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Social media problems: how to avoid these five issues in the workplace
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Do I need to pay more to staff who work unsociable hours?
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The importance of obtaining references when recruiting
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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 to boost creativity and innovation in your business
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UK businesses are failing to support a culture of innovation despite employees believing that their companies would benefit from fresh ideas and innovative ways of working, new research shows. A study of 1,000 workplaces conducted by RADA in Business (the commercial subsidiary of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art which provides communication skills training for
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Employers still failing to give autonomy to workers
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UK workers rate feelings of trust and autonomy from employers and colleagues as increasingly important in keeping them productive and happy in the workplace, reveals a new survey from Peldon Rose. However, the survey also shows that many employers fail to provide employees with the resources and support they need to manage their workload and
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Top tips on how to manage your staff – avoiding common mistakes
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Good staff management is an art. A crucial element of running a productive business, it comes naturally to some, but for most it is a learned skill honed over years of on-the-job experience. No one style is the ‘correct’ management style, everyone has their own unique approach and of course their own strengths and weaknesses. It
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How to invest in staff from abroad in your business
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Running your own business means you as the owner, whether director of a company or sole trader, have to develop a vast number of skills and expertise in many fields. For example, when it’s just yourself, you have to initiate all forms of interest in anyway you can. This can be done using social media,
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Technology jobs: Employers believe women face uphill struggle
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Despite almost half of employers (48 per cent) admitting they find it difficult to recruit for technology roles, there is reluctance to adapt current policies to encourage gender equality, with three quarters (75 per cent) of employers admitting they have no plans to do so, according to Monster.co.uk.
Some 59 per cent of UK employees report there are more men than women in technical and digital jobs within their organisation and just 35 per cent believe men and women are equally represented in these roles.
The research highlights that many still feel the UK is a long way from achieving gender parity in the office, 39 per cent believe women still have to work harder for a promotion or recognition and over two fifths (47 per cent) of females say they have either experienced themselves or witnessed gender inequality in the workplace.
Transparency on equal pay for women
In order to address these inequalities, the top five things UK employees think need to be implemented are transparency on equal pay for women and men (55 per cent), offering paternity and family leave to both men and women (43 per cent), greater flexibility on working hours and working from home (40 per cent), more encouragement