Are you an HR director? Do you spend way too much time recruiting for positions that should have been filled last month? Relax, you’re not alone. New research from Robert Half UK highlights the lengthy recruitment process some HR directors go through. HR directors are spending a month (let’s call it February at 27.59 days) on…
Confidence, confidence, confidence! It’s one of the most widely used words when it comes you job interviews and presentations. When you’re in its bubble, you’re ready to take on the world; your walk has swagger and your smile has charm, it’s a wonderful feeling! However, like any emotional state, it can change within an instant…
There’s a lot of career advice floating about online and sometimes it’s hard to know what to actually listen to. Weeding out tips from those who have a hidden agenda is a great place to start! To help keep you motivated and find some job-related clarity, we asked 10 career coaches and recruitment experts to pass…
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What’s in a Desk?
As far as inanimate objects go, desks are a crucial part of corporate life. We sit shackled to them all day, minus a few meetings, lunch and bathroom breaks. When it comes to workers’ welfare, it would be remiss of business leaders not to include work stations in the wider strategy of getting the most from people. Take Swiss banking giant UBS, one…
Friday rolls around and you’re the happiest person on the planet. Monday follows suit and you couldn’t be sadder. Sound familiar? According to the Wiktionary, Mondayitis is: “the tired and apathetic feeling experienced by persons returning to work on a Monday after the weekend” Sounds about right, doesn’t it? It’s totally normal to dread returning…
Capturing the interest of consumers online is packed with challenges, and B2B marketing is a whole different ballgame. Agency recruiters are tasked with a unique combination of both agendas – both attracting candidates and winning clients. Operating in such a saturated and competitive industry, recruitment agencies must have a strong B2B marketing strategy in order to…
Globalisation is in full flight. Speaking of flights, when was the last time you booked one? And by ‘one’ I mean ‘one-way’. Let’s straight up acknowledge that there isn’t one universal pathway for a young person to take into their early career. Some people will focus on academia for longer than others, while many opt for on-the-job training instead. There’s no…
Congratulations – it’s Friday – and that means one thing: you’ve made it through another working week (unless you work weekends – sorry). To celebrate, let’s look back at the stages of the working week: 1) Waking up on Monday: Your alarm rings loud, you open your eyes, but they’re stuck together, and you try…
LinkedIn, “daughter” company of Microsoft, has released research today revealing that half of parents in the UK believe they wouldn’t be able to do their child’s job for a day, and over a fifth (22 percent) think they would be fired if they tried to – which could be down to 71 percent not fully understanding what…