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According to the Harvard Business Review, many employees spend the better part of their waking hours engaged in work that gives them nothing more than pay. And so, our passions can linger in the background, contrasting with the mundaneness of our jobs, and lead to lack of motivation and productivity. As the Harvard Business Review also points out, the Urban Dictionary’s defi...

While there have been several measurable benefits to homeworking, for both employer and employee, it’s undeniable that it has its pitfalls, such as the newly coined ‘Home Comfort Syndrome’.  What is Home Comfort Syndrome?With our home and work lives becoming porous and the lines increasingly blurred, there has been an identifiable downturn in professional behaviour, accordi...

Our Director, Marc Harris, recently penned a blog on the benefits of using a specialist recruitment agency to bring in an interim manager for transformation projects. Having worked within the interim market for the last 20 years, Marc has seen the invaluable advantages of such positions to organisations. However, he understands that sourcing talent at such a critical perio...

This week marks National Inclusion Week, a period which aims to celebrate inclusion in all its forms – whether in business, in wider society or across the globe. This year’s theme, #UnitedForInclusion, explores how organisations of all shapes and sizes can work hard to build not only a diverse, but inclusive workplace as well as celebrating those who trailblaze as role model...

​The growing need for talent in data and analytics is no secret; research conducted in 2019 found that the demand for Data specialists had grown by 231 per cent since 2014. However, with the increase in use of analytics across businesses worldwide since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the requirement for this specialism has only increased. As the pandemic reared its ...

​Risk management has, for the most part, sat at the top of organisations’ - especially those in the finance sector - agendas. But this core priority has been accelerated further due to the pandemic. Organisations have or will be making operational changes as they look towards improved resilience, agility and flexibility in line with consumer and stakeholder demand. Such rad...

​Did you know that over a third of employers won’t hire unvaccinated candidates? The success of the COVID-19 vaccination received a sizeable commendation, yet the ‘No Jab, No Job’ policy hasn’t fared as well. Similarly to Brexit, the nation is well and truly divided over assets such as vaccine passports, as well as the ethics and legalities around such policies.  Under the...

​With lockdown ending, the countdown to the end of furlough is well underway. As workforces around the UK prepare for a return to normality at the end of the month, payroll teams are inevitably facing a host of challenges. It is to celebrate the payroll profession that the UK holds National Payroll Week on 6-10 September. This year the event, run by the Chartered Institute ...

​Traditionally, upon receiving your A-Level results, those three or four letters (or more recently, numbers!) inside the envelope would decide your fate and the choices were seemingly limited: to go to university or not to go to university – there was little leeway in between. However, as the world evolves, the gravitas placed on going to university has lessened significantl...

​According to research conducted pre-pandemic, nearly two-thirds of British employees reported to be interested in taking a sabbatical. However, on closer inspection, many people were wary of following through due to worries of being unable to successfully re-enter the workforce upon return. There’s no denying that, traditionally, having a gap on your CV was considered tabo...

​From working within the interim market for the last 20 years, I know that over half of organisations that enter into transformation projects do not have the internal capacity to deliver without outside help.  With ongoing technological advances and rising customer expectations, business transformation is an effective way to make changes to processes or systems to better ...

According to latest reports, the UK is currently battling with its worst candidate shortage since 1997. And the challenge is double pronged. Not only have employers got a stagnant market to contend with but the real effects of Brexit have begun to rear their head and are adding more strain to the issue. Complications around immigration rules and border control, as well a...

​Temporary roles have always had a number of benefits, even before the COVID-19 pandemic began. However, after the devastation on the jobs market over the past 18 months, interim vacancies have really come into their own and have provided the solution to the problem of mass redundancies. In November and December 2020, temporary roles rose at the fastest rate since 2018, inc...

More women are working than ever before. According to figures from the ONS, 72 per cent of women between the ages of 16 and 64 are in employment, a 52 per cent increase from 1971. And with increasing life expectancy and the UK’s retirement age set to reach 67 by 2028, more women are staying in work for longer. In fact, a quarter (25 per cent) of retirees return to the work...

​It’s no secret that moving to a fully online model has meant that most leaders have had to completely relearn how to manage their staff effectively. According to recent reports, managers are struggling to come to terms with trusting their employees away from the office and are at risk of falling victim to micromanagement or subconsciously promoting presenteeism. But as we...

​Job pressure is at a particular high at the moment due to an unsteady market. It’s unsurprising that research by Doodle, Career Development in a Pandemic, found that only 36 per cent of respondents' careers progressed throughout the pandemic. Because of the crisis, most employees have seen their careers stand still, setting their development back by months. Despite the slow...

​Worryingly, over half of professionals feel that the move to remote working has negatively impacted their careers. From the inability to network to increased mental ill-health, poor internal connections and less opportunities to showcase evidence of progression, concerns around whether climbing the career ladder at the same rate as pre-pandemic is possible are rife.However,...

​There’s no question that the past year and a half has completely changed our working practices for good. Where once a rigid 9-5 routine stood, a much more flexible model has overtaken. However, much like nearly everything over the past 15 months, our attitudes towards work and the future of work have fluctuated with great degree. In the initial few months of the pandemic...

​For many UK businesses, the most recent announcement that lockdown easing will be delayed by four weeks means they will be working remotely for a little while longer. Despite reaping the benefits of lockdown, such as more flexibility and a healthier work/life balance, the negative impacts on people are nothing new. Research by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH...

This week (10th-15th June) is Employer Branding Awareness Week which celebrates companies creating and communicating great workplaces. As modern candidate's job desires and priorities change, employers are realising the importance of highlighting their company culture in order to attract and retain top talent.Research by Wonderful Workplaces found that 90 per cent of job see...