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5 Ways to Ensure Your Employees Like You

As any good team leader knows, you get the most out of your employees when they’re happy to work for you.  You don’t have to be everyone’s friend all of the time, but getting your team on your side will lead to a happier and more productive workplace, with people willing to go the extra…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

Handling the Dreaded Buy-Back

It’s an all too typical situation. Your candidate accepts your offer, they get excited about the new job, and they go to see their boss to resign. Then….. BUY-BACK happens. Always a hot topic, buy-back is a nightmare when it happens, but it is also one of the potential pitfalls of the offer management process…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

Understanding the Impact of Diversity in Your Organization

In this week’s episode, we’re going to chat about Diversity & Inclusion, a hugely important topic, and how it impacts your organization’s employer brand. Tayo Rockson is the CEO of UYD Management, a strategic leadership and consulting firm that helps corporations improve their bottom line by incorporating diversity, inclusion, and social justice strategies. The company…

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Employer Branding

5 Ways to Optimize Your Office

The key to a productive workday is to 1) fuel yourself with coffee and 2) work in a bright and clean environment. Whether you work from a small office at home or work in an office with other colleagues, it’s essential to create a space where you can be productive and make the most of…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

What Have Candidates Told You About Their Greatest Frustrations?

  Employees are usually the best advert for your company. You want them to stay with you as long as possible and tell everyone what a fab company it is to work. But before they become your employee, you need to make sure their experience as a candidate when applying for a role is also second…

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Why Developing Employees Starts with Developing HR

We speak to David D’Souza who is the Director of Membership for the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development or CIPD. They are the professional body for HR and people development. They have almost 150,000 members and his job is to make sure that they are continually improving to make sure that they continue to grow –…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

How Turbonomic Attracts Top Talent from Large Tech Companies

In the latest episode of the Employer Branding Podcast, we chat with a growing tech company battling it out over talent with the usual behemoths. Lots of tips on how to go about winning as a challenger brand today. Chris McMahon is the Vice President, People & Culture at Turbonomic. He is a people strategist that…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

The Personality of the Workplace

With unemployment levels at their lowest rate in 18 years, finding the right candidate across various aspects of performance and personality can be a challenge. The complexity of the interview process has expanded to focus more on soft skills and cultural fit. Over the last couple of decades, the tech industry has created a widespread…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

Finding Inspiration and Being Remarkable – Thinking the Seth Godin Way

Like a lot of business people, I enjoy reading business books. I read on all kind of topics, but find myself regularly coming back to the writers who really fire my imagination. If you’ve been on any of my workshops you will know that I often quote from my two favourites: Tom Peters and Seth…