First impressions
02 / 06 / 2014
Dolly Parton once reportedly said “It takes a lot of money to look this cheap!” She’s a hoot that woman. In a similar way, it takes may be 10-30 seconds to form a first impression, It takes a lot of time to make sure it’s the right one because it can make the difference between being taken seriously or not....
Happy holidays? Perhaps not for employers
30 / 05 / 2014
The Working Time Directive gives workers the right to paid annual leave. In the UK, the Directive is given effect in the Working Time Regulations. These set out the basis of holiday pay at the rate of a week’s pay for each week of annual leave and a week’s pay is calculated in accordance with the Employment Rights Act. From...
Universities can help solve employers’ recruitment problems
27 / 05 / 2014
When we recruit for Trainee HR Consultants we look for someone who has some business experience and basic skills allowing us to mould them into a HR consultant with a business way of thinking. One way of finding candidates has been via colleges and universities. Priya Chauhan, Recruitment Service Manager at the University of Bedfordshire tells us why university recruitment...
Need new talent? Look inside as well as out
23 / 05 / 2014
Britain’s got talent …... or has it? Perhaps not. The CIPD has recently released a big study about how HR is not prepared for the future environment, and that companies will soon be needing multi-talented individuals who can and will turn their hand to a much broader range of tasks. Why? Because although the economy is recovering, the foundations will...
Drones – Could they help your business?
16 / 05 / 2014
When you hear the word ‘drones’ it tends to conjure up images of unmanned military aircraft hovering over a Middle Eastern scene, targeting suspected militants in a small village. Indeed they continue to be used for that purpose, amongst many others, by the military, but they are now entering the business world and surprisingly rapidly. For example, last December Amazon...