Nowadays your employer brand is just as important than your actual brand. In fact, an organisation’s employer branding is what will set them apart to help attract the best talent and eventually win them. It’s what people believe working for your organisation is and the key to a successful employer brand is your employees – I mean…
Freelancing is one of the biggest and most lucrative options for professionals in the world. Today, one can choose to freelance in any profession in any industry. Whether you are a digital marketer or an engineer, self-employment has become one of the best choices for experienced professionals. So much that as per a Forbes forecast…
Job boards have gotten a bad rap lately. Despite the fact that they are often the first stop for college grads looking to enter the workforce, or experienced employees looking to change careers, many involved in recruiting and hiring love to criticize job boards and resume posting sites. One reason is that in order to…
Recruitment is a costly and time-consuming business, and identifying and interviewing the wrong candidates is one of the major issues. Research into 1,000 businesses shows that two-thirds reject between 50-75% of job applicants after the first face-to-face interview. On average, interviews last between 30 minutes to one hour, if you multiply that by the number…
The importance of empathy within a business context is an emerging trend. So much so, the Harvard Business Review shared the Empathy Index for businesses, which attempts to determine how empathetic your company is and whether empathy levels affect commercial success. So what do we mean by empathy at work? Empathy is the ability to…