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20 Video interview tips to help you make a great impression and get the job!
By now, you’re probably familiar with the basics of setting up for a video interview: Find a quiet, clean place to have it, make sure your mic is turned on, etc.. But with more and more employers using videos interviews, and more and more job seekers knowing the...
When should a Settlement Agreement be used?
Settlement agreements are voluntary and once signed, legally binding and essentially a method for an employer and employee to part on mutually agreed terms. Under a settlement agreement, the employee waives certain rights with regards to bringing any form of unfair...
How To Easily Support And Protect Your Survivors
As you work through your restructuring plans and start to come out the other side, it’s time to think about what your remaining team structure is and how they have been impacted. We often forget that they may need support over and above the norm, mental and physical...
Redundancy Survivor Care Guidance
You may have had to make some really tough decisions to make redundancies or layoffs in your business over the past few months. The stress of change and the unknown for you and your employees can start to take its toll. So it’s even more important to make sure you...
Supporting Your Employees And Re-Engaging Remote Workers
How a simple engagement plan can really help support and re-engage remote workers, As we all know, due to the pandemic, there has been an urgent shift in how employees work, moving from office based to remote home-working which, in the main, has been forced upon most...
Redundancy – FAQS
Redundancy – Frequently Asked Questions Is there a minimum timescale to consult in small-scale redundancies? There is no statutory fixed period of consultation required where you are making fewer than 20 employees redundant. However, check your employment contracts...
Coming out of lockdown and returning to a new AND BETTER normal
Planning to return to business as a new normal will need to be different, how different and what you need to change for the better is up to you – there’s never been a better time to change how you do things. There are many things that should be considered when...
Hiring During Covid19 Part 3 – How to attract your top talent in 2020
From communicating the right values in your job ads to onboarding the candidates properly, the recruitment strategies you use can make or break your hiring process. Here are useful some tips that you should try out if you are looking to find the right people for your...
Hiring During Covid19 Part 2 – Why is now the best time to hire
With global unemployment currently at an all-time peak, the market is filled with candidates ready and waiting for a new opportunity. So the time could not be better for companies to invest and reach out to these candidates that are looking for a new job. Not only...
Hiring During Covid Part 1 – The impact of Coronavirus on the future of the job market
Working from home has become the new mode of operation for lots of businesses who prior to Lockdown had been firmly opposed to it. Why - companies have realised by trying that it can work. Without being able to make an assumption yet on what the post-Covid19 world...
What are the positive we can take from how companies and employees have been dealing with the pandemic and how to keep those positives post COVID 19?
Covid19 has brought about the biggest industry change for decades, if not ever. Whilst this has presented many challenges it also has raised a number of opportunities and changes that can be adapted to what was the perceived norm. In this blog I will be looking at how...
Managing Annual Leave During the COVID-19 Restrictions
With holidays both at home and abroad being cancelled in line with the coronavirus restrictions, unsurprisingly many employees are cancelling their annual leave as their plans have now changed. But this can cause issues for employers, as HR Services Director, Kate...
COVID 19 and Recruitment: How to Mitigate the Impact
Over the last few weeks, at least 35,000 people found themselves out of work as numerous industries made redundancies in direct response to the coronavirus pandemic. Those in the hospitality, travel and retail sectors were particularly badly affected, however in...
COVID-19 – Your HR Questions Answered
The rapid advancement of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) has changed the way we all live and work and the measures taken by the UK Government to try to control the spread of the virus has led to employers and employees asking numerous questions about the future of work. It...
“School’s Out For…” Well To be Honest, Who Knows!
On Wednesday 18 March, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson stated from Friday 20 March, schools in England would be closed "until further notice". Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she cannot guarantee that schools in Scotland will re-open before...
Will ‘working from home’ be the new normal?
These are unprecedented times. The rapid advancement of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) has changed the way we all live and work in ways that seemed unimaginable only a couple of weeks ago. For many of us, we are getting used to a new way of working, with those that can,...
The Benefits Of Keeping Your Office Desk Clean
The recent outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus) has highlighted the importance of basic hygiene and common sense when it comes to preventing the spread of contagious diseases. A clean and tidy work environment boosts productivity and morale, so keeping on top of the...
Six Simple Steps to Gender Pay Gap Reporting
With less than six weeks before the gender pay gap reporting deadline, the CIPD has offered advice to the thousands of employers who are yet to meet legal reporting requirements. To help those yet to meet their legal duty to report, the CIPD has highlighted six simple...
How to Handle Employee Retirement
With people living longer and remaining fitter and active than the generation before, many workers wish to continue to work long past the age they can claim their state pension. This, coupled with low levels of private pension provision across the UK is forcing...
Motivating Employees Without Breaking the Budget
It’s no recent revelation that motivated employees are more productive employees. Organisations who have a passionate and engaged team will likely out perform their competitors when it comes to the quality of what they do, because for most businesses it’s fair to say...
What is an HRIS and do you need one?
Many small businesses don't tend to have a dedicated HR person and as a result, the management of HR administration such as approving holidays, managing sickness, and employee training and development, will often by default land in the laps of busy senior employees....
Coronavirus – Do Employers Need to Take Action?
Coronavirus has hit global headlines over the last few weeks with the death toll now at 560, with more than 28,000 confirmed cases in China (Feb 2020). There are also more than 150 cases in other countries, with three cases now confirmed in the UK. UK businesses...
Why Attitudes to Mental Health in the Workplace Matter
Today is Time to Talk Day a campaign which encourages everyone to be more open about mental health – to talk, to listen, to change lives. We know that talking about mental health can feel awkward, but it doesn't have to. Mental health problems affect one in four of...
