**Disclaimer: this post is probably an unfair mass generalisation of all hiring managers, based on one or two isolated and extremely annoying experiences.** Considering agency recruiters have been brought in to fill their urgent roles as quick as “yesterday”, hiring managers can make doing your job particularly difficult at times. They cancel interviews last minute, go on leave without notice,…
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A Little Gratitude Goes a Long Way
Employee engagement has been at the top of the HR agenda for a long time now, but it seems a lot of managers still don’t understand why they should take good care to make a workplace somewhere people want to work. Leaders who practice value-centered leadership find that gratitude is a good starting point. In…
It’s the moment you’ve spent the past two months waiting for! Finally, following day after day of scouring job boards, sending out resumes and cover letters, and hearing nothing but radio silence in return, you get an interview. Better yet, you hear back from an employer who might just be ready to offer you your dream…
There is a great deal of focus on the challenges associated with young professionals obtaining employment. We are in the midst of a changing employment market, where individuals stay in work longer and roles are being lost to automation. The greatest challenge for our youth today, however, appears to not necessarily be their chosen skill sets. Instead, it’s their understanding of…
Hosting charity events in the workplace has a huge impact, not only on those you’re raising money to support, but also for the team behind the event and the people involved. Supporting a charity should always be about helping others in a selfless way, however it also provides a special opportunity to bring people together for a common cause, promoting generosity and…