Undercover RecruiterIn a time when we’re struggling to give pay raises or bonuses, more employers are investing in employee benefits to encourage retention and loyalty as well as maintaining a positive and enthusiastic workforce. Employees are looking beyond financial gains for job satisfaction, as a wealth of workplace benefits can support a more balanced work-life blend…
Today we are talking to a professional services firm with over 300,000 employees and will learn about talent challenges, strategy, EVP metrics, and more. Liane Bilicki is the Group Brand Director – Recruitment Brand at Deloitte. Have a listen to the episode below, keep reading for a summary and be sure to subscribe to the Employer…
Everybody in the world is anxious. Professionally and on the street, it feels like you’re surrounded by natural enemies. And the most lethal of all is yourself: you with your insecurities, imposter syndrome, self-doubt, and habit of saying the wrong thing. Right? Nope. We live and work in a system where anxiety feels like the…
As the influence of technology continually transforms the way we live and work, the workforce and the skills needed from it are changing too. The rise of increasingly diverse and fluid ways of working – often enabled by technology – has allowed the contingent workforce to flourish. From contractors to freelancers to volunteers, today this…
Looking after our employees’ mental health has become a priority for many companies and rightly so. While we want our staff to be as productive as possible, the last thing we want is presenteeism or even worse “burnout”. But is “burnout” an actual “thing”? Well, it’s been recognized by The World Health Organisation (WHO) as…
According to the British Dyslexia Association (BDA), dyslexia affects approximately 10% of the British population. Therefore, around 2.9 million workers are living with this learning difficulty, meaning it’s incredibly likely that a current or future employee will be dyslexic. Understandably, revealing a learning difficulty can be a daunting prospect in the workplace and this anxiety can hold back those…
A Skype meeting from the beach; Slacking your colleagues from your sofa; a Zoom meeting in your favorite wine bar. Digital nomads – and remote workers – can certainly enjoy some serious flexibility thanks to modern technology. And the latest stats from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the appetite for working remotely…
They’re one of the biggest manufacturers of confectionery in the world and while you might think its global brand means talent attraction would be the least of their worries – guess what? They have their own challenges too. Today we talk with one of the largest corporations in the world about some of the challenges…
You’ve heard of the gig economy — a buzzword otherwise known as the sharing economy, on-demand workforce, or independent workers. These days it’s reshaping the way many people work and opening employment doors that weren’t available a decade ago. Workers are shifting from working a classic 9 to 5 job to freelance work, making the…
