Office parties can build the unity of your team and improve employee satisfaction. During routine workdays, workers only interact on a business level, so they often only learn how to work together. In an informal, casual setting, however, coworkers get to know each other better and bond on a personal level. You don’t need to…
Where job interviews are concerned, I guess candidates are sort of supposed to feel like the inferior ones who have to win over their superiors aka the interviewers. To some extent that power play is totally fine, given candidates are vying against a number of competitors to bag the role and really have to prove themselves. The trouble with this is, when a candidate…
Talented recruitment consultants are hard to come by. The good ones rarely leave because they are heavily incentivised to stay where they are. If they do, then often it is because they want to get out of recruitment and do something totally different. So how do you find them and how can you make your…
Many of us have had to deal with a shocking boss at some stage in our careers. They appear first as wolves in sheep’s clothing, seeming lovely enough from the outset, not unlike most other professionals you shake hands with. Their manipulative, patronising, harsh and cutting attributes tend to creep up slowly, catching us by surprise. There’s…
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…