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That night the Baron dreamt of many a woe; And all his warrior-guests, with shade and form Of witch, and daemon, and large coffin-worm, Were long be-nightmared.
Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness. Wretched is he who looks back upon lone hours in vast and dismal chambers with brown hangings and maddening rows of antique books, or upon awed watches in twilight groves of grotesque, gigantic, and vine-encumbered trees that silently wave twisted branches far aloft. Such a lot the gods gave to me--to me, the dazed, the disappointed; the barren, the broken. And yet I am strangely content, and cling desperately to those sere memories, when my mind momentarily threatens to reach beyond to "the other."
Outside, across the putrid moat and under the dark mute trees, I would often lie and dream for hours about what I read in the books; and would longingly picture myself amidst gay crowds in the sunny world beyond the endless forest. Once I tried to escape from the forest, but as I went farther from the castle the shade grewdenser and the air more filled with brooding fear; so that I ran frantically back lest I lose my way in a labyrinth of nighted silence.
So through endless twilights I dreamed and waited, though I knew not what I waited for. Then in the shadowy solitude my longing for light grew so frantic that I could rest no more, and I lifted entreating hands to the single black ruined tower that reached above the forest into the unknown outer sky. And at last I resolved to scale that tower, fall though I might; since it were better to glimpse the sky and perish, than to live without ever beholding day.
In the dank twilight I climbed the worn and aged stone stairs till I reached the level where they ceased, and thereafter clung perilously to small footholds leading upward. Ghastly and terrible was that dead, stairless cylinder of rock; black, ruined, and deserted, and sinister with startled bats whose wings made no noise. But more ghastly and terrible still was the slowness of my progress; for climb as I might, the darkness overhead grew no thinner, and a new chill as of haunted and venerable mould assailed me. I shivered as I wondered why I did not reach the light, and would have looked down had I dared. I fancied that night had come suddenly upon me, and vainly groped with one free hand for a window embrasure, that I might peer out and above, and try to judge the height I had attained.
All at once, after an infinity of awesome, sightless crawling up that concave and desperate precipice, I felt my head touch a solid thing, and I knew that I must have gained the roof, or at least some kind of floor. In the darkness I raised my free hand and tested the barrier, finding it stone and immovable.Then came a deadly circuit of the tower, clinging to whatever holds the slimy wall could give; till finally my testing hand found the barrier yielding, and I turned upward again, pushing the slab or door with my head as I used both hands in my fearful ascent. There was no light revealed above, and as my hands went higher I knew that my climb was for the nonce ended; since the slab was the trap-door of an aperture leading to a level stone surface of greater circumference than the lower tower, no doubt the floor of some lofty and capacious observation chamber. I crawled through carefully, and tried to prevent the heavy slab from falling back into place; but failed in the latter attempt.
One of America's leading novelists pays tribute to horror genre master H.P Lovecraft in this collection of Lovecraft's finest works.
When he died in 1937, destitute and emotionally and physically ruined. H.P. Lovecraft had no idea that he would come to be regarded as the godfather of the modern horror genre, nor that his work would influence an entire generation of writers, including Stephen King and Anne Rice. Now, at last, the most important tales of this distinctive American genious are gathered in one volume by National Book Award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates.
Combining the nineteenth-century gothic sesibility of Edgar Allan Poe with a daring internal vision, Lovecraft's tales foretold a psychically troubled century to come. Set in a meticulously described, historically grounded New England landscape, his harrowing stories explore the collapse of sanity beneath the weight of chaotic events. Lovecraft's universe is a frightening shadow world where reality and nightmare intertwine, and redemption can come only from below. In her preceptive and penetrating introduction, Oates, herself a virtuoso of the Gothic style, explains how Lovecraft's singular talents fused the supernatural and mundane into a terrifying complex, exquisitely realized vision.
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Leading motoring charity, The RAC Foundation has hid out at remarks by an MP who wants police and prosecutors to get tougher with motorists who kill or injure cyclists. The charity described the comments by Cambridge MP Julian Huppert during a commons debate on road safety as "trying to establish a hierarchy of righteousness" among road users and an RAC Foundation spokesperson went on to say that his stance "risks widening the divide" between motorists and cyclists.
Dr Julian Huppert, Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge, who is himself a keen cyclist – he is currently recovering from a broken arm sustained while cycling in Australia earlier this month – said: "Driving with a reckless disregard for the safety of fellow road users should be treated very seriously," in the Commons debate, reports the website Cambridge News.
He added that the introduction in the UK of a rule of "proportionate liability," as applies in some countries on the Continent and elsewhere, and which places the onus in the event of an accident on the larger vehicle, "would protect cars from trucks, bikes from cars and pedestrians from bikes."
Dr Huppert said that the implementation of such measures would help eliminate the likelihood of drivers claiming that they hadn't seen a cyclist, as highlighted last year in national cyclists' organisation CTC's Stop SMIDSY campaign.
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Substitute the word "righteous" with the word "vulnerable," however, and it's easy to understand the logic behind Dr Hubert's proposals; while there are cases of pedestrians killed by cyclists, they are few and far between, with just one recorded in England, Wales and Scotland in 2009 according to Department for Transport statistics, with a further six pedestrians seriously injured.
Compare that to the 51 cyclists killed and nearly 2,000 seriously injured in accidents in which a car is involved, or the 29 killed and around 250 injured in accidents involving a coach or goods vehicle during the same year, and it's clear that the bigger the vehicle, the more damage it is likely to inflict on road users further down the hierarchy.
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He continued: "Nearly three quarters of people agree that the idea of cycling on busy roads is frightening, partly because road safety policies have for too long focused on making cycling look dangerous – for example, by excessive advocacy of cycle helmets – when we should be addressing the source of the danger. Slowing traffic is one way to do that; reducing traffic volume is another; and more cyclists lead to safer cycling."
Dr Huppert went on: "Perhaps the Minister will also consider prosecution, sentencing, liability and awareness issues. In far too many accidents, the ready-made excuse, "I just didn't see him, guv," is invoked and too readily accepted.
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"Driving with a reckless disregard for the safety of fellow road users should be treated very seriously. Will the Minister consider the use of proportionate liability?
"Putting the default onus on the more dangerous vehicle in a collision would protect cars from trucks, bikes from cars and pedestrians from bikes.
"The frequent use of the 'Sorry mate, I didn't see you,' or SMIDSY, excuse also points to a lack of awareness among drivers. Many cyclists must simply feel invisible at times. Even in Cambridge, the lack of consideration shown by some motorists is shocking.
"Will the Minister consider including a cycling and pedestrian awareness element in the driving test, for example, that goes beyond the occasional video clip during the theory test?
The MP added: "Taking away the stigma attached to cycling by making our roads safer would be a positive step in encouraging those who would like to try it but feel intimidated or frightened," which he said would help build on initiatives designed to get more people cycling such as CTC's workplace cycle challenges.
Dr Huppert also used the opportunity of the debate on cycling in England to address other issues of concern, including calling for stricter enforcement of mandatory cycle lanes, "so that the presence of a vehicle in a cycle path or on a footway be taken as evidence that it was driven there, rather than appearing magically, as seems to be assumed at the moment?"
A spokesman for Cambridge Cycling Campaign endorsed Dr Huppert's call for a system of proportionate liability to be introduced in Britain, telling Cambridge News: "On the continent, it has helped foster a culture of respect among road users. Experience has shown it improves the awareness of those who have responsibility for the most vulnerable of road users."
The debate over whether to introduce what is often termed a "no fault" system of liability in the UK is a longstanding one. In the 1970s, the Pearson Commission recommended that a no-fault insurance scheme be instituted in the UK for victims of traffic and work-related accidents, based on a similar model operating in New Zealand, but successive governments have failed to adopt such measures.
Maybe any cyclists who are also members of the RAC should leave and let them know why.
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posted by Mike McBeth [73 posts]
24th January 2011 - 15:57
Maybe any cyclists who are also members of the RAC should leave and let them know why.
Good idea, Mike, but a non-starter - RAC Foundation is a charity separate to RAC plc (now owned by Aviva), which was spun off from former owner Royal Automobile Club in 1999.
posted by Simon_MacMichael [9496 posts]
24th January 2011 - 16:38
Jan.15th 2006.Got run-down,whilst training.By an uninsured drug addict.Hit from behind.Broken neck,brain injury.This man has the idea that something must be done.Well hes right!
posted by Badshoes [2 posts]
24th January 2011 - 18:39
Substitute the word "righteous" with the word "vulnerable"
No, the word "righteous" is correct, and isn't the derogatory term people think it is, unless prefixed by "self-". Riding a bicycle MASSIVELY reduces the negative effects of your journeys. Leaving all environmental and societal factors aside, and just considering accident risks, the cyclists should be considered more virtuous than the motorists. Responsible cyclists are less likely to be careless than any motorist, because we are out in the open, with our own lives in our's and other people's hands, and would have to be massively unfortunate to harm another person if they do make a mistake. And an irresponsible cyclist cannot do nearly as much harm as an irresponsible motorist.
posted by handlebarcam [545 posts]
24th January 2011 - 22:29
rather than encouraging harmony between cyclists and drivers he risks widening the divide.
Personally I can take or leave "harmony", but I'm very keen on not being run over.
To the extent that my rancour against motorists contributes to it, the "divide" would narrow rapidly if being run over was less of a thing.
posted by BigDummy [314 posts]
26th January 2011 - 16:25
The good news is the Minister's commitment to beef up cycle awareness in the driving test.
We shall wait with baited breath to see if words are matched by deeds.
Great to see early signs that the BikeAware campaign is gaining traction.
posted by iDavid [47 posts]
26th January 2011 - 17:23
Predictable sh1t from the motoring lobby, as usual.
Good on you Mr. Huppert, you would have my vote.
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After a long work day it was after 9pm before I was ready to head back downtown. I knew it would be too late to check out Shining as they were playing an official showcase at a small club downtown. I also knew I had already missed Speedwolf and The Atlas Moth at the show at Club 1808, which is a solid 30 minute walk from the rest of the festival. So for Thursday night I decided to head to Beerland for the Chaos In Tejas sponsored show. When I arrived Screaming Females were just starting to set up their equipment. I decided to walk around the corner to Hoëk's Death Metal Pizza to grab a slice and check out
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played a few songs for the late night crowd. They worked quickly to get
set up as if they knew the minutes were numbered. Narrows played a few absolutely ripping hardcore death metal crossover numbers before cops showed up and peacefully had the crowd disperse with no altercations that I saw. I guess blasting metal on a pedestrian bridge after 2am won't fly even during SXSW and the once-rowdy crowd was exhausted enough to head home without incident.
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Kelly Fontenot stood outside the Penguin Cafe on Wednesday morning, her arms full with two pitchers of freshly brewed coffee. She offered some to anyone waiting.
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"I Will Survive" played over the stereo, possibly chosen through one of the mini jukeboxes placed on the bright blue front counter.
Fontenot couldn't say whether the weekday rush was due to the normal summer uptick, or if it was due to the recent news that the owners, Michael and Sabrina McMurray, received July 14.
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Michelle is interviewed by Vendela Vida for a May 2011 cover story in Interview magazine. She talks about Meek's Cutoff, Blue Valentine, and more. The magazine hit newsstands in New York and L.A. yesterday and will be available nationwide on May 3. Thanks to Kelly and Laron for sending me the info and some photos. I will have scans up soon!
VIDA: Let's talk a little bit about Meek's Cutoff, which is the second film you've done with director Kelly Reichardt—the first being Wendy and Lucy. I was wondering what it was like to work on more than one film with the same director. Do you feel because you've spent so much time together at this point that you have kind of a shorthand when working together?
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"…so what have you been up to?
nothing much, just a bit of this and a bit of that, you know just pushing it.
and your girl, how is she doing?
which one?
ha ha funny, your girlfriend- is she okay?
I think so, we broke up
I'm sorry to hear that, how are you doing, really?
oh, am good it wasn't a bad break up, we are still friends.
but you are single now?
yeah, yes I am and totally ready to mingle
I'm glad, so you wanna hook up…"
I mean who hooks up like that? Any blind fool can tell that those are the perfect beats for a destined for disaster dance, right? Well sadly I am neither blind nor a fool (at least I don't think I am) and so i missed all the warning signs- actually i am pretty sure I saw them and just ran over them in my hast to get to the dance floor.
We were a match made in comedy Kingdom, we had naught in common except a love for hard drink and late nights but we gave it a go anyway and lasted all of 5 months. Wait, that actually counts as a long-term relationship for me; I usually average between 2 weeks (where the knowing each other is that awesome) to 2 months (where we have that much in contrast so that we spend a lot of our time on the outs).
If it takes 3 weeks after you decide to give it a go to see each other (yet you live in the same city) warning bells should sound off in your head. When your first meeting after the said 3 weeks quickly degenerates into a verbal tiff (yet when y'all were just peoples you could have hours upon hours of conversation) you should start scanning the exits. And should you after all this end up so hungry for each other that you get it on in an alley on your way to the stage and a cab on your way home and against the door when the keys are not exactly co-operating (yet you have known each other for over a year with no carnal inclinations) head for Ngong Hills and mind that you keep running until you get to the top of the fourth mound.
I knew all this but for some reason, reason just does not seem to apply to you. There is always another way, that exception that you believe is you. Verily I say unto ye "HA nikkaz and niggets"
We are always the rule never the exception so at that point when you think that it doesn't apply to you, that you can beat the odds, that you know better than repeated history be sure that it does, you can't and you don't.


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John Cusack, Chief Commercial Officer, activ8 intelligence
Sep 10 2015
49 mins
The latest research shows that HR and Talent staff are struggling to deliver the reports to support their business colleagues. One of the reasons behind this is the multiple and disparate HR systems environment. Additionally, expectations are growing that HR will deliver strategic and analytic insights from their data, when in reality most struggle to progress beyond operational reporting.
Join this webinar where our experts will help you understand why this happens. Then see a completely new way of working with data and reporting, to solve these foundational issues and deliver analytics from your existing data.
We will show you a reverse of the traditional 'dashboarding system' where the system finds insight through intelligence to uncover what's important and relevant for you…and best of all, it delivers the findings in English.
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Your HR Transformation Journey
Tahir Ditta, Regional Business Manager, Equiniti ICS
Sep 10 2015
30 mins
Whether you are yet to start your HR transformation journey, are part of the way through, or are reaching your conclusion there are pitfalls to watch out for and best practice to be followed. This showcase will help you present a business case to the board, manage an HR department through change and future proof your HR transformation.
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The Rise of the Contingent Worker
Manfred Vogels, Vice President, Business Development Continental Europe, IQNavigator
Sep 10 2015
44 mins
The workforce landscape is rapidly changing – the rise of the contingent worker dramatically enforces this. In Western Europe, up to a third of workers are not full-time or part-time employees.
Instead, they are contractors, freelancers, temps, agency workers, outside vendors working on projects, or other types of contingent workers.
In this session, learn about the seismic shift away from permanent staff; what is driving individuals to take up non-permanent positions, what this means to HR, and how best to manage and integrate in to a total workforce strategy.
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Workplace Learning
James Marsh, Symposium; Laurie Burruss, Lynda.com; Gavin Walsh, Arvato; Bertie Tonks Collinson Group
Sep 9 2015
58 mins
Learning cannot be separated from work. Informal education frameworks put development at the centre of an organisation. This creates a culture of learning that will result in more productivity, less churn, retention of existing talent, attracting top talent, and most importantly ROI.
This webinar will examine 'best practice' for in house learning, the key areas of developing a truly effective learning solution and looking at case studies, the lessons learned and the pitfalls to avoid.
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Five Advantages WebRTC Brings to Your Video Conferencing Solution
Tsahi Levent-Levi, WebRTC Consultant, Michael Helmbrecht, VP of Product Marketing, Erik Wagner, Demand Generation Manager
Aug 18 2015
46 mins
WebRTC is a new technology that brings video-calling capabilities natively to the web browser, reducing friction for users who need access to such technology. Video conferencing in business is in transition from on-premise, device-based solutions to a hybrid, virtualized service. WebRTC is taking video conferencing by storm and transforming how video conferencing solutions are used across the globe.
In this webinar, you will learn what WebRTC is and what its capabilities are. We will cover five important aspects of deploying WebRTC as part of your video conferencing solution:
1. Simplicity
2. True access for everyone
3. Addressing changes in computing trends
4. IT bypass
5. Hybrid transition
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Make Cold Calling Effective for Your Staffing Agency. No Joke.
Dan Fisher
Aug 11 2015
49 mins
Welcome Staffing & Recruiting Agency Professionals to Jobscience & Menemsha Group's 3-Part, Sales Productivity Series --- "The Road to Winning More Business."
Part 3: Cold Calling Techniques That Can Take Your Agency To The Finish Line. No Joke.
Cold calling is the lifeblood of the staffing sales rep yet so few find it an effective use of their time.
Proven sales coach for staffing agencies, Dan Fisher of Menemsha Group will dispel the myth around the ineffectiveness of cold calling, and in fact provide a a fresh approach to cold calling that actually yields results.
Key learning experiences:
•Why (and how) you need to do the opposite of what prospects expect from sales people?
•How sales people create objections (and how to stop these behaviors)?
•How to craft a message that cuts through the clutter and will compel the client to engage?
•How to power your recruitment agency CRM with market intelligence so a cold call isn't so cold?
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Six Ways Lifesize Cloud Amplify Will Change the Way You Work
Robert Maloney, Lifesize Product Manager
Aug 5 2015
39 mins
Ever wonder what tech tools the world's most successful companies and executives use to get so much done in one day? Recorded videos are one of them!
Join Lifesize Product Manager Robert Maloney as he takes you through an in-depth look and discussion on how video recording and sharing can help you and your team drive success by:
* Capturing and sharing tribal knowledge
* Delivering training sessions globally
* Practicing sales pitches
* And more
He'll also share how you can effortlessly create on-demand videos that are instantly accessible from any location, on any device.
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The Evolution of Talent Strategy: How Your Hiring Should Change as You Grow
William Tincup, principal analyst at KeyInterval Research and Jim Conti, director of talent at Sprout Social, Inc.
Jul 30 2015
63 mins
A crucial part of your company's success is managing your talent as a strategic resource. The best recruiters—the ones who become trusted advisors to their organizations and have a seat at the table where company decisions are made—are those who don't simply embrace––but shape––the hiring strategy at their companies.
Join us, as William Tincup, principal analyst at KeyInterval Research and Jim Conti, director of talent at Sprout Social, Inc. demonstrate how talent teams can prove their strategic business value, discuss the evolving talent needs of a growing company, and more!
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Top Five Things to Consider When Selecting a Cloud Video Conferencing Solution
Gagan Verma, Regional Director, India & SAARC, Lifesize
Jul 23 2015
39 mins
There are many decisions when choosing a video conferencing solution. Free versus subscription? Cloud solution or not? What type of video system is best suited for your meeting rooms? Join Gagan Verma, Regional Director of Lifesize, in this webinar where he will breakdown the top five considerations of video conferencing for 2015. Gagan will also elaborate on the competitive landscape and which solutions best fit your company's needs.
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More Sales Start With Perfecting The Art of Taking A Job Order
Dan Fisher
Jul 14 2015
48 mins
Welcome Staffing & Recruiting Agency Professionals to Jobscience & Menemsha Group's 3-Part, Sales Productivity Series --- "The Road to Winning More Business."
Part 2: Accelerate Past Your Competition By Improving How You Qualify Job Orders.
What if there was a way to shorten your sales cycle from 25 days to 20 days? And imagine if instead of closing two or three job orders out of ten you could close five or even six or seven out of ten job orders? Combined, that would be a significant boost to your sales results, without having to exert additional prospecting time and energy. That is what we call working smart!
Proven sales coach to staffing agencies, Dan Fisher of Menemsha Group will highlight the most important and often most overlooked qualification elements of taking a client requirement.
Key learning experiences include:
•How to establish yourself as an equal peer with your client (& why this is so critical)?
•How you can change the playing field (change the client requirement)?
•How to eliminate latency and avoid a stalled sales cycle?
•How to leverage recruitment agency CRM software to drive consistent practices of taking a job order?
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How Do You Attract The Best Young Talent into Careers With an Image Problem?
Ian Glover, President of CREST
Jul 13 2015
47 mins
While most parents would be delighted if their offspring wanted to become an accountant, lawyer or even an actuary, they may be less encouraging if their son or daughter said they wanted to be a hacker. This is the negative manifestation of working in the cyber security industry that is often portrayed in the media. The reality is very different, with careers in cyber security providing fantastic opportunities that are hugely varied, really challenging and help to do good for society.
Structured career paths provide an opportunity to progress quickly with jobs in large audit and accountancy firms through to small specialist boutique start-ups, as well as the chance for international work and creating new businesses. In addition, the whole industry is very diverse and is looking for people with a very wide range of talents.
The problem is how do we communicate this to people who may be interested in the industry? Just as important for young people, how do we get to the influencers; their parents and their careers advisors to understand what an exciting place the cyber security industry is to work in and what they can expect in terms of the types of company they could work for and their salary expectations.
The problem can be partially solved through education, information and support from businesses working together with a consistent message designed to encourage the very best people into the industry.
In this presentation, Ian Glover from CREST will look at the challenges of attracting the brightest young people into careers that traditionally have an image problem and providing a strong career path once they are in. In particular, he will focus on the importance of properly-run internships and Government funded initiatives to educate and inform.
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5 Surefire Ways to Attract & Retain Millennial Candidates
Ryan Jenkins & FirstJob
Jul 9 2015
71 mins
By 2025 75% of the US workforce will consist of millennial workers. It's important that your business set up a strategy now to not only attract the best talent, but retain it once you're able to make the hire. FirstJob has teamed up with Ryan Jenkins of Next Generation Catalyst, one of the preeminent millennial facing employment speakers and blogs, to shed light on 5 ways your business can attract top talent and retain them for years to come.
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Assessing High Potential in Leaders
Rani Bains, Managing Consultant, YSC Ltd.
Jul 9 2015
41 mins
YSC is a business psychology consultancy who have been at the forefront of assessing high potential in FTSE 100 organisations. This session will look at their model of high potential and identify the process of assessment involved to understand the psychological components which are deterministic of high potential performance and leadership.
The model used by YSC is the most applied in the UK and has been formally validated through extensive research
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The Millennial Job Seeker: Technology That Captures, Connects and Manages Talent
Laurence Sangarde-Brown, Head of UK, Jobbio
Jul 9 2015
25 mins
Within this talk we will explore how technology has fundamentally shifted the jobseeker landscape for younger demographics (millennial x,y and z). We will also touch on how new online and mobile models, can help save time, cut recruitment costs, while still ensuring the attraction of the best talent.
Key questions addressed:
-) How is the Millennial Job Seeker different to its predecessors?
-) How do you use new channels to engage talent?
-) Are there better ways to present, connect and engage?
-) How to stop wasting time and money on irrelevant applications?
-) Once connected, how do I ensure I utilise the information?
-) Where does mobile fit in the my hiring process?
-) How can I move from paper application to digital?
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The Consumer Mind-Set of Talented People: What This Means for HR
Professor Nick Kemsley, non-Executive Director, Head Light and Co-director of the Centre for HR Excellence, Henley Business S
Jul 9 2015
41 mins
In times of increasing employee choice and the 'portfolio career', does HR think about the talent in our organisations as consumers just as our marketing teams would view our customers and clients? Recent research by the Henley Business School suggests not. Professor Nick Kemsley, non-exec Director of Head Light and Co-director at Henley Business School Centre for HR Excellence will share the findings from research from Henley Business School. He'll explain why he thinks many talent management models are based on out-dated assumptions and that a real shift of HR thinking and action needs to be taking place now. He will highlight the implications for how we talk to, work with and develop our people – and suggest how talent management software plays a role.
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The Future of Recruiting and Talent Management
Don Charlton, CEO of Jazz, Bianca Ghiselli, Director of Client Services at Namely
Jul 8 2015
58 mins
The times they are a changin', and the recruiting and HR space is no exception. Join Don Charlton, CEO of Jazz and Bianca Ghiselli, Director of Client Services at Namely on July 8th to:
- Take a look back at the history of HR managers and recruiters
- Examine the role of technology in an ever-changing hiring landscape
- Find your next great hire
- Ensure the high performance of employees
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The Generation Game
Russell Beck, Head of Consulting, Impellam
Jul 8 2015
61 mins
We are approaching a time when your business will have to manage the needs and behaviours of four different generations all at once. And make no mistake, each generation behaves very differently.
A multi-generational workplace is inevitably a complicated one. People of different ages typically have different perspectives on the world. They disagree on the most fundamental issues. They dress differently, eat differently and travel differently. And more pertinently, they work differently.
Using the latest research, insights and opinions available, Russell Beck, Impellam's Head of Consulting, examines the challenges inherent within a multi-generational workforce.
He'll be focusing on the three generations that are currently the most abundant at work; Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y.
Please join us for this thought provoking and engaging webinar.
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2015 Talent Shortage Insights
Christopher Rowland, Managing Director, ManpowerGroup
Jun 25 2015
60 mins
Does your organization struggle to find the right talent? You're not alone. Many organizations face ongoing challenges finding the right candidates with the right skills – the people who can improve performance, strengthen competitive advantage and drive sustainable growth. In fact, while surveying over 5,000 hiring managers, ManpowerGroup's 10th annual Talent Shortage Survey revealed that 1 in 3 U.S. employers continue to struggle filling mission-critical positions.
Join ManpowerGroup for a complimentary webinar designed to provide insights into the talent shortage and offer strategies to overcome hiring challenges and accelerate business success.
By participating in this webinar you will:
•Gain insights into factors behind the talent shortage and how it impacts your organization.
•Learn how your hiring challenges compare to those of other employers and understand why competition for in-demand talent today is so intense.
•Get insights into the top 10 hardest jobs to fill, how they have changed over the past decade and why employers continue to have difficulty filling these critical roles.
•Identify strategies you can pursue to overcome your shortages and win the race for in-demand talent.
Your expert for this informative webinar is Christopher Rowland, ManpowerGroup Managing Director.
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Strategic Sourcing: Aligned, efficient and impactful
Robin Erickson, Ph.D. – Vice President, Talent Acquisition Research, Bersin by Deloitte, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Jun 25 2015
51 mins
Bersin by Deloitte's recently published Talent Acquisition Factbook 2015 found that the surveyed companies were spending nearly 25% of their talent acquisition budgets on sourcing. How can you be sure these resources are being allocated most effectively?
The identification of potential candidates is a critical and increasingly complex step in the recruitment process.
Please join Bersin by Deloitte and Futurestep as we take a look at the current sourcing landscape, how sourcing has become the strategic underpinning of the talent acquisition process, and how you can improve ROI through smarter sourcing.
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Robin Erickson, Ph.D. – Vice President, Talent Acquisition Research, Bersin by Deloitte, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Jonathan Brown, Vice President, Global Solutions, Futurestep
Athina Saides – Strategic Sourcing Manager, Americas, Futurestep
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Attracting Top Talent : The candidate experience matters
Jonathan Brown, VP Global Solutions at Futurestep
Jun 24 2015
62 mins
There is no better marketing for your organisation than a good candidate experience. It reinforces positive perceptions of your business, as well as setting the stage for high levels of employee engagement and performance.
Meanwhile, a bad candidate experience can be more than a missed opportunity to engage new employees. It can also severely reduce a company's ability to hire quality talent in the long term – and, because each candidate is also a potential customer, a bad experience can even hit the bottom line.
Please join Futurestep, alongside Talk Talk and Fonterra, as we discuss how the right talent acquisition strategy and process can significantly enhance a company's competitive advantage.
During the webinar, we will explore the impact on your overall brand of key candidate interactions, how to develop a better understanding of candidate touch-points, and some of the innovative strategies developed to collect candidate perceptions and manage the total candidate experience.
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Benefits Beyond Borders: Trends in Global Benefits Management
Steve Chapman, Global Benefits Team at JLT
Oct 15 2015
9:00 am
45 mins
Multinationals are increasingly looking to centralise the management of their global employee benefit provision. In an ever increasing transparent world, this approach enables them to leverage their multinational status to ensure global compliance, create efficiencies and save money.
In this session we will let you know how multinational organisations are developing clear global benefits strategies to deliver transparency and control over their benefits, enhanced governance through delivery of a clear benefit philosophy and visibility to take advantage of alternative financing methods.
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Keys to Success: Adopting Video Conferencing with IMA & Silicon Labs
Amy Downs, Chief Customer Success & Happiness Officer and Erik Wagner, Demand Generation Manager
Oct 22 2015
6:00 pm
60 mins
Driving the adoption of a new technology within your company takes persistence. By creating excitement around change management, from the initial buy-in to the company-wide roll out, companies are finding greater adoption successes and ultimately a better return on their investments.
Join Lifesize Chief Customer Success & Happiness Officer, Amy Downs, as she sits down with IT Directors Michael Maloney of IMA and Shane Dickinson of Silicon Labs for an inside scoop on why they chose Lifesize for their collaboration and how they helped the technology thrive throughout their organizations.
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Supercharge Your Team: 4 Emerging Talent Trends to Use Right Now
Travis Trautman, Sr Mgr Recruiting, Knowledge Universe; Alicia Garibaldi, Sr Content Marketing Mgr, Glassdoor
Oct 29 2015
5:00 pm
60 mins
Talent trends are evolving rapidly. Learn the latest recruitment trends, boost your team's abilities, and get a jump on 2016 with better-stacked resources, refined budgets, and bigger vision for next year—and beyond. We'll explore:
• Creating realistic recruitment budgets that aren't simply carryovers from last year
• Aligning your employer brand with your marketing efforts
• Reaching your target audience and engaging on their terms
• Monitoring talent analytics to refine your recruiting strategy
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Humour and Happiness: The Secret to Successful Leadership
Stephanie Davies, CEO Laughology
Nov 12 2015
10:00 am
45 mins
Join this webinar session to explore various topics around positive working practices including:
- The five themes of happy/engaged teams and creating a strategic approach to developing them
- Tangible techniques to develop teams, retain talent and increase happiness
- A greater understanding of the power of humour for engaging your audience
- Increasing mental agility and emotional intelligence using the FLIP thinking tool.
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Lead Your Leaders by Developing Your Own Skills
Sean Kent, Deputy Chief Executive at Freebridge Community Housing
Nov 12 2015
2:00 pm
45 mins
To develop our own leaders we need to develop our own leadership skills. If we don't see ourselves as leaders, as I didn't, then how can we expect others to do so? If we expect others to lead and we aren't prepared to be seen as leaders ourselves, what message does this give?
In this webinar Sean Kent will share his experiences of developing himself as a leader and how he has been able to use that to develop leaders at Freebridge Community Housing. In particular he will reflect on the personal and organisational impact that coaching has had, and the benefits and challenges that diversity can bring to leadership.
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Centralising Recruitment
James Marsh, Symposium; Susan Vitale, iCIMS
Nov 12 2015
3:00 pm
60 mins
Many UK companies highlight that one of their main recruitment issues is the centralisation and standardisation of their overall recruitment process. If these processes are not standardised companies can lose not only time and money, but the opportunity to locate and hire the right personnel. Even the most simple things, like the word 'hire' can have a variety of definitions within the same company causing confusion and inefficiencies. Software can help solve these issue and structure the recruitment process so all information is in one place and there is a streamlined process to find, hire, and retain top talent.
This webinar will take you through the key stages of centralizing your recruitment process, explain the benefits of standardisation and examine a case study, the process they went through and some of the lessons learned.
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Scott Horton Interviews Rep. Ron Paul
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) discusses the budgetary limitations that expansive U.S. foreign policy imposes on domestic programs, the Dennis Kucunich resolution (co-sponsored by Rep. Paul) that will require a House of Representatives debate on the war in Afghanistan, wrongheaded government action on the coming dollar crisis and why the peace and liberty movement is best served by setting a good example and avoiding the politics of personality.
MP3 here. (13:34)
Congressman Ron Paul represents Texas's 14th district. He is the author of The Revolution: A Manifesto, A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship and Freedom Under Siege. His archived columns for Antiwar.com appear at http://original.antiwar.com/paul
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I've read a ton of background information on these neo-con criminals, and according to their own writings and musings – they have long been concerned about the social entitlement expenditures that are, without question, ballooning out of control. However, there two important aspects to what I have learned about how these vile neo-con criminals think, with regards to entitlements. First of all, they do not differentiate between earned entitlements and the real problem of exploding numbers of welfare bums and bum-esses, and nor do they seem to understand that massive waves of both legal and illegal immigration are negatively affecting the welfare bum problems. Secondly, it isn't a matter of cutting these spiraling expenditures and saving the money by reducing the size and scope of government that tickles the fancy of these neo-con maggots. No, they resent the fact that the money spent or obligated to be spent on such entitlements – earned or otherwise – is money they would rather blow on military aggression, imperialistic fantasies and wars against every freaking nation on Earth who so much as looks at America the wrong way.
The example of the Soviet Union tells us that you cannot reform a crumbling empire because "Perestroika" will only accelerate its demise. So, you'd better allow it to die away slowly in order to mitigate collateral pains.
Doctor Paul, consider running for President in 2012. After you've considered it–well, say you WILL!
Best regards.
NOTHING new under the sun – as Sun Tsu, author of 'The Art of War', noted: "There has never been a country that has benefitted from prolonged warfare." As even the 'ancients' noted: "Another victory in war and the nation will be bankrupt."
I agree that our monetary policy is a recipe for disaster but I would like to know what Ron Paul would say is the problem and solution to the situation in Greece is.
My understanding is thast Greece took out bad loans and cooked their books with some of the same kind of bad investments that have plagued our housing markets. Would he say that Greece should just die of its own incompetence?
Also Dr. Paul indicated that countries like the US will likely give assistance to Greece behind the scenes. Though I am not for Greece collapsing, I am against feeding the beast of the banking industry that has manipulated people (including government and bank officials who were supposed to know better). If we keep bailing out these collapses, the banks will rely on the bailouts and will continue doing more and more (riskier and riskier) bad investment projects. When will it stop?
"Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) discusses the budgetary limitations that expansive U.S. foreign policy imposes on domestic programs"
At least the Constitution provides the federal government with authority for national security, whether you are opposed to a particular policy or not..
It doesn't provide it with authority for socialist programs…
"I am against feeding the beast of the banking industry that has manipulated people (including government and bank officials who were supposed to know better)"
And where are you on 'progressive' Congressional policy that forced the banks to make bad mortgages to people who could not afford them?
Conservatives do differentiate between earned and unearned entitlements. That is why they support funding for the VA, but not Obamacare.
REAL conservatives also understand the impact of illegal immigration.
Third, the Constitution actually creates a federal responsibility for national security, whether you disagree with individual policies or not.
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what your country is doing to screw you."
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