As confidence in the economy returns, more organisations are looking to expand and recruit new people. Our annual salary survey has shown that this positive upward trend has also resulted in a noticeable increase in salaries across many different sectors. Why are salaries increasing? The increase in salaries could be partly attributed to the introduction…
Category: Employer Branding
Some of the world’s biggest companies use The Employer Brand Index to understand, improve and measure their employer brands.
An increasing number of companies are implementing bring your own device (BYOD) policies to accommodate employees who wish to use technology they’re comfortable with. While this has a great number of benefits for most employees, it does raise a number of questions for the savvy professional. What devices should one use? How should those devices…
Let’s face it… in the war for talent, it’s a candidate’s market. While unemployment figures remain high, employers looking for candidates with unique and hard-to-find skill sets will always know the ideal candidate’s value to their company, and the monetary losses they face if the job goes unfilled. The impetus then falls on the employer…
The need for businesses to keep up with the times and implement a bespoke social selling program internally has never been more urgent. The initiative not only optimises the online marketplace of potential customers for sales, but also ties together nicely with employer branding initiatives and engages future employees. The approach to social selling needs to be tailored to be…
In today’s fast-paced world, employees and companies face an increasing skill gap set that threatens the sustainability of businesses everywhere. Determining whether this is the result of an unfair expectation or inadequate training is only the first step. It is the responsibility of every professional to actively bridge the disconnect in skills for a smarter, united team.…
Websites have been around as long as emails, and have been declared dead as many times. But they still hang in there and every company still needs to have one. Nowadays, people will search the net for information before making most decisions – just look at the popularity of review websites like Tripadvisor and Glassdoor! It goes…
News flash: desks with standard chairs are old news. If you’ve been on LinkedIn recently, chances are you’ve been bombarded with videos and images of the new ‘in-thing’ – standing desks. But I witnessed something on LinkedIn that has changed my outlook on desks forever: Chuck away your Ikea PÅHL desk, and invest in something that’s ‘wheelie’ going…
Hosting charity events in the workplace has a huge impact, not only on those you’re raising money to support, but also for the team behind the event and the people involved. Supporting a charity should always be about helping others in a selfless way, however it also provides a special opportunity to bring people together for a common cause, promoting generosity and…
As the power of social media tightens its grip on the modern workforce, the need for companies to make the right kind of noise becomes more important than ever. Social media though, isn’t just the role of the wider marketing team – employees and sales people in particular, should ideally be right in the thick of it, making the most…