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A national study investigating cognitive ability and career and life outcomes has come up with a surprising preliminary finding – brighter thinkers are more likely to prefer Twitter over LinkedIn.

Staff retention may not have been on the top of the business agenda over the last 12+ months as the UK has been in recession – many employers have done their best to retain staff and many employees have stuck by loyal employers.

Business owners and senior managers seldom take time to analyse their own performance as they are so busy managing the performance of others.

According to a recent report conducted by Hirescores.com 69% of 1,277 respondents admitted to not being honest in their job applications.

The art of good CV writing, and how the information is interpreted by the recipient is a constant point of discussion amongst HR practitioners.

Hosted by Iain Chalmers, Managing Director of The Holst Group, the bi-yearly meeting had a varied agenda with delegates taking part in discussion groups. The impact of the credit crunch on business and industry was top of the agenda.

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