The research revealed that 38% think Cheryl Cole would be a beautician, 51% think Chris Moyles would be a pub landlord and 27% say Susan Boyle would work in a pound shop.
The research of 1,187 people across the UK has discovered that 38% of the respondents thought that pop singer Cheryl Cole would work as a beautician and a further 19% believed she would be working in a call centre if she hadn’t have found fame through Popstars The Rivals.
When asked the multiple-choice question ‘what do you think Chris Moyles’ job would be if he wasn’t a famous DJ?’ the majority, 51% agreed he would suit the profession of a ‘pub landlord’ while 6% thought he would work as a ‘supermarket baker’.
Two thirds of the respondents, 66%, agreed that actor and comedian Johnny Vegas would be a professional darts player whilst a further 11% cited that he would be ‘unemployed and claiming benefits.’
1 in 3, 33%, of the respondents thought that Britain’s Got Talent finalist, Susan Boyle, would work as a dinner lady and 27% believed that she would work in a pound shop.
According to the results, 61% of those polled agreed that Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson would be in politics while 14% thought he would be better suited as a car mechanic. In comparison, 29% think co-presenter Richard Hammond would work as a car salesman.
48% of those asked agree that the recently reformed Kerry Katona would most likely work on the checkouts of a supermarket while 1 in 4, 24%, believed that without fame Kerry Katona would have been a ‘waitress’.
19% think that model Kate Moss would work as a stripper if she wasn’t a celebrity and a further 12% believe she would be a ‘stay at home mum’.
Reabur thinks that these are pretty stereotypical, based on the media images of these people.
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Wednesday, 4 August 2010
Everyone hates HR!
Is HR as a profession full of incompetence, or are we labelled that way because we generally deliver bad news?
As HR practitioners, Reabur (www.reabur.com), have been pondering this very question. Whether it is prospective clients, friends or work colleagues, everyone seems to have had an experience of bad HR.
There will always be incompetence in any profession, but HR is probably one of the worst places that this can exist, yet business owners and managers appear to live with sub standard performance in that area, possibly because they have no idea how to performance manage the performance manager.
In general terms, only when a Company has experienced good HR do they ‘buy-in’ to the function and the value it can add to an organisation, all too often it is deemed as a necessary evil once a Company reaches a certain size. The stereotypes of employee biased tea and sympathy, or the procedure creating police continue to haunt every HR professional. But neither describes the HR that businesses need or want, and no matter how many times you change the job titles or department name if the behaviours don’t change the stereotypes will keep coming back!
So what does make a good HR professional? We spoke to a number of our clients who want the following attributes from their HR provider or internal HR department:
• Pragmatic- HR best practice is not always best practice for every organisation.
• Commercially aware- the ability to understand the business at all levels, not just the areas that have a direct impact on HR.
• Willing to give an opinion- nothing frustrates a manager more, than someone who is advising them on a process but refuses to have an opinion on what they should do.
• Flexible- procedures and processes have their place, and of course there are ‘mandatory’ elements, but we are all humans not machines and we should never forget that.
• Risk aware not averse- everyone takes risks, they are necessary and often beneficial, the key is to be aware of what risk is being taken not avoid it altogether.
• Trusted- everyone has to trust HR from the Managing Director to the Cleaner, every relationship is valuable.
Unfortunately even if you have all of this, there are still no guarantees that HR will be seen as a star performer by all! The organisation has to allow HR to perform, if they are only ever ‘wheeled out’ to announce redundancies, and manage disciplinary investigations, human nature will label them as the bearers of bad news and search for every reason to hate them, including accusing them of being very bad at their job.
At Reabur we pride ourselves in being a refreshingly different HR Support service with professionalism and personality; we get to know each and every client to ensure that when we advise them it’s with their organisation in mind, not a text book or procedure.
As HR practitioners, Reabur (www.reabur.com), have been pondering this very question. Whether it is prospective clients, friends or work colleagues, everyone seems to have had an experience of bad HR.
There will always be incompetence in any profession, but HR is probably one of the worst places that this can exist, yet business owners and managers appear to live with sub standard performance in that area, possibly because they have no idea how to performance manage the performance manager.
In general terms, only when a Company has experienced good HR do they ‘buy-in’ to the function and the value it can add to an organisation, all too often it is deemed as a necessary evil once a Company reaches a certain size. The stereotypes of employee biased tea and sympathy, or the procedure creating police continue to haunt every HR professional. But neither describes the HR that businesses need or want, and no matter how many times you change the job titles or department name if the behaviours don’t change the stereotypes will keep coming back!
So what does make a good HR professional? We spoke to a number of our clients who want the following attributes from their HR provider or internal HR department:
• Pragmatic- HR best practice is not always best practice for every organisation.
• Commercially aware- the ability to understand the business at all levels, not just the areas that have a direct impact on HR.
• Willing to give an opinion- nothing frustrates a manager more, than someone who is advising them on a process but refuses to have an opinion on what they should do.
• Flexible- procedures and processes have their place, and of course there are ‘mandatory’ elements, but we are all humans not machines and we should never forget that.
• Risk aware not averse- everyone takes risks, they are necessary and often beneficial, the key is to be aware of what risk is being taken not avoid it altogether.
• Trusted- everyone has to trust HR from the Managing Director to the Cleaner, every relationship is valuable.
Unfortunately even if you have all of this, there are still no guarantees that HR will be seen as a star performer by all! The organisation has to allow HR to perform, if they are only ever ‘wheeled out’ to announce redundancies, and manage disciplinary investigations, human nature will label them as the bearers of bad news and search for every reason to hate them, including accusing them of being very bad at their job.
At Reabur we pride ourselves in being a refreshingly different HR Support service with professionalism and personality; we get to know each and every client to ensure that when we advise them it’s with their organisation in mind, not a text book or procedure.
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
Bullying at work- some shocking stats!
We recently commissioned a poll that has revealed that more than 1 in 5 of respondents, 21%, feel ‘bullied’ by their boss at work and a further 28% feel picked on by a co-worker in the office.
According to the study of 1,298 people, women are more likely to feel bullied at work, with 31% of the women asked admitting to having felt victimised in their work place at some point, compared to just 17% of men.
The results show that less than 1 in 10, 8%, of those that felt ‘bullied’ in the workplace actually report it to their HR department. However, 24% do tell a colleague about their experiences and almost three quarters 73% tell their spouse.
People feel more intimidated by men than women according to the study, with 19% of the respondents claiming to feel ‘victimised’ by a male colleague compared to 14% that feel ‘victimised’ by a female co-worker.
When asked the multi-answer question ‘why do you feel the person at works bullies you?’ 41% think the culprit is ‘intimidated by their abilities’, a further 29% think they are ‘jealous of their status within the office’ and 48% believe they are picked on because of ‘their appearance’.
29% of the respondents feel their manager dislikes them, however, 22% of those asked think their manager is ‘under qualified’ for their roll and 32% said their manager is ‘incompetent’.
The study found that of the employees that feel bullied at work, 57%, are actively searching for new jobs and a further 37% ‘dread work’ everyday. More than a third, 36%, admitted that their personal life is affected by their unhappiness at work.
Georgina Read, Co- Managing Director of Reabur Ltd, had the following to say on the findings:
“I was shocked to see these results; being unhappy at work and feeling bullied will certainly affect productivity levels as well as the individual’s self-esteem, as the results show. It is encouraging that people are talking to fellow peers; however they should approach a senior team member or their Human Resources Officer.”
She continues,
“The main issue with being bullied at work is that it is not taken seriously and people tend to think that the individual is over reacting. All allegations should be taken seriously and investigated, as getting to the route of the problem will create a better work force and office environment.”
According to the study of 1,298 people, women are more likely to feel bullied at work, with 31% of the women asked admitting to having felt victimised in their work place at some point, compared to just 17% of men.
The results show that less than 1 in 10, 8%, of those that felt ‘bullied’ in the workplace actually report it to their HR department. However, 24% do tell a colleague about their experiences and almost three quarters 73% tell their spouse.
People feel more intimidated by men than women according to the study, with 19% of the respondents claiming to feel ‘victimised’ by a male colleague compared to 14% that feel ‘victimised’ by a female co-worker.
When asked the multi-answer question ‘why do you feel the person at works bullies you?’ 41% think the culprit is ‘intimidated by their abilities’, a further 29% think they are ‘jealous of their status within the office’ and 48% believe they are picked on because of ‘their appearance’.
29% of the respondents feel their manager dislikes them, however, 22% of those asked think their manager is ‘under qualified’ for their roll and 32% said their manager is ‘incompetent’.
The study found that of the employees that feel bullied at work, 57%, are actively searching for new jobs and a further 37% ‘dread work’ everyday. More than a third, 36%, admitted that their personal life is affected by their unhappiness at work.
Georgina Read, Co- Managing Director of Reabur Ltd, had the following to say on the findings:
“I was shocked to see these results; being unhappy at work and feeling bullied will certainly affect productivity levels as well as the individual’s self-esteem, as the results show. It is encouraging that people are talking to fellow peers; however they should approach a senior team member or their Human Resources Officer.”
She continues,
“The main issue with being bullied at work is that it is not taken seriously and people tend to think that the individual is over reacting. All allegations should be taken seriously and investigated, as getting to the route of the problem will create a better work force and office environment.”
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