Companies continually seek ways to enhance team productivity in the ever-changing business landscape. In a competitive corporate milieu, businesses strive to ensure high-performing employees stay ahead of the curve.  One innovative method is career coaching—a powerful tool focused on the employees’ personal and professional growth and development. This blog post will explore how companies can implement career coaching, the process of selecting employees for coaching, the critical components of effective career coaching, and the benefits it can bring to employees and the organization.  ..read more

Workplace accidents are something that businesses across the UK work to prevent, avoid or otherwise mitigate; there are strong legal frameworks businesses are required to abide to for the sake of worker safety, and many go above and beyond to ensure their staff are kept safe. However, accidents are near-inevitable – and, despite those stringent laws, over 500.000 workers experienced injury in the workplace in 2021-22. During the same time period, 123 workers were unfortunate enough to lose their lives – 0.02% of total workplace accidents.  Workplace accidents rarely end in fatality, but c ..read more

Corporate culture is an essential aspect of any successful organization. It is a set of shared beliefs, values, attitudes, and practices that shape the behavior of employees within the company. In recent years, the use of cutting-edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT), and Automation has revolutionized the way companies operate. By incorporating these technologies into their corporate culture, companies can improve productivity, streamline processes, and create a more positive and engaged workforce. Image by DCStudio on Freepik ..read more

As a human resources (HR) manager, you manage and support employees. It includes managing staff payroll and benefits, developing training programs, and promoting a safe working environment for everyone in the organization. On top of that, part of your responsibility also includes overseeing the whole recruitment process. This means publishing job descriptions and filtering candidates for vacant positions for interviews. Indeed, it’s no secret that managing employees throughout their entire cycle with the company can be challenging. Hence, the need for an efficient workflow process. Moreover, s ..read more

A job ad needs to be specifically crafted to attract the right people and pull talented team members towards your organization. Get this wrong, and you could dissuade prospective employees from applying in the first place, and even hurt the reputation of your business. The key is knowing what job ad mistakes others make when writing job ads, and taking steps to avoid them. Here are the major errors to look out for, and what you can do to deal with them in your own ads. Photo by Anna Shvets Mistake #1: Typos and Spelling Errors Making typos and spelling errors in job adverts is a common mistak ..read more

Imagine this scenario: You’re sitting in a conference room, eyes glued to the PowerPoint presentation. The presenter’s voice drones on, and you struggle to stay engaged. Sound familiar?  This is a common experience for many in the corporate world. An HR presentation can be dry and uninteresting, leaving audiences disengaged and uninterested. What if you could learn to create and deliver an HR presentation that is not only informative but engaging and memorable?  In this blog, we will examine some fundamental suggestions for producing and presenting an HR presentation that will engage ..read more

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs implies that the highest level of human fulfillment is self-actualization, or reaching one’s full potential. This principle is quite evident in today’s workplace.  When employees feel valued, they show deeper interest in their jobs that goes beyond just getting a paycheck. However, when they don’t, they start to look elsewhere and may start a trend known as ‘loud quitting.’ Image source What is loud quitting? Loud quitting is a workplace trend where employees try to manipulate their employers into paying them more by threatening resignation because they are un ..read more

In this post, we will share information about employee referral programs. Employee referrals are a popular and effective way to hire top talent for your organization. In fact, research shows that employee referrals are the most effective source of new hires, resulting in higher retention rates, faster time-to-hire, and lower recruitment costs. For example, did you know that 45% of referral hires stay longer than four years, compared to only 25% of job board hires? Employee referral programs (also known as ERPs among some professionals) are a popular way for companies to recruit new employees b ..read more

Payroll problems can be a thorn in the side of any business, so it’s important to have a plan of action in place to either avoid them entirely, or remedy them as and when they arise. Of course if you don’t know what can go wrong, you won’t be equipped to fix uncommon complications in this context, so here are some examples of irregularities and unfortunate circumstances to have on your radar. Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko Examining if Your System is Automating Tasks Accurately and Effectively It’s important to check that any automated processes, from collecting employee data to calculating ded ..read more

Many businesses focus only on offering benefits to permanent team members, while temporary employees or those who step in to fill roles that are dictated by seasonal demand are overlooked. Indeed the latest BLS stats show that while at least two thirds of people in permanent public or private sector roles have core benefits like healthcare available to them, the same is not guaranteed for those with non-permanent positions. As such it’s useful to consider if it makes sense to incentivise loyalty in temp workers by bringing them into the fold with a benefits package akin to their full-time cou ..read more