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Talent Acquisition

5 Great Ways to Tweet a Job Vacancy and Get Noticed

Twitter is a great way to attract both active and passive candidates alike when recruiting, but with so many Tweeters and companies vying for attention and only a few seconds to make an impression in a feed which is continually scrolling, how do you make sure that your tweet has the required impact? If you…

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Talent Acquisition

How to Get More From Your Colouring-in Department (aka Marketing)

I recently had dinner with a recruitment leader (anonymous) and we were talking about her goals for 2016. Profit, Effectiveness, ROI, CRM Upgrade, Marketing… Or rather she said: “I want to get more ROI from my colouring in department!” Translation – ROI from her Marketing department. Marketing and Sales are Disconnected I do often come…

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Workplace

7 Ways to Improve Mornings for Non-Morning People

If you’re anything like me, waking up in the morning can be a real struggle. I’ve tried everything I can to try and turn myself into a morning person, and nothing has ever worked. I’ve accepted the fact that I’ll never be like one of the mythical humans who floats out of bed easily with a smile…

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Workplace

Why Good Leaders Are Great Listeners

How often do you truly listen? Despite what you might think, it’s probably not that often. In this decade, we are so used to being force-fed bite-size chunks of information, without putting in much effort. Yet, our bodies are hard-wired to listen three times faster than anyone can even speak! So we have more than…

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Employer Branding

How to Build an Engaged Online Community Around Your Business

What does it take to develop and maintain a truly engaged online community around your business? What challenges are communities facing? And what skills should community managers have? We had a chat with Richard Millington who is founder of FeverBee to get some advice on developing a more engaged community. Listen to the interview on iTunes, SoundCloud…

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Employer Branding

How to Communicate Effectively in the Workplace

Communication is essential for the smooth running of a business, whether it is between colleagues, with a client or with customers. With technology creating a multitude of different ways to communicate these days, it can sometimes complicate things and messages can be interpreted in the wrong way and misunderstandings have potential to create conflict and cause…

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Employer Branding

Top 6 Benefits of Dogs in the Workplace

A dog isn’t just for Christmas, it is for life…and in some cases the workplace too! Introducing a furry friend to your office, not only add a bit of cuteness to your day, but believe it or not, it could also boost the productivity of your workforce! Many of us could only dream of having a pet…

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Employer Branding

7 Rules of Workplace Management, by David Brent

Being a manager isn’t exactly a straightforward task, sometimes it’s tough keeping track of your own responsiblities alone, let alone those of the rest of your team. And when your employees aren’t exactly giving you an easy ride, it can become somewhat of a challenge. The trials and tribulations of being a manager in the UK are something…

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Employer Branding

Why Manchester is the Creative Hub of Britain

What do you think of when you hear the word ‘Manchester’? It may be rain, Oasis or the fact Mancunians called bread rolls ‘barms’, but that’s all about to change as a new study, driven by LinkedIn and the GMCA sheds some light onto what makes the Rainy City the new creative hub of Britain. Insights…