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Mar 13, 2024
Exploring the Benefits and Limitations of AI in Your Job Search
From optimising your CV to automating your applications, there are many benefits of using artificial intelligence to boost your job search.
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Mar 05, 2024
Reimagining Performance Reviews: Moving to Performance Coaching
Decades of concern about negative impacts of annual performance reviews has crystallized into a growing consensus among academics, HR executives and many business leaders: when they are done badly or the wrong methodology is used, they can do more harm than good.
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Sep 16, 2022
To make workforce transformation a success, put HR in the driver’s seat
As a senior HR leader, are you helping to drive transformation? Or, are you a passenger on a journey being led by other senior leaders?
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Dec 07, 2023
Why the Value of Outplacement is Always Higher than Cash
If your organisation is debating between offering cash or career transition support to impacted employees, here are some important things you should know before making a final decision.
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Aug 17, 2021
Making Partner: Reaching the Top of the Law Firm Hierarchy
For any ambitious legal professional, making partner in a law firm is an essential milestone. It’s more than just a recognition of your knowledge of law. Being a partner demonstrates that you’re chimed into the important business aspects that accompany the profession.
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Jul 27, 2021
Life After Competitive Sports: Why It’s Never Too Soon for Athletes to Start Planning
Very few athletes in either professional or top-level amateur sport earn enough money to set them up for the remainder of their post sporting lives. That requires sports organizations – governing bodies, national committees, leagues, and individual clubs – to look at formal transition support to help athletes find a career after sports.
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Aug 28, 2023
How to attract accounting talent
In a tight labour market, attracting top talent is essential. If your business is struggling to attract and maintain top performers, stand out against competitors by implementing these tips.
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Jun 19, 2023
Allyship and inclusion: what leaders can do to help
Business leaders are changemakers in their organisations and have a vital role to play in creating inclusive environments for LGBTQ+ workers. Here are some key steps they can take to accomplish that.
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May 05, 2023
How contracting and interim work lets you try before you buy
In this feverish recruitment market, maybe your perfect career will take some time – and experimentation – to find. So how about considering contract and interim work?
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Dec 14, 2023
AI and the evolution of leadership
New generative artificial intelligence tools are going to change the way we work - transforming existing roles and creating new ones. Strong leadership is necessary to navigate this period and beyond.
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Jul 10, 2023
How can the retail industry overcome its retention problem?
The retail industry has long been associated with higher-than-average employee turnover. The British Retail Consortium’s quarterly survey for Q1 2023, which accounts for one in five jobs across multiple sectors within retail, reported an average turnover rate of just over 50%. And the retail businesses we speak to are still struggling with retention.
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May 06, 2024
Cultivating Excellence: Investing Intentionally in Organisational Culture
How organisations can intentionally define, activate, and reinforce a values-based culture that drives competitive advantage.