And how to keep the people you’ve got……! ‘Where have all the actuaries gone’ is a common refrain in my conversations with clients! Post-Covid the market has changed and that, coupled with the growth in certain sectors, is driving the scarcity.Which makes employee retention and engagement absolutely pivotal in making…
Clubbing to candlemaking: how companies are handling #MeToo After the pretty depressing news about the CBI recently, here is an interesting article in The Times about how companies are trying to organise fun events for their staff that they hope won’t result in allegations of assault (ie – avoiding parties,…
Great article on Linkedin from Lisa Unwin, Co-founder & CEO of Reignite Academy, Careers Expert for Noon, LinkedIn Top Voice, Author, Expert on women’s careers You can’t possibly have missed the headlines about the “over 50s” dropping out of the workforce. Just this morning I bumped into our local estate…
Although it’s still popular in the UK, working from home is less prevalent, according to LinkedIn (writes Joe Green in TechHQ.com). A survey taken by LinkedIn of around 3,000 managers across the UK has found concern among decision-makers that staff who work from home are less productive than those in…
Interesting article from Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic who says that overhauling hiring practices could increase gender-related fairness and diversity, and upgrade the quality of leaders in the workplace? by Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic 14 July 2022 Although there is well-established science backing the concept of making recruitment evidence-based and data-driven, most organisations still…
Interesting article about how employers are trying desperately to make the office into a place of collaboration, community and connection but if no-one turns up then it can be just a big disappointment?But all the data says that if you rescind flexible working, employees will leave. “Flexibility is now seen…
