How important is the first 20 minutes of your work day? How you begin and end each work day actually has a lot of leverage on your productivity levels and performance in the office. Entrepreneurs and business professionals can benefit from starting and ending their work day in a certain way to increase their productivity.…
Category: Talent Acquisition
Struggling to attract the right talent? The Employer Brand Index can help you to understand strengths and weaknesses of your company as an employer.
Emotional well-being can be affected by both ‘good’ and ‘bad’ changes in our lives. Here are 10 business changes that can add to the stress levels of your employees. In business, it’s important to recognize the extent to which changes may affect employee mental health, especially given we don’t always know what personal trials we…
This is what Carol Dweck says about the sort of talent we need to compete successfully in a dynamic and volatile environment “Individuals who believe their talents can be developed (through hard work, good strategies, and input from others) have a growth mindset”. These people tend to achieve more than those with a more fixed…
I’m sure if you ask any company who run an employee wellness program they will claim the one they offer is the best. After all, they want to ensure their employees are well looked after so no doubt they will try to incorporate everything to make that possible. But is it possible to provide a…
Sponsored by MightyRecruiter Early reporting suggests that, compared to past generations, today’s younger workers are less concerned with money and more focused on gaining skills and having meaningful early employment experiences. They’re thinking about the long game. By making your summer workplace experience skills-focused, you can appeal to younger workers and staff up more efficiently…
The entire world seems to connect in a very different way these days to just a few years ago, whereby traditional methods of meeting new people have seemingly become more than archaic. The days of meeting a new girl or boyfriend through a workplace or via a friends introduction seem romantically old-fashioned compared to the…
How do you communicate an employer brand from the inside out? It all starts from within your organization. We’re with Kristin Dudley, a keen producer of stories that attract and engage, as well as the Founder of Co-Create LLC. In this episode, we’ll learn what impact employee stories have on talent attraction, how to go…
It turns out that employees actually enjoy perks other than money! Who knew? For instance, Glassdoor reported back in 2015 that “Nearly four in five (79 percent) employees would prefer new or additional benefits or perks over a pay increase.” Three years later, it’s safe to assume that the vast majority of people are expecting…
At Pure, our aim is to support local organisations to source, develop and retain top talent which in turn contributes to organisational growth. Sharing employee engagement ideas further supports this. The Institute for Employment Studies (IES) describes the achievement of employee engagement as organisations developing and nurturing engagement through a two-way relationship between the employer…