Karen has resigned! She’s been thinking about it for a while and finally, here’s the resignation letter. She can’t wait to retrain as a dolphin trainer and she’s managed to get herself on the course in a month’s time! Karen has checked out! So now what? You’ve tried to keep her, you’ve even offered to …
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As weeks of restricted movement now turn to months and we adapt from the initial shock and the need to steady the immediate ship to the ultimate realisation that this isn’t going to be a quick blip which sees us all jumping back on the tube the day after tomorrow, companies are now having to …
Proud Uncle Moment! On a recent visit to see my niece, Charlotte, who is studying Psychology and Business at Uni in Birmingham, over one too many wines, we got talking about an essay she was working on relating to The Psychological Contract and its impact when attracting new staff. This is a very interesting topic …
IR35 is a very hot topic at the moment. It isn’t however a new thing, but from April 2020 there will be some additional changes which affect the private sector. We have therefore outlined the impacts this will have and what, specifically needs to be considered in light of these changes. Why was IR35 …
An Assessment Centre combines a number of tasks and exercises to test a group of potential applicants for open opportunities within your company. The standard timescale is likely to be a half to a full day and you would expect to assess up to 10 (usually 6-8) applicants during the course of the event. The …
Like any other area of your business it is essential that you keep a firm handle on key statistics relating to your recruitment efforts on an ongoing basis. This will ensure that you are able to assess not only what your company is doing well, but more importantly to highlight key areas of concern which …
In an increasingly competitive jobs market, an effective and insightful job specification is essential when looking to fill a position successfully. What ultimately seems like a straightforward task can be pitted with issues and all companies have their own approach to this with two mirroring jobs from differing companies often looking very different. When …
Interviews are all too often something which people just end up doing as they progress within their career. You finally hit that infamous Manager level and the next thing you know, you’re in a windowless room, a crumpled, poorly aligned and unread CV in hand and expected to convince this poor unsuspecting applicant that you’re …
Dyslexia is incredibly prevalent in our society and is a specific learning difficulty which affects around 1 in 10 of us. There is therefore every chance that someone within your family or social circle may have dyslexia but there is also every chance you may not know as it is often not something which people …
So, I will start this blog by getting it out there straight away… I am a dog lover so you can expect an biased view in my thoughts here and for that, there is simply no apology! In recent years we have seen a considerable rise in companies opening their doors to man’s best friend …