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What’s the best way to tackle wastage in the hiring process?
In an age when we have such intelligent technology that algorithms that can decide whether we’re eligible for a mortgage, it seems unfathomable that there is so much wastage in the hiring process, as a report this week by Alexander Mann Solutions points out. The company’s research found that three quarters of candidates sourced for […]
Read More →Future managers ‘lack leadership skills’, but what makes a good leader?
Yet another piece of research appeared this week highlighting the management skills gap we face in tomorrow’s leaders. The survey by global HR consultancy Penna found that only 14% of managers would described themselves as ‘visionary’, while just 9% said they felt ‘authoritative’ – qualities we have traditionally considered important in business leaders. Under half […]
Read More →Why we all need to think twice about how we’re perceived online
It may have come as a surprise to some that the older generations in the workforce were less cautious about how their careers were perceived online. At least this was the finding of a survey by CV-Library, which claimed that 16 to 24-year olds, also known as Generation Z, are more likely to be aware […]
Read More →Is shared parental leave uptake among fathers really that low?
A headline grabbing survey this week suggested that men are reluctant to take shared parental leave, or SPL – which is now one year old. The My Family Care seemed to claim that only 1% of new fathers took up the benefit, yet a number of sharp-eyed observers noticed that this was actually misleading – […]
Read More →Brexit: Not time to batten down the hatches just yet
If you’re the sort of person that likes to respond to surveys, you’ve probably shared your opinion countless times already on the subject of Britain’s potential exit from Europe, or Brexit. After all, you can’t open a newspaper or browse any sort of website finding multiple stories on the potential impact of June’s in/out vote. […]
Read More →Knowledge is power in the IT skills market
It’s hardly surprising that demand for IT security professionals is soaring. Last year alone saw some of the biggest hacks into household names, including children’s technology manufacturer VTech, which left thousands of photos of adults and kids vulnerable, and a huge breach at the US government’s Office of Personnel Management that led to the theft […]
Read More →Time to take a hard line on drugs at work?
While employers were busying themselves with the implications of the Chancellor’s planned national minimum wage rise, announced just before this week’s budget, perhaps they should have been concerning themselves with something less salubrious. A survey by employment law specialists Crossland found that more than a third of employees either knew or suspected that their workmates […]
Read More →International women’s day: cause for celebration?
This week we celebrated annual International Women’s Day, although some of the statistics coming through on the wires suggested that it was perhaps a little early for us to be popping the champagne on gender equality. Among the headline figures reported this week we had: A survey from the Fawcett society revealing that 46% of […]
Read More →Crazy interviews? Or something wrong with the system?
It’s probably fair to say that recruiters interviewing candidates week-in, week-out, will have a few anecdotes up their sleeves. This week workplace law consultancy Protecting.co.uk shared some of the worst experiences hiring managers and candidates have experienced during job interviews. They included bizarre behaviour, otherwise fantastic candidates losing the plot when put on the spot, […]
Read More →Checking out global hires needs consistency
In a tight labour market, it’s tempting to do whatever you can as an employer to get people into roles. And as the latest survey from SterlingBackcheck proves, for too many this means they are failing to do sufficient background screening checks. More than a third do not check whether their potential staff have the […]
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