With ‘It’s coming home’ fever sweeping the nation, line managers (affectionately renamed ‘linos’ for the duration of the World Cup) will be wary of employees calling in ‘sick’ the morning after the night before. Indeed, during the England-Belgium game in the group stages of the FIFA World Cup, Google searches of ‘reasons to call in
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How to handle the HR process as your business expands
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With any business, the aim is to grow and develop into an industry-leading company. While this is appealing on paper, it does come with many difficulties, especially for HR. How do you cope with an influx of staff, does your office become too small, or relationships become strained? Here’s a guide on how to handle
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6 reasons why you should outsource recruitment
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Why would you outsource business recruitment when you can do it yourself and not have to pay a fee? Well, it’s a minefield and there can be drawbacks. Recruiters still generally work on a ‘pay on delivery’ basis Ludicrous as it may seem, recruitment is probably the only professional services provider that only gets paid
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Freelancers: why small businesses should hire talent online
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The competition for talent is hotter than ever, with a widening skills gap expected after Brexit. However, solutions to small business owners’ problems may be found online, and it can be cheaper than the traditional route. Sebastian Siseles, director of Freelancer.com, explains why he thinks you should go online for your freelance workers. So, why
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How to deal with different languages in the workplace
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The English language stretches across the world, and yet not everyone in the United Kingdom speaks English fluently, or even at all. With an increasingly diverse workforce, employers may find themselves having to grapple with language issues that arise in the workplace and their legal implications. So what should employers do when many languages are
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Can’t afford a pay rise? 9 alternative ways to reward your staff
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If you have an employee who is doing a sterling job and you’d like to thank them in some way, but are lacking the resources to offer a pay rise, then there are many other ways you can reward them. Yes – many of us would probably prefer money, but for some companies this just
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How poor company culture is affecting SMEs
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The Queen’s corgis are often described as ‘fluffy’. And rightly so. However, something that is costing the UK economy over £23.6 billion per year, shouldn’t be. Yet, 60 per cent of business leaders still view company culture as a nice to have – rather than a need to have, according to our Culture Economy report.
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Hiring your first employee: What to be aware of
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Starting your own business is an exciting and difficult time. It is likely that you will work long hours and have to do everything yourself; until you are ready to take on your first employee. Unfortunately this is also a difficult time! How to know you’re ready for your first employee Taking on an employee
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Recruiting staff: how SMEs can compete with corporate businesses
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Recruiting the best talent to your company is not an easy task. It can be even more challenging when you lead a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) and don’t have the same resources larger organisations have at their disposal when hiring candidates. Being a smaller fish in the pond, however, isn’t always a bad thing
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Boring and unproductive: shifting the culture of terrible meetings
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We have a lot of meetings, but some of them are unengaging, boring and no one really takes on any opinions other than presenter’s. Boring meetings are a huge issue in business generally. However, there is a reason we book so many of them – there is a fundamental need for humans to interact and
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