Despite being a celebratory month for all in the working world, the month of December can pose some additional challenges for employers and employees alike. Namely, how to ensure productivity and targets don’t fall to the wayside as we juggle workload with personal commitments, which can range from social events to purchasing presents and budgeting.…
Setting up a recruitment business anywhere isn’t a task to be taken lightly, but once you start to go international things become more complicated. While this shouldn’t be a deterrent, it’s important that ambitious entrepreneurs with worldwide dreams consider the move from every angle and plan strategically. So before you start setting foot outside of…
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Purposeful Productivity
Work matters to your people and they want their work to matter in the world. Finding that alignment enhances fulfillment at work, leading to increased productivity, innovative and creative working, and means employees are more likely to stay in the role. Sounds idealistic? Here’s what Richard Branson has to say about it: “I think if…
As recruiters, we need to understand what makes our candidates tick. To gain a deeper insight into candidates’ priorities, Tiger Recruitment recently commissioned a survey of 1,000 UK employees, with interesting results. The survey revealed that the following values were most relevant to job seekers across the country, indiscriminate of sector or industry. Meaningful work…
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What Makes a Good Boss?
From the ridiculous antics of David Brent in ‘The Office’ to greedy Montgomery Burns in The Simpsons, there are many awful fictional managers on TV. What about in real life? The stats from Kimble’s recent survey on workplace attitudes “The Boss Barometer” don’t do all that much to contradict that picture. Apparently more than two-thirds…
Every company has a brand, but how many of you know about the story behind the brand? For some companies, the story is bigger than the brand and they use that to their advantage. Like the American health care giant CVS Health. Kerry Noone is Director of Health Recruitment Marketing and Advertising at CVS and she…
Seventy-eight percent of professionals have experienced feelings of burnout at some point in their careers, according to new research. The OnePoll study delved into the shifting workplace needs and health concerns of 1,000 employed professionals between the ages of 24 and 40 and found that increasing workloads, an endless barrage of slacks and emails, and…
Most of our clients come to Borderless with a genuine desire to build diverse and diversity-capable leadership teams. That is, after all, our expertise. And at the top of their concern? Women in leadership With women representing more than 50% of the world’s population and a rapidly growing percentage of the most highly educated portion…
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What Will Training Look Like in 2030?
A growing need for evolving skills has provoked a wave of reskilling initiatives across the globe. Walmart just announced the opening of its first-ever onsite training academy and earlier this summer, Amazon committed to investing $700 million to upskill 100,000 employees by 2025. The skills gap in the workforce is undeniable. Thousands of companies are…