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How the Culture of Presenteeism Impacts Both Employees and Businesses

Presenteeism refers to the practice of being present at work but not being productive. The culture of presenteeism is widespread; however, it is more of an issue in some countries than others. For example, in the UK, presenteeism has hit record high levels. The number of employees coming into work while sick has more than…

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How Employee Experience Impacts Employer Brand

Employee experience is a very topical concept at the moment. A bad experience can severely impact your employer brand and vice versa. But why? We are with Rayanne Thorn, the VP of Marketing at Dovetail Software, an employee lifecycle software, to talk about how she combines marketing, employee experience, and employer branding to seamlessly recruit…

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8 Tips to Managing Millennials

Each employee has different working styles. Because of the diverse makeup of offices today, employees are often grouped with the generations they fall under to study behavioral patterns easier. Millennials, the youngest of the batch, have been notorious for being the most different kind of workers compared to the previous generations. Often, they receive criticism…

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4 Badass Ideas for a Team-Building Day With a Difference

Everyone knows that a bit of team bonding can make a work environment more productive, more successful and more fun. So why is it that whenever somebody mentions a “team-building day”, everybody groans internally? Well, because team-building days are notoriously not fun. At best, they’re boring and cliché (trust falls? Really?). At worst, they’re awkward,…

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Using a Social Intranet to Boost Company Culture

Organisations with a great workplace culture are those where employees feel a real sense of belonging and using a social intranet platform can help to achieve this. As proud winners of the global Jostle Award for Intranet Strategy, we use a social intranet here at Pure to help create a connected and vibrant workplace across…

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Which Companies Deliver the Best Candidate Experience?

While it’s not a competition, everyone wants to be the best at something and delivering the highest level of candidate experience is no different. They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery and whilst we don’t advise you to copy another company’s way of delivering candidate experience, there is no harm in being inspired by…

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The 5 Key Reasons Some Start-Up Recruiters Fail

So many recruitment professionals dream of starting up on their own, and the fact is that so many of them fail. Not all of them, by any means, but many don’t survive after the first year. It’s impossible, and wrong, to generalize but Paul Mizen, Managing Director of The Recruit Venture Group has the experience…

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AI and the HR Professional

The World Economic Forum suggests we are on the cusp of a Fourth Industrial Revolution driven by ‘ubiquitous automation, big data and artificial intelligence’. The Institute for Public Policy Research, however, says that “despite the growing capability of robots and artificial intelligence (AI), we are not on the cusp of a ‘post-human’ economy.” IPPR suggests…

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How to Apply Storytelling to Employer Branding

Ever heard of the power of storytelling? Of course, you have. Want to know how to apply effective storytelling to employer branding and/or recruitment marketing? Well, then you won’t want to miss this episode! Lauryn Sargent is a founder at Stories Incorporated, a company that is half story consultancy and half creative studio. She has…