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Time to Raid the Piggy Bank?

Greig Harper
Thursday, August 21, 2008
With never ending news about the credit crunch people are worrying about their finances more than ever. As traditional credit sources dry up one form of finance is finding popularity – employer loans. But should you be raiding your pension fund to pay off your debts?

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Facebook Ads Part 2

Greig Harper
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
A few weeks back I blogged about the performance or rather lack of performance from the Facebook Ads we were running. To recap, we had some general ads on there getting people to write a review of their workplace in return for entry in a competition to win an iPod. Results from the ads were below disappointing.

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What Wal-Mart Misses About Office Politics

Greig Harper
Thursday, August 07, 2008
It looks like Wal-Mart has been dropping hints about who it's workers should vote for in the US presidential elections. Not in any direct way. Not in an obvious way. Just hinting about 'consequences'.

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Lose the Brands in Job Search

Greig Harper
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Brands are part of our every day life. They're everywhere. They're a mark of quality and they're why Apple can charge twice as much compared with other music players. But could they be holding back your job search?

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Zappos Pays its Staff to Quit

Greig Harper
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Zappos the online shoe retailer has been causing a stir for a while now. It's winning market share based on it's customer service alone. Delivery and returns are free. Repeat customers get upgraded shipping. Now they've got a new tactic to take their game even higher. They're paying their staff to quit.

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Tools of the Trade: Jibber Jobber

Greig Harper
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

With job searches becoming more involved and spread out over weeks or months it can be a pain to keep track of where you've applied to or who you're due to speak to next. Cue Jibber Jobber. It promises to be your virtual career organiser and take the pain out of job hunting.


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Facebook Ads

Greig Harper
Monday, July 14, 2008
Facebook is the latest internet success story despite having being around since 2004. Last year Microsoft bought a share of the company which valued Facebook at $14 billion. There's millions addicted enough to be on there several times a day, myself included and with many of those sat in their offices it's an ideal demographic for advertising Work Rewired.

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Inside Work Rewired

Greig Harper
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Welcome to Work Rewired. As well as blogging about the world of work I'm going to be giving an insight into what's going on behind the scenes at Work Rewired. As you've probably guessed we're a new startup and over the next few months I'll keep you updated with how things progress.

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Win an iPod!

Greig Harper
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Write a anonymous review of a place you've worked and get entered into a draw win an iPod Shuffle

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Welcome to Work Rewired!

Greig Harper
Thursday, July 03, 2008

Here you'll find the low-down on where's hot to work and maybe more importantly where's not. With more of us changing jobs more often it's a great opportunity to find the best places to get ahead in your career.


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