England has fallen woefully behind Scotland and Wales in the provision of healthy food and drink in hospital vending machines, the World Cancer Research Fund has warned. A survey found that England had no national guidelines on the content of hospital vending machines, and as a result three quarters of English hospitals had no policy… Read More
Britain May Be About to Experience A Sudden Epidemic of Problem Drinking among Old People
A report by the Royal College of Psychiatrists proposes that the recommended daily limit of alcohol should be 1.5 units for people aged 65 and over. The authors of a paper in Age and Aging (2013, doi:10.1093/aging/aft039) point out that this means more than three million senior Britons could become alcohol abusers overnight.
The Future of Hiring?
Online gaming ‘helps predict candidates future job performance’. The future of recruitment lies in hiring for ‘predicted performance in role’ rather than judging a candidate on past skills or competencies. However, to do this HR would need to radically shift its thinking around how it assesses candidates and embrace online gaming or ‘gamification’. Apparently the trouble… Read More
Juicy Curves…
Fitness Test: Factors Associated with Passing
Research Paper Title Factors of Trainability and Predictability Associated with Military Physical Fitness Test Success. Background The purpose of this study was to determine the trainability of college-aged men using varied training programmes and to assess factors associated with successfully passing a Special Operations Forces (SOF) physical fitness test (PFT). Methods One hundred thirty-five male… Read More
Are You A Deceiver?
UK organisations are flooded with applications from willing candidates, leaving employers to separate the wheat from the chaff (the CIPD’s recent Labour Market Outlook reported an average of 45 applications for each vacancy). Experienced recruiters therefore become the coveted custodians of one of the most important talent management strategies. Worryingly, a study from the Journal… Read More
One to Watch Tonight…
It’s Bread Week on The Great British Bake Off on BBC2 @ 9pm.
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