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6 Tips for Setting up a Women in Leadership Initiative

So you’ve decided you want to increase the proportion of women in your leadership team – now what? How do you go from an ambition to implementing a plan that makes a material difference? This is moving steadily up the agenda for many employers, and it will not go away. I think it’s fair to…

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The Importance of Employee Appraisals

An effective appraisal and performance management process can have a significant impact on an organization’s culture, staff morale, and employee engagement levels – all of which enhance employer brand and support the retention of key talent within a business. There is debate as to whether traditional appraisal systems are still effective for the needs of…

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Why You Should Care About Career Adaptability

There is a lot of research out there that looks at the reasons why people can effectively transition throughout their career and the reasons why not. It is something that has a lot of people interested in understanding purely because the research is saying that having a level of career adaptability as an individual appears…

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8 Basic Tech Skills Every Employee Should Have

Being tech-savvy is no longer unique, it’s universal. Some people may be more comfortable around technology than others, and that might depend on your profession. We get that, but every professional nowadays must have a degree of technological sophistication to them. To some of you reading this, the basic skills I’m about to list might…

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Does Certification Help You Get a Better Job?

As a new professional looking for your first job experience straight after graduation, you’ve probably heard that earning certain certifications can help you get a job. However, these tests are costly and time-consuming, and some people report that the certification did nothing to help them land the job of their dreams. Is it worth it…