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Friday, 7 March 2014

#9 facts about us in the #UK that many people get wrong

This is a summary of this ipsos-mori list

1) Teenage pregnancy - we think annually 15% of girls under 16 get pregnant - actually it's around 0.6%

2) Crime - Over 1/2 of us don't believe crime rates are falling - actually they're 53% lower than in 1995

3) Job-seekers allowance - 1/3rd think we spend more on JSA than on pensions - actually we spend 15x more on pensions

4) Benefit fraud - we think £24 of every £100 spent on benefits is claimed fraudulently - but actually it's 70p

5) Foreign aid - 1/4 of us think foreign aid is our 2nd/3rd biggest government spend item - actually it's 1.1%

6) Religion - We think 24% are Muslim & 34% Christian - the no.'s are actually 5% & 59%

7) Immigration - we think about a 1/3rd are immigrants - but it's actually 13%

8) Age - we think 36% are 65+ - but actually only 16% are

9) Voting - we think 43% vote - actually its 65% of the electorate

Thursday, 6 March 2014

#10 things you may not know about #women and #work in the #UK

All this information is sourced from the excellent Women and the economy - Commons Library Standard Note

1) 67% of women - the highest % since records began in 1971 - are in employment (67% of women aged 16-64 in 2013 4th quarter quarter - the highest % since comparable records began in 1971)

2) 18% of small & medium sized enterprises were led by women in 2012 (estimate)

3) 20% of FTSE 100 directors were female at January 2014 (up from 13% in 2011)

4) The employment rate for women has now exceeded its pre-recession level (whereas that for men has not)

5) 42% of women in employment work part-time (compared to 13% of men in employment)

6) Over the past year, the number of women working full-time has increased by 3% whilst those working part-time has fallen by 1%

7) Self-employed women number are up by 31% since March-May 2008 & the recession (for men the same figure is 8%)

8) 12% of women in employment work as managers or senior officials (compared to 19% for men)

9) 14% of women are employed in professional occupations (compared to 15% for men)

10) The gender pay gap is 20% (for all employees full-time and part-time) - for full time its 10% and for part time earnings were 6% higher for women than for men.

Wednesday, 5 March 2014

10 top tips - work perfomance #appraisal #jargon and #translation to what it really means

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1 - Jargon - Dominic has a confident grasp of his experience & skills
1 - Translation - Dominic is full of himself

2 - Jargon - Dominic has a confident and articulate grasp of his experience and skills
2 - Translation - Dominic is really full of himself

3 - Jargon - Samantha takes individual responsibility for team tasks
3 - Translation - Samantha does things she wasn't asked to do

4 - Jargon - Samantha takes adventurous individual responsibility for team tasks
4 - Translation - Samantha does things she wasn't asked to do that others could do better

5 - Jargon - Roger ably adds his long experience to discussions
5 - Translation - Roger bangs on about his 20 years experience

6 - Jargon - Roger ably adds his long and varied experience to discussions
6 - Translation - Roger bangs on about his 20 years experience of being moved sideways

7 - Jargon - Julia as a boss helped me appreciate the value of mentoring
7 - Translation - Julia hasn't the first idea how to do mentoring

8 - Jargon - Julia as a boss helped me appreciate the value of focused mentoring
8 - Translation - Julia hasn't the first idea how to do mentoring but tells endless stories

9 - Jargon - I've enjoyed this appraisal process
9 - Translation - If I hadn't treated this process as a joke I'd have cried

10 - Jargon - I've enjoyed this appraisal and the separate development process
10 - Translation - If I hadn't treated these co-joined processes as a joke I'd have cried