Exploring the potential of job sharing, especially at senior levels, is one option available to organizations looking to build a more inclusive talent pipeline. Through our Women’s Leadership Programme we support businesses to develop more inclusive cultures which can create a more diverse talent pipeline. We see first-hand that the businesses most successful in creating…
Shortlisting candidates is potentially the most important part of the recruitment process. With the majority of roles often having tens or even hundreds of applicants, ensuring that you’re selecting the most relevant candidates to go through to the next stage of the process is crucial to recruitment success. Robert Scott, Managing Director at Aaron…
The first rule for any business, for anywhere in the world, is to know your clientele. And the same can be said for recruitment. The creation of talent personas isn’t anything new – in fact they were first introduced in the 1980s. This week our panel of experts tell you how talent personas can work…
In Better Business Relationships, I have attempted to pull together a wide range of psychological ideas to help management. Ideas to enable managers to get the best from their people. Ideas to help new employees fast-track the creation of productive internal relationships with their bosses and colleagues. Many of these psychological ideas are valuable to…
Meetings – love them or loathe them, you cannot escape them. Wherever you work, chances are that you will be dragged along to or hold at least one meeting during the course of your working week. Sometimes they are fun and productive but, more often than not, they feel like an incredible waste of time…
Today we’re heading to the emerald isle and speaking to one of the Big 4 accounting firms. How do you balance being a global enviable employer with local talent challenges? All shall be revealed in today’s episode with Caroline McAniff, Head of Recruitment and Employer Branding at EY Ireland. Have a listen to the episode…
So you have a new job. Congratulations! Now comes the tricky work of getting away from your old job. It may seem clear cut but quitting your job is a complicated business, whether you’ve had problems there or it was mostly smooth sailing. It all comes down to people. You need to tie things up…
Like tech and cybersecurity, construction is one of the most notoriously male-dominated professions — of all the 10 million people employed in the industry, only 9% of construction workers are female. This figure is primarily women in administrative and office positions in construction, as the number of women actively working on construction sites is even…
With what feels like an ongoing struggle with achieving the ideal work-life balance, recent research shows that two-thirds of British employees are not happy with their work-life balance. Sure, it’s not easy to achieve, but the work-life balance isn’t a myth. As the workplace becomes increasingly competitive and the financial stresses of living in the city…