Of the many weekly shift scheduling apps out there this one certainly looks to be up there with them as far as functionality goes with drag and drop features making the operation stress free and fast. If you’re still plotting your staff’s workload on a spreadsheet and then pinning it to the noticeboard you really should take a look at rotaville. You can still print out a copy of the weekly schedule if you like but with a good level of collaboration available on this system there are better ways to notify staff. Read more
Having access to the question paper before sitting an exam would obviously give you a considerable advantage but few of us have ever had that luxury. It strikes me as slightly comical therefore that a group of business school students have got together to develop a site that aims to give you the answers to questions that might arise when you’re being interviewed for a management consultant post. Read more
Trying to get a new job is a tough business in these tricky financial times. Gone are the days when you could just scour the newspaper and rock up for an interview unfortunately. Job seeking in the noughties (Ed - errrr, they finished a while back...this must be the teenies?) requires you to be well prepared and even better researched if you want to give it your best shot. Job-Buddy is a free employment organize app that contains all the tools and skills to find the perfect job and all the tricks in the book to help you to succeed ... Read more
There have been many attempts but no one has really come up with a social network for the business community. LinkedIn does to some extent but it is more a referral for job prospects. Facebook and Twitter seem to be coming of age in a selling commodity but interaction between businesses is not a strong point for either. So maybe AboutOurWork can fill that gap. It's a social business network dedicated to helping your small business grow. Read more
If you're keen to avoid the cowboys out there when it comes to your home improvementproject or repair requirements then BuildZoom.com is certainly worth stopping by. The site works in a number of ways, as a search tool for listed contractors and also asa matching service putting customers with a specific need and budget in touch withappropriate service providers. It also acts as a great marketing site for contractors to gettheir name out there. Read more
The way that employment agencies view you as a potential job seeker has changed so much over the last ten years or so. Previously it was all so much simpler. These days there are more background checks on your working life than ever. Identified is a business and employment tool that gives you a better idea of where you stand in the world of business right now. It scores you between 0 and 100 based on where you were educated, work experience and the people you know. Read more
The social history of employment is an interesting topic in that it didn’t really change much for the vast majority of people until fairly recently. Read more
If you can rattle on expertly over the telephone on a particular subject then you could earn money doing it on this site. Read more
I ran video and DVD stores for years and must have been asked a hundred times what my favorite film of all time is. Eventually I just settled on Apocalypse Now to save the argument. It is pretty easy to pick about twenty or so of my all time favorites but it was hard to narrow it down to just the one. I should have just put them on to Flickchart. It's a movie review tool delivered in the most beautiful of interfaces that allows you to pick and rank your 'Best Movies of All Time' as well as presenting ... Read more
Criticker is a very useful movie review tool that you can connect up to your social network. But not just any movie review tool. It aims to match you up with people with similar taste to your own to enhance your movie watching experience. While it would be easy to just recommend films to you, Criticker prefers to analyze your viewing past to pit you in touch with people that could guide your viewing future. Criticker aims to match you with the people who share your taste in film most exactly by using the Taste Compatibility Index. With TCI ... Read more