Four Things You Need To Know About Hiring New Staff

Hiring new staff is one of the most important investments a business can make. Bringing in employees who are truly the right fit for open roles and your workplace culture is essential for long-term success. However, the hiring process can seem daunting, especially for small business owners or hiring managers who may not have extensive HR experience. There’s also the current skills shortage in a lot of sectors, specifically IT. The good news is that following some fundamental best practices can set you on the right track to building an amazing team. Here are five key things you need to…

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How to Become a Great Manager: Tips to Succeed in Your Career

Great managers are essential for driving the success of any organisation. As a result, aspiring leaders need to know how they can become great managers and thrive in their careers. The kind of manager you are will have a significant impact on your professional growth and development. It will also determine how far you'll go in your career. In this blog post, we'll explore what goes into being an effective manager and how you can excel at managing others in order to succeed personally and professionally. Get To Know Your Team The more you get to know your team members and understand…

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Is There A Way To Improve Your Business Skills To Reach Greater Success? A Discussion

The business world is fast-paced and packed full of people looking to make their mark in the industry. If you want to reach success in your current organisation or your own, you must constantly develop your business skills. The learning never stops if you’re going to become an integral part of any team you work for. Developing your skills allows you to become a great leader, and it will give you the ability to manage difficult situations head-on. This guide will tell you everything you need to do to enhance your current skill set.  Learn How To Communicate With Your…

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How to attract the best applicants

When you begin a new hiring campaign, you’ll want to make sure you’re receiving applications from the best employees out there. As a business, hiring the best staff who fit in with your company and your team is so important, and you want to make sure you are hiring reliable, hard-working staff wherever possible. So, what are the most important things to consider when you’re looking to attract the best applicants? Company values and culture If your business doesn’t already have a strong set of values, create some by asking your employees what it is that they love about working…

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Handy Work Apps You Can Now Get On Your Smartphone

Handy Work Apps You Can Now Get On Your Smartphone The workplace is forever changing. The UK saw a massive spike in people working from home recently, and technology needed to adapt to account for this shift. Therefore, a bunch of new apps was designed to help employees interact with colleagues and remain productive. What’s more, there are also apps for employers too. All of these apps can be used to improve employee performance while keeping your business running smoothly. Let’s take a look at some of these apps and see how effective they actually are. A Communication App Communication…

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A resume is a resource that can impress your employer before an interview – make it attractive.

A resume is one of the most important tools to help you secure a job. It is a document that presents your professional and personal skills before a potential employer. Resumes are considered important because they have a big influence on hiring managers. An employer's hiring decision can easily be swayed with an attractive resume. If you have a catchy resume, you can easily get your first interview. The majority of applicants don't get called for interviews, even though they have the experience and skills required for the job. This is often because they've submitted a poor resume. In this…

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Finding The Perfect Career Match: A Practical Guide

Whether you are a recent university graduate or you have plenty of experience on your resume, it can be tempting to choose jobs that do not completely match your interests and ambitions. This often happens due to the initial excitement of finding a job opportunity or the need to achieve financial stability. However, taking the time to consider your options and identify the ideal job for you is essential. Today we will review eleven best practices to help you find a fulfilling career that aligns with your talents and goals.  Determine Your Values It is important to ask yourself what…

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What To Expect in 2021 – Job Seeking In The New Normal.

It goes without saying that 2021 is already tracking to be a year of real long term change in the employment market. A lot of the changes brought in last year to deal with the pandemic were considered short term, necessary and in many cases, legally obligatory - however, many of the changes brought in by companies seeking to mitigate the damage done by COVID-19 are panning out to be good for business, good for opportunity and good for employee health and wellbeing. The pandemic is generationally defining for employee expectations, and HR teams know this - job seekers have…

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What is your Greatest Strength?

This month's blog continues the series of most popular interview questions. So far I've addressed 'What Are Your Weaknesses?', 'Tell Me About Yourself', and 'Why Do You Want This Job?'. Now I'm going to address the 'What is Your Greatest Strength?' question. When you prepare for an interview and want to think of a smart way to answer this, remember the following: The strength you highlight must be relevant to the position you're being interviewed for A lot of interviewees make the mistake of being familiar and transparent when they formulate their answer. For example, you may think of yourself…

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Why Do You Want This Job?

Moving on from Brexit, this month's post returns to the series I started back in May. So far, I've covered two popular questions asked in interviews: 'What are your Weaknesses?' and 'Tell Me About Yourself.' I suggest you go and read those too, particularly if you're preparing for an interview. Now that you' ve come to terms with those two unpalatable questions, here is an even more unpalatable one: Why do you want this job? This is going to be asked at pretty much every interview, because for some reason, employers want to know that you know about their company.…

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