Hiring the right person can make a huge difference and determine the success or failure of a small company. It is therefore one of the most important decisions every entrepreneur will have to make at some point. Small businesses are often pressured for time when looking for a new employee, but rush is one of…
Category: Employer Branding
Some of the world’s biggest companies use The Employer Brand Index to understand, improve and measure their employer brands.
Organisations across industries are turning to gamification to crack the employee engagement code. Gamification has been used by companies to engage their customers for some time now, using social media and mobile technologies to deliver contests, challenges and rewards. Now, however, enterprises are beginning to uncover the value that games can add inside the organisation…
Unfortunately, a workforce full of employees without any flaws is hard to come by and some times you just have to accept that there are going to be people that make getting through the working day a little bit difficult to say the least. Whether they just don’t put the effort in, or have a…
When preparing for an interview, there are a few key suspects that you expect to crop up amongst the questions asked, allowing you the opportunity to plan and answer them to the best of your ability. However, not all interviewers like to stick to a generic interview structure and according to findings in a study conducted by…
Is there an employer and employee disconnect in the workplace? LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman thinks that is the case and recently penned a book about this called The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age. The issue is that companies don’t foster open and honest career conversations. Therefore Hoffman argues that it’s time that we, as…
Company culture is a tough thing to get right and yet, more often than not, a business does not put any work into developing its own internal culture. For many of today’s modern job-seekers, they are not just looking for a job that pays the rent; they are looking for careers with progression. They are…
Over the years, there has been a drastic change in the way office space is designed. From large offices crammed full of desks, to the more recent open-plan, collaborative spaces – office interiors have evolved to reflect attitudes to work and changes in the economy. So does office design really effect productivity in the workplace?…
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You Got Fired For What?!
Working in management is no easy task. Being responsible for not only your own work, but that of multiple employees comes with its share of challenges. As any manager will tell you, firing employees is one of the downsides of management, but a necessary evil. While there’s certainly no shortage of employees who deserve to…
You know, when I started out in corporate life, the philosophy that was pervasive was ‐ more is better! Crank out the volume, produce more and more and never stop! Truthfully, many (and I mean MANY!) years later some organisations are still signed up to that belief. However, the enlightened ones have come to realise that less can very…