Effective workplace training is a huge part of keeping your employees working at their best. Whether it’s to learn new skills or keep on top of recent industry developments, training is vital to both employers and employees. In a recent survey from online business print providers Instaprint, over half of the workers (56%) said that…
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Employee experience can seriously impact your bottom line. The Employer Brand Index gives you insight into what talent really thinks about your company.
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How to Get Better at Small Talk
You might be the most exceptional professional your industry is yet to discover. And you might even excel at talking about your business and selling your skills as you network. But there’s one aspect of the job interview that can elude the best of us: small talk. It may sound like, well, a little thing.…
It’s often been reported that it takes many more resources to acquire a new customer than it does to retain one — as many as five times the amount of resources! That being said, most companies still choose to invest in exploring new target markets and finding new customers. This takes an extensive amount of…
As we enter the cold, dark and dreary winter months, finding the enthusiasm to power through work after all the festivities can make the rest of year seem particularly gloomy. In fact, NHS estimates that one in 15 Britons experience seasonal affective disorder (SAD) between September and April – a type of depression that is caused by…
Recently, Perkbox made a series of HR predictions around workplace trends likely to arise throughout the year. Looking back, many of these came to fruition. We saw millennials turn into a much less misunderstood generation than previously, people analytics became an increasingly important asset for HR decision-making, with mental wellbeing turning into a key theme…
Most Americans – in fact, nearly 90 percent of us – spend the majority of our time indoors. We may be seated at our desks in front of a computer for eight hours a day or peering into a laptop screen at home or a café. Unfortunately, these patterns of sedentary activity can have serious…
There is no better time to think about wellness and wellbeing – especially in the workplace. With so much focus on eating well, taking care of our mental health, and trying to fit more physical exercise into our lives, here are the top 5 trends employee wellness experts Elevate think will be big this year.…
It’s expected that 50% of the UK workforce will work remotely by 2020, with almost 1.5 million employees currently ditching the office for their dining table. New research reveals that London has the highest number of remote employees, with 408,000 people using the home as their main office and 250,000 people working from home every…
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5 Ways to Boost Digital Wellbeing
As we enter 2019, the proliferation of digital devices means that we’re constantly connected to the office wherever we might be, making it difficult to switch off from work, even when we should. In fact, a study by Glassdoor has shown the average number of UK employees taking their full annual leave is 62% with only…