Many C-level executives have distinctive formulas to reach business success, and some of the techniques are surprisingly peculiar. Does your pursuit of corporate victory by way of traditional practices need adjusting? Our friends at AmEx have collected some extremely successful CEOs’ unconventional habits to prove that winning isn’t always about staying inside the lines. Takeaways: They…
Category: Employer Branding
Some of the world’s biggest companies use The Employer Brand Index to understand, improve and measure their employer brands.
You’ve hit a problem – you need to fire someone, but you don’t want to get sued. How do you do it? Follow these steps! Takeaways: Check your past feedback – have you told them already that they’re not up to standard? Don’t fire them straight away! Don’t let the employee linger. Reassign the duties…
Once upon a time, in a hiring market far, far away, a stressed out employer needed to find the perfect recent college grad. No matter how many resumes the employer looked at, however, he just couldn’t find the right fit. The recent grad he needed was out there, but how was he supposed to find…
A recent post I did, Why Are You Doing What You’re Doing? got a most amazing response. It clearly hit a nerve with so many of you who commented directly to me and through social media. It also made me realize how important it is to the people you lead. The comments ranged from those of you…
SPONSORED: This post is sponsored by Skillmeter, the online skills testing platform for recruiters. Gone is the time when a company published a job ad, invited candidates for an interview, held interviews and selected the best one. However, hiring the wrong person can become a costly and time-wasting issue for an organisation. Many companies therefore…
In the future, how will your office look? TopManagementDegrees.com have an insight. Takeaways: Will working at home increase? Communication become more ‘beam me in’ type! Technology is helping increase employees’ productivity. RELATED: How to Keep a Happy Office [Top 10 Tips]
Everyone wastes time at work – whether it’s checking e-mails, taking personal calls – but how are employees wasting so much time in the office? Name Badges International explain it in their infographic below. Takeaways: 89% of workers admit to wasting time at work every day. 4% of employees waste half the day on non-work tasks.…
I recently began a hiring process unlike any other – now, I’m the manager of the team, the HR director and a recruiter all in one! As hard as it can be to admit, being a human means that you will make mistakes. Sometimes those mistakes are minute and only mean a moment of embarrassment,…
Job satisfaction plays a big part in the productivity of an organisation. According to Depoel, workers in the UK are reporting the highest levels of pride in their job this year. See more in the infographic below! Takeaways: 3 out of 5 women describe themselves as proud to work for their employer. 3 out of…