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MARKET COMMENTARY – MAY 2008

May 1, 2008
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Last week I had the privilege of being a speaker at one of the most interesting shipping conferences I have been to in a long while. “Corporate Social Responsibility – the Maritime Supply Chain of Responsibility” was the first ever shipping CSR conference…

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CSR OR PR?

May 1, 2008
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Emerging business trends always attract the business academics and their definitions. Conference chair, ABS' Stewart Wade, ably steered the speakers and the audience towards the conclusion that corporate social responsibility is just that, “responsibility” and some bright spark boiled the subject down to 3Ps – Planet, Profit and People. So, avoiding all the formal definitions, here's a few of the quotes used at the conference:

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FLEXIBLE WORKING WORKS

May 1, 2008
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A NEW report has praised the benefits of flexible working, finding it improves an individual's performance and increases their loyalty.

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ISN'T SHIPPING GREAT?

Apr 1, 2008
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THERE can't be many other industries that are so inextricably and directly linked to global trade and without which global trade would just grind to a halt.

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GETTING SWEATY ON CANVEY ISLAND

Apr 1, 2008
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THE date? 14th June 2008. The time? 1pm. The event? The Making Waves Triathlon Challenge 2008. The cause? The Mission to Seafarers. The place? Canvey Island in Essex…

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8 OUT OF 10 GRADUATES ONLY SEARCH FOR JOBS ONLINE

Apr 1, 2008
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According to Reed, 8 out of 10 is the number of graduates who only use the internet to search for jobs. Reed say that just 3% scour newspaper advertisements for jobs, 57% spend less than an hour researching companies before interview and 9% of graduates don't do any research prior to interviews…

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HOW TO USE APOSTROPHES (ARTICLE TWO)

Apr 1, 2008
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WE are still slightly embarrassed to be running articles on this subject, but daily examples of apostrophe violence in CVs, emails, job descriptions and so on, give us the courage to press ahead against the snow storm of having better things to do.

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RECRUITMENT

Apr 1, 2008
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CONGRATULATIONS to Spinnaker's Nicola Melas, who has been promoted to Manager of our Professional Services recruitment team. Nic has worked in recruitment for “too many” years…

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