Emerald Frog

Well, all goes a bit quiet on the recruitment front over Christmas as employers attend to the important business of office parties, drunken snogs and generally winding down for the Xmas break.

So if you are job hunting then it’s time to take a break too and enjoy the Christmas period ready to start afresh and motivated in the New Year. January is when many companies get their fresh budget and know how many people they are allowed to recruit.

Please come back and visit Emerald Frog in the New Year but until then…

Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year!!

So you have found out that your school or workplace is closed today due to snow. Yippee! So what can you do productively with this free day?

Take the opportunity to spend today holed up indoors with a mug of steaming hot tea and a bacon roll and thinking about how to improve your CV ready for hitting the jobs market next year that’s what!  Have you read your CV through recently? Are you happy that you are selling yourself?

Have a look at the blog posts on this website for hints and tips on CV writing and preparing for an interview.

Well, you may as well! It’s freeeezing out there and you can use today to be ahead of the competition and ready to go when the rush for jobs, work placements or traineeships begins in the New Year.

Secret Satan is a twist on the usual workplace game “Secret Santa”, BUT instead of drawing the name out of a hat of the recipient you merely buy a gift and wrap it but do not put a name on it.

All the participants then draw a number out of a hat. The person who has drawn number 1 selects a gift and unwraps it. The next participant (number 2) can either “steal” the present being held by number 1, or choose to open a new present.  If they choose to steal the gift then number 1 can choose to unwrap another present and number 3 gets a go. Number three can either steal one of the gifts, or open a new one….and so on until everyone’s names have been drawn.

It could go on for quite some time.

However, what I want to know is…what is the oddest thing you have ever received in a Secret Santa game?

I once got a whole, fresh, gift wrapped brie.