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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Are all men macho?

Watching the news today I discovered that an all male team might not be the best thing for investment banking.  It's to do with testosterone apparently.   The solution, older men and more women.  So at last, we have some inconclusive but scientific evidence that says older men and women might not cause chaos if they were to get jobs as traders.  

The danger of course is that these sweeping generalisations lead to tokenistic appointments and a failure to recognise the hidden diversity in our prospective workforce.   

The big question for the city has to be  - can they recognise trading talent in all its guises, or will they still go for the usual bankers? 

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Friday, April 11, 2008

sherpa style

The Diva is over the moon and ready to crack open a bottle of shampoo, we've just heard that our groovy corporate identity has been shortlisted by the judges of the Scottish Design Awards, not bad for the new kid on the block.  
Of course whilst the sherpa team were the inspiration for the brand, its the cool creative types at 'So.. it begins' who made it look so good  

good luck all!

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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Coffee time blog spot

You're a busy person so if you are visiting me, it probably does mean that you have a caffiene fix close by, when I'm grabbing my 5 minutes down time, I do like to sneak a peak at the other blogs out there, so much going on, from extreme ironing to extreme HR, the UK recruiter site has rather helpfully put a whole host of recruiting blogs together.  The Diva's favourites? gotta be the Evil HR Lady and for a fun filled friday, its got to be the guru at personnel today. 
Check out UK recruiter, the central hub for recruiters at www.ukrecruiter.co.uk   As for the extreme ironing blog, you can try and find that one yourself! 

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