Let’s be honest: nobody likes traditional performance reviews. Managers hate trying to find time in their schedules to give employees a year’s worth of feedback. Employees dread having to hear a laundry list of mistakes they’ve made. In the end, both parties leave the meeting feeling it was less than productive. It’s time to stop…
I go to bed on Sunday nights more knackered than when I finish on Friday evenings. My weekends start with me schlepping my daughters to stage school and horse riding (which is all done and dusted by Saturday lunch time) and like millions of other parents, I “sacrifice” my free time at the weekends to do…
There’s nothing worse than working closely with a candidate and genuinely believing that you’ve found them the PERFECT role, only to confidently deliver them the offer and have a curveball hit you out of nowhere! They tell you that they’ve decided to stay at their current company, or that something else has popped up down the…
Do you ever feel underqualified for your job? Like, you’re sitting in a meeting with a client who is waffling on about this and that and you deserve an Oscar because you feel so unbelievably out of your depth, but they don’t know that. It’s an out-of-body experience where you find yourself questioning everything you know and all…
Intelligent machines aren’t stealing our jobs – they’re making us better at filling them with right fit hires. The development of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) can sometimes feel like a double-edged sword: we marvel at intelligent machines achieving bigger and better things, but at the same time, they’re starting to outcompete even human superstars at their…
This post is sponsored by Technically Compatible. Times have changed. We humans have never been more connected, and yet, never been more closed off. The dawn of technology has opened endless avenues to reach candidates and for a time made all our lives easier. Now, however, the information age has turned into the information overload…
Despite the advancement of technology with the invasion of AI, machine learning, predictive analytics, hiring is still pretty much a painful process for many. You start off confidently with a vacancy handed down from your hiring managers, thinking it would be a walk in the park. A job ad goes here, a social post there…
On one hand, we know we shouldn’t really be taking our work home with us; that it’s important to uphold some real work-life balance in order to stay happy and refreshed. On the other hand, we’re told that if we want to succeed we have to constantly ‘go the extra mile’ and ‘give everything we’ve…
Bad culture in an office can interfere with productivity and slow down business growth. It is not only bad for the business but also workers and the leader as well. It can actually lead to serious health issues such as stress, depression, hypertension and others. This is why any startup owner should watch out for…