Over the last 12 months, 32% of all businesses identified cybersecurity breaches, according to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey. The most common attacks reported by companies that detected attacks were phishing (80%), impersonating an organization in emails or online (28%) and viruses, spyware or malware, including ransomware attacks (27%). All of these attacks take advantage…
Category: Employer Branding
Some of the world’s biggest companies use The Employer Brand Index to understand, improve and measure their employer brands.
When it comes to having to support one of your staff with a mental health problem there are certain do’s and don’ts. What you might think is the right approach may cause more harm to your employee even if you mean well. It’s one of the most sensitive areas to deal with in the workplace…
Competition for talent is fierce. Despite some global economic uncertainty, such as Brexit casting a shadow over the UK and Europe, employers haven’t slowed down with growth and hiring plans. Ambitious professionals are changing jobs and careers at a steady pace. Companies need every advantage in the recruitment process. With more Gen Z employees entering…
Mary has a Director who comes in EVERY DAY between 9 and 10 when her team is supposed to be there at 8. While the boss, the Executive Director, talked with the person, the tardiness continues. Because this Director is allowed to come in late every day it has affected morale within the department. According…
The public eye has recently cast a spotlight on company culture, leaving several companies wondering: how do you strike a balance between building a healthy culture that keeps employees happy and making sure that the company can continue to strive for its business goals? Course Hero is one company who is doing just that –…
As an employer, you are likely tasked with hiring people, but that also means you might have to oversee layoffs. No matter your job type, from manual labor to sitting at a desk, layoffs are inevitable. It may not happen while you’re at the company, but at some point, the business will have to let…
How would an outsider—a client or customer, perhaps—describe your company’s culture? If you don’t have an immediate answer to this question, ask yourself why. All too often, our organizations don’t have clearly defined and discussed cultures, ones that support and galvanize their purpose. And this affects our people, both inside and outside the enterprise. In…
There are currently around 4 million people with disabilities in employment in the UK; that’s just over half of the total number. While that percentage is increasing, it’s still poor in comparison to more than 80% employment in the general population. Worryingly, around 10% of people with disabilities drop out of work each year and…
Everyone loves that feeling of walking out of work on the last day before a vacation, knowing that all the daily troubles of the job can be forgotten for a little while. Or that feeling of waking up ill and exhausted but knowing that you can call in sick and take time to recover because…