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Talent Acquisition

Why Will Some Job Hunters be Hungry for Zero Hours Contracts?

Zero-hours contracts have quite rightly attracted a lot of criticism for the extent to which businesses have abused them to the detriment of employees’ rights. But might jobseekers start to demand them? And what does this mean for recruiters and the industry as a whole as more workers potentially look into different employment models to…

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Employer Branding

The Biggest GDPR Compliance Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018 and businesses across the UK have been forced to change their systems and working practices in order to comply. However, it is still the case that a large number of organizations are making mistakes in their efforts to comply with the rules. Here…

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Workplace

How to Ask for a Wage Hike Without Being Accused of ‘Entitlement’

There’s an imbalance in how much we’re getting paid – and it’s not just that the mass of people are working their socks off to get by while fat cats accumulate more wealth than they could ever need. The imbalance is that a surprising 7 in 10 of us will be successful when we ask…

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Employer Branding

Why Well-Slept Employees Perform and Feel Better at Work

As an employer, there are many things you can do to help ensure your staff are working to their full potential. Whether it’s employee perks, free fruit or a comfortable working environment, you can often have a big influence on the motivation and positivity of your team. One thing you can’t change however is the…

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Talent Acquisition

Having Humility in Recruitment

Choosing to write a blog about having humility- truly remembering to be human- in recruitment is necessary in a world which is ever changing, with AI altering how candidates experience a recruitment process and companies hire their staff; however, I felt rather compelled to share my views as a podcast I listened to recently only…