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Top tips to help employees thrive in the post-pandemic workplace
Four top tips to help employees thrive in a post-pandemic workplace. EVERY YEAR, MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK IS AN IMPORTANT OCCASION TO RAISE AWARENESS AROUND MENTAL ILL HEALTH. UNSURPRISINGLY, THE IMPACTS OF MULTIPLE LOCKDOWNS CAUSED BY COVID-19 HAVE PUT A STRAIN...
Employers show greater confidence than candidates as job market recovery continues
According to the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library, the latest job market data for the month of April reveals that, after an initial boost in March, job postings have remained steady. In comparison, applications per job have fallen by -12.8%. The main...
Ten top tips for returning to the workplace
TOP TEN TIPS FOR RETURNING TO THE WORKPLACE. AS NON-ESSENTIAL SHOPS, GYMS AND PUBS REOPEN AND THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE LOCKDOWN TUNNEL GETS A LITTLE BRIGHTER, NOW IS THE TIME TO CONSIDER WHETHER YOUR PLANS TO RETURN TO THE OFFICE ARE COMPREHENSIVE ENOUGH. Although...
How useful is the term ‘hybrid working’?
How hybrid working is applied depends on whether your business is a shape-shifter, temporary pivoter or re-inventor, argues Ben Gillam Hybrid working has become a term used to help us feel like we understand and are in control of the future. But nine months down the...
War for talent returns: Jobs up 20 per cent but application numbers fall
Real-time statistics from Broadbean Technology has shown that while vacancies across the UK saw a 20 per cent rise in quarter one 2021 compared to the last three months of 2020, applicant numbers rose by just 4 per cent during the same period. Broadbean’s data reveals...
64 percent don’t want to return to work until everyone is vaccinated
Employees worried about returning to work before everyone is vaccinated. As lockdown starts to lift, more people are having to think about going back to work as normal. That means commutes, offices, cafeterias, and face to face meetings. 1,000 UK employees to find out...
Flexibility over Right to Work checks ends from 17 May
Employers will have to check applicants’ original Right to Work documents where possible from 17 May, according to updated Home Office guidance. During the pandemic, organisations have been able to check an individual’s right to work in the UK virtually, asking them...
Businesses judged by recruitment processes
Businesses lacking a proper recruitment process risk losing out on talented employees. Over half (54%) of UK job candidates get frustrated by interview scheduling delays and 73% have left a process because of it, according to new data from scheduling technology...
Seven ways to prepare for the changing labour market
Seven ways to prepare for the changing labour market. Pretty much everyone will have to adjust to the new normal in order to achieve their employment goals. Andrew Arkley offers advice to HR departments on how to retain, develop and recruit the best talent. 2020 was a...
Firms warned over return of Right to Work fines
Employers are once again facing fines if they fail to check their employees’ eligibility to work in the UK. For much of 2020, with the UK in the grip of the Covid pandemic, the Home Office did not issue any Right to Work fines but in the final quarter of last year 77...
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