Thomas Watson Archives

Is it wrong to work during your holiday?

According to recent research, nearly three-quarters of workers in London are happy to contact work while they are on holiday. The thinking is that, in these financially austere times, employees simply have to make themselves available all of the time...Read More

Finding a job is easy - honest!

With competition for jobs more fierce than it's ever been, I've been thinking a lot recently about how jobseekers can improve their chances of getting a role. Sure, there are a million and one things you can do to your...Read More

Dealing with the boss from hell

Last week, Tata Steel announced plans to ditch 1,600 jobs from plants in the north of England. Bad news, I'm sure you'll agree. What's interesting about this news, however, is that Ratan Tata, the chairman of the Tata Group, attributed...Read More

Moving on

Having joined the Totaljobs team fairly recently, I'm in the midst of an extraordinarily protracted and unnecessarily rancorous relocation from one end of England to the other. While my new colleagues have grown used to my mortgage-based outbursts, I long for the day when the nightmare ends.Read More

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