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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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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…

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How Would YOU Describe Candidate Experience & Why is It Important?

From what point does it matter what a future employee thinks of your company? Once you’ve recruited them? Or maybe after they’ve been with your company for a few months? Well, according to our new panel of experts on candidate experience, it actually begins way before all of that. The clue is in the word…

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Why Creative Use of Space Makes Your Work Environment More Agile

Creative ideas for making work environments increasingly agile are evolving all the time. We are seeing clients enhancing their workspace and contributing to their employer relations both in the creation of brand new offices, but also by injecting new ideas into current spaces. Introducing agility to a workplace doesn’t have to mean a complete redesign,…

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How Aviva Attracts Talent Through Heritage & Culture

We had a chat with a global insurance company based in London that can trace its history back to 1696. However, does this heritage help when trying to attract and retain the same tech talent as everyone else? We’ll find out. Jonny Briggs is Group Head, Talent Acquisition at Aviva, as well as a judge…

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4 Perks that Attract Generation Z Talent

Generation Z is most commonly used as the term to describe post-millennials; born in 1995 or after (up to the age of 23!). They are now entering the workforce in droves. It is therefore important that employers find out what their working desires are. As the younger workforce is more inclined to swap and change…

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4 Reasons Your Employee is a Potential Flight Risk

Whenever we experience change in our lives, it can cause us to take stock of our life choices. Whether you’ve had some changes in family circumstances, been through a reorganization at work or moved to a new house, it can result in you reassessing your employment situation. As an HR professional, you know that it’s…

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Employer Branding Workplace

What Role Does Mindfulness Play in Employee Wellness?

Mindfulness is something we all naturally possess. It can be easy to rush through life without stopping to notice much. Paying more attention to the present moment – to your own thoughts and feelings, and to the world around you – can improve your mental wellbeing. But can the same be said about your place of…

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25 Extremely Useful Employer Branding Tools

We’ve put together the ultimate list of all the handy employer branding tools to help you take your employer branding to another level. Trusted by the likes of Nike, American Airlines, Unilever, GE, Airbnb, Deloitte, Accenture, these tools will help improve your candidate experience, employee advocacy, research/measurement, social media sharing, content creation and candidate relationship…