Common Hiring Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
Hiring is never particularly easy. It’s understandable. There’s a lot of pressure to fill a vacancy, and you want to make sure that you get things right on the first
Hiring Tech Talent: Answers to the Top 5 Challenging Questions of Recruiters
When it comes to hiring tech talent, even experienced HR managers feel unconfident about the
Your virtual presence is important
How often do you turn your camera on when you join a video conferencing call? Do you find yourself dreading a video meeting? Or has clicking “start video” become second
Best practices for onboarding remote employees
Onboarding remote employees is always difficult to get right. You want the employee to feel
Should you celebrate birthdays at work?
Birthdays! They just keep on coming. Though in these uncertain times, their regularity and predictability
How to reduce employee turnover
The term ‘employee turnover’ refers to the number of people who leave an organisation, to be replaced by new staff, over a period of time. While of course, it’s good
9 Tips to Retain Top Performers
Ambitious employees are often outstanding performers, ranking in the top 10% of their profession. Although
What is Garden Leave?
Benefits And Disadvantages Of Garden Leave Garden or gardening leave is a practice used by
What are Employee Wellbeing Days
For a long time, feeling overwhelmed with stress seemed to be a normal — and
How to Manage Remote Employees
The modern workplace continues to evolve in ways which we could not have imagined only
The pros and cons of offering time off in lieu (TOIL)
In the modern world, working patterns are changing. Information technology has resulted in new and evolving ways of working, of managing teams, and running a company. Fewer and fewer of
Snow Days – How do I manage these in my SME?
Winter is approaching and as we know from experience, snowfall is often not predictable, nor
Forget unlimited leave, try a minimum leave policy
If you’ve ever worried about people taking time off work, you’re missing the point. You should be more worried about people not taking time off. There is a lot of
9 Ways to Reward Staff – For Free – by Giving Time Off
“Failure to attract and retain top talent” was the number-one issue in the Conference Board’s survey of global CEOs. With this issue at the forefront of business leaders’ thoughts, companies are introducing
How to Implement a Four-Day Work Week
In the last article, I talked about why we should consider making the switch to a four-day week, to improve our focus and productivity, but also our happiness and health. However,
Why a Four-Day Week Increases Productivity
You may have seen talk in the media in recent months about the concept of the four-day working week. Sounds great, doesn’t it?! We’ve all been the victim of the