Some of the world’s biggest companies use The Employer Brand Index to understand, improve and measure their employer brands.
Everyone’s an expert. Given the chance to be CEO, I’d certainly know what to do. There’d be free coffee all round and don’t get me started on the long lunchtimes we should all be having. You, too, may spend many a happy hour righting your company’s wrong-doings. What would be on your wish list if…
I have mentioned it briefly in other posts but I have Multiple Sclerosis. I have been diagnosed since 2002, about 3 months after surviving 9/11. Let’s say it really wasn’t my best year, eh? Now, the MonSter, as it is called by some, has lots of challenges. Let us go then, you and I, as…
In case you were still wondering, weather and temperatures do have an impact on office staff… and dispute are likely to happen in a number of occasions. According to Andrews Sykes, the result on productivity is huge. During fair weather, 30% of workers extends their lunch breaks by no less than 13 minutes during summer…
A few weeks ago, BuzzFeed posted a video on their site that is causing quite a stir. According to the video, José Zamora applied to 50-100 jobs a day on Craig’s List, but received no response. In order to avoid racial discrimination against his ethnic name, he decided to change his first name to Joe….
A new trend that’s been hitting the workplace in recent years is extreme employment perks. From in-house yoga classes to free lunch, companies in many industries are going above and beyond when it comes to providing employee incentives. However, these perks don’t come cheap. Some professionals wonder whether extreme incentives are being provided at the…
Smart companies know that one of the best ways to connect with candidates is to go where they are: on social networks. However, just being present on these networks isn’t enough. Companies need to optimise their social media presence and their brand reputation with prospective employees. This means you need to engage candidates with content…