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Why Now is the Time to Innovate Your Career

We read a lot about innovation in the current workplace. From AI to machine learning to aging workforces; right through to the disruption caused by having up to 5 generations in the current work environment. So disruption is rife, it is all around us, it isn’t going anywhere. For this reason, it is now time…

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Talent Acquisition Workplace

6 Ways to Impress Employers with an Online Portfolio

With the average employer conducting 14 interviews for every job, the need for candidates to stand out from the crowd is clear. The word from the recruiters isn’t that unsuccessful candidates lack talent, they just don’t clearly demonstrate their skills and experiences when applying for positions.  Our research shows the majority (88%) of HR professionals…

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5 Ways You Can Put Financial Wellbeing on the Workplace Agenda

No longer considered just a ‘nice to have’, business leaders are embracing the concept of employee wellness in pursuit of higher levels of productivity, staff retention, and increased profits. However, while physical and mental wellbeing is starting to become a key business focus, financial wellness should also be a priority. Money worries are costing the UK economy…

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Employer Branding Workplace

7 Tech Tools to Help You Stay Productive

Time is money. However, time can often feel like the thing we have the least of. While it isn’t possible to physically create more hours in the day, we can call on tech to help us get more done, in less time. Check out the apps below that can help you to maximise your day…

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How to Design a Remote Employee Onboarding Process

A company that invests time in a quality onboarding process is 25 percent more likely to retain its workforce while seeing an 11 percent increase in performance, according to Christine Marino, the Chief Revenue Officer of Click Boarding. If you operate a remote business, the question is not whether you have an onboarding process—the challenge…

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Talent Acquisition Workplace

11 Work from Home Jobs You Can Do

Working from home has become a significant part of the 21st-century business world. Even though there are contradictory opinions about the efficiency of employees working remotely, freelance jobs are persistently on the rise. A broad variety of companies are turning to the TRaD (telecommuting, remote, and distributed) model of work, in industries like Computers and…

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Developing a Coaching Culture Within Your Organization

There are considerable business benefits to developing a coaching culture within an organization and providing career progression opportunities for employees. Coaching targets high performance and improvement at work and usually focuses on specific skills and goals. To develop a coaching culture, this approach becomes the basis of an ongoing management style. It can result in…

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Talent Acquisition Workplace

Perks at Work: Big Deal or a Little Luxury?

When searching for a new role, prospective candidates are more often than not, sold by the incentives an employer offers. In recent years, employee perks have developed into integral factors of any office job, becoming less of a perk, and more of a necessity. With 19% of employees claiming to not receive any perks from…

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Employer Branding Workplace

5 Tips for Spotting Drug Abuse in Employees

Drug abuse is a sensitive topic that doesn’t get discussed nearly enough in the workplace. If you look at the averages alone, most large organizations have at least one or two people dealing with drug abuse at any given moment. Do you know how to identify these abusers and help them seek recovery? Whether used…