their decision on whether or not you will be invited to an interview, negatives will only make it easier for them to dismiss you!
Pretty borders and decorative fonts can look nice, but they can also distract from the information on show and even become tiring to read, this obviously would not be good, using a slightly different colour paper i.e. cream can sometimes be a idea or even just good quality paper and this can help make it stand out from the any others. Remember agencies can look through hundreds of CV's on a daily basis yours needs to set itself away from the rest.
It is a good idea to tailor your CV to the job, ensure you carefully read the job description and carry out some research on the company, ensure the examples you give are relevant to the job description.
It is important to ensure there are no gaps in your employment history or if there are, that they are fully explained.
You will always get people telling you that you should lie (or at least embellish) on your CV, this is not a good idea! You simply increase your chances of being tripped up, this was demonstrated on an episode of the apprenticeship where one of the contestants (who actually went on to win, so maybe not the best example) lied on their CV and the recruiter checked up on him and challenged him on the facts. Not a good start! Always tell the truth and making it positive at all times.
Unless asked for, you should remove you photograph and any personal information it serves no real purpose, you should also not provide information on age, marital status, height, weight or religion unless strictly relevant to your application.
You need to read, then read again and then get someone else to check it for you, there is nothing worse than having spelling mistake/s and sentences that make no sense. It is important not to rely on spellcheckers as they sometimes revert to American English
Good Luck!
This is for all of you that are planning to take advantage of the flexibilities offered by HRMC last year with tax and VAT payments, contact them now! There have been a few rumours that the generous nature adopted last year allowing you to pay particularly tax returns in instalments (normally over 6 months) will not be so forthcoming and the hoops that you will have to go through will be testing to say the least.
Why? Take your pick, the government coffers have been running on empty for a while and now they are trying recoup the money spent (or some of it at least). Also, if you as a business contacted the bank and asked them for some extra time to pay your bills, alarm bells would start ringing and depending on your trading history they might not be very willing to assist you and possibly remove existing credit facilities making it even harder. So why would this be different for HRMC, it is very likely that they lost large amounts of revenue last year by allowing businesses to pay instalments and cannot afford to make the same mistake again. Unfortunately at the minute as soon as you require any type of financial assistance you are leaving yourself open to be considered a bad debt
Another point would be that by refusing any type of payment structure they force certainly smaller independent businesses to look elsewhere for funding i.e. family and friends ensuring that government revenues do not fall even further!
So don't delay, if you want to try and arrange any type of payment plan contact them now because once this hits the media you will stand very little chance of agreeing a solution that will have any benefit to you and your business.
Happy New Year!
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