Attracting Top Talent: Using Your Design Skills

Have you ever considered the importance of branding and design in attracting top talent to your business?

Attracting Top Talent: Using Your Design Skills

Is Your Job Making You Sleep Deprived?

Sleep is the most vital component to having both an enjoyable and a fruitful day. A Sleep Council study revealed that the industry you work in can greatly affect how you sleep.

Is Your Job Making You Sleep Deprived?

7 tips for building great recruting pitch for local businesses

When you're a local business it's sometimes hard to imagine you can compete with big, national or even international players when it comes to recruiting talent. But there are many ways in which your business offers more to candidates than your larger competitors.

7 tips for building great recruting pitch for local businesses

Canada - PEI Minimum Wage Increases

The Prince Edward Island minimum wage increased by 30 cents to $11.55 per hour on April 1, 2018.

PEI Minimum Wage

Canada - New Brunswick Minimum Wage

New Brunswick's minimum wage has been increased to $11.25 per hour from $11 per hour on April 1 2018.

New Brunswick Minimum Wage

What to Do When an Employee Is Struggling with A Creative Block

Here are several steps, tips and pointers that can be used to help one overcome a creative block.

What to Do When an Employee Is Struggling with A Creative Block

How to Secure a Rewarding Career in Human Resources

Many budding professionals are eager to secure a job in human resources, as it is one of the fast-growing employment fields. Not only that, but it can provide varied tasks and offers a rewarding salary that is above the national average.

How to Secure a Rewarding Career in Human Resources

7 Tips When Negotiating a Job Offer

You finally got the offer. Now what are you going to do about it?

7 Tips When Negotiating a Job Offer

The value of video in employee onboarding

The faster new hires feel welcomed and prepared for their jobs, the faster they will be able to successfully contribute to the business.

The value of video in employee onboarding

Educating Your Employees to Take Cybersecurity Seriously

Here are a few reasons why you need to educate your employees to take cybersecurity seriously, as well as several tips on how to do so with a much
greater efficiency.

Educating Your Employees to Take Cybersecurity Seriously

Are You Listening To Your Employees Enough?

When organisations choose not to listen to their employees, they also decide to forego a hugely valuable resource.

Are You Listening To Your Employees Enough?

Giving negative feedback

How can you be unfailingly courteous and respectful without then also beating around the bush and losing focus and impact?

Giving negative feedback

How to Achieve Success in any Job

There are some things you can do to thrive at work no matter your occupation.

How to Achieve Success in any Job

The future of HR assessment in 2018

Five hot trends shaping the industry.

The future of HR assessment in 2018

The new rules of meeting room etiquette

While much common sense meeting room etiquette remains relevant, advances in technology mean that some of the old, more bureaucratic rules can be thrown out.

The new rules of meeting room etiquette

7 Ways to Increase Employee Engagement for Your Best Workers

In the HR world, we're constantly hearing about employee engagement, for good reason. Workers who are more engaged at work tend to be more calm, confident, positive, inspiring and motivated. Their enthusiasm and commitment also tends to rub off on others around them, boosting teamwork, collaboration and
overall success.

7 Ways to Increase Employee Engagement for Your Best Workers

10 Crucial Signs That Your Startup May Not Work

In spite of all the obstacles and challenges, people are happier when they try to do something for themselves and not work for a corporation.

10 Crucial Signs That Your Startup May Not Work

How To Take Care Of Your Employees' Mental Health

Stress in the workplace is inevitable but its effects can be countered if you have the right processes in place.

How To Take Care Of Your Employees' Mental Health

5 Ways to Manage Employees Who Have More Expertise Than You

Being someone's manager when you know they have the skills and abilities required to be your manager can sometimes feel a little awkward. There's a reason why you were awarded your current position, and you'll need to remember that when things can sometimes feel strange.

5 Ways to Manage Employees Who Have More Expertise Than You

Improve Employee Wellbeing in 2018

Employee initiatives are no longer just a perk to attract talent. They are now becoming a key priority across businesses to improve employee wellbeing and protect their mental health. Every forward-thinking business must therefore strive to create a company culture that allows people to thrive both personally and professionally. Find out how to improve employee wellbeing in 2018.

Improve Employee Wellbeing in 2018

Canada - Ontario Minimum Wage

Ontario’s general minimum wage increased from $11.60 per hour to $14 per hour on January 1, 2018.

Ontario Minimum Wage

Russian Hackers Never Sleep: How To Protect Yourself

The harm caused by hackers is enormous. They steal personal data, banking details and leave the whole system out of order.

Russian Hackers Never Sleep: How To Protect Yourself

The Business Case for Digitising Human Resources

HR sees the benefit of adopting technology to improve its practices, but what if some companies still need convincing? Here are the top four ways digitising HR functions adds value to the organisation.

The Business Case for Digitising Human Resources

Want the Job? Be Passionate About the Industry

No matter what job you are applying for, you need to be passionate about the industry. The more passionate and knowledgeable you are about the industry, the better. Sure, you can get hired without this passion, but if you want to succeed and build a career, you need to have the drive that propels you forward. The passion you need to succeed stems from choosing companies that are either in the industry you love or ones that cater to a cause you care about.

Want the Job? Be Passionate About the Industryc

7 common pitfalls to avoid in your employee experience programme

Compared to customers, employees simply do not have the same opportunities or platforms available to voice their opinions on their experience at work.

7 common pitfalls to avoid in your employee experience programme

Revolutionizing HR Through Intelligent Automation

A recent study found that 72% of HR professionals think lack of automation is slowing things down.

Revolutionizing HR Through Intelligent Automation

How to Turn a Job Loss into an Amazing Career Opportunity

You've reached a turning point, and this turning point has the potential to change your life for the better.

How to Turn a Job Loss into an Amazing Career Opportunity

How to make a career change when you are an entrepreneur

Being an entrepreneur is often seen as a dream career, so many people might wonder why anyone would ever want to change out of it.

How to make a career change when you are an entrepreneur

Emotional Intelligence - The Most Important Element of Employee Evaluation

Various studies have shown that people with high EQ usually have quite a lot of characteristics of a good employee.

Emotional Intelligence - The Most Important Element of Employee Evaluation

The Trends Shaping Recruitment

Some of the cutting edge techniques that recruitment agencies are employing to find the very best candidates who are capable and reliable.

The Trends Shaping Recruitment

Exciting Opportunities for Varied Accounting Careers

Here are a few ways that accounting careers offer different challenges to people who wish to tackle them.

Exciting Opportunities for Varied Accounting Careers

How to recover from a cyber-attack

Ever been fooled by a bogus email?

How to recover from a cyber-attack

The Difficulties Of Being An Introverted Leader

As an introvert, you may wonder how you can successfully be a leader. It can be done, and many introverts have been amongst the best
leaders of all time - but success does not come without hardships.

The Difficulties Of Being An Introverted Leader

UK - How to Check Your Criminal Record before Your Employer Does

Nowadays, employers insist on doing background checks on all new employees.

Employee Tips 101: How to Check Your Criminal Record before Your Employer Does

Preparing To Land Your First Job

Graduating college is exciting and scary for some. It’s a step in the right direction, but most likely you aren’t sure which way you’re going. That’s what you have to figure out once you’ve completed all of your coursework. It’s a normal feeling and not one to be worried about.

Preparing To Land Your First Job

USA - Skin Tone Affects Job Chances

Colorism - discrimination based on skin color - has a significant effect on employment prospects.

Skin Tone Affects Job Chances

Effective Strategies to Boost Cross-Team Collaboration

Many companies bring people with different talents and expertise together to work toward achieving key organizational goals.

Effective Strategies to Boost Cross-Team Collaboration

4 Tips For Handling Difficult Situations At Work

When you're working, you're bound to run into issues. Being in charge is tough because you're the one who has to solve all of the problems. You have to find a way to not stress out and to focus on dealing with one incident at a time.

4 Tips For Handling Difficult Situations At Work

How to Market Your HR Services

Are you an HR company owner or an HR freelancer who wants to attract more clients to your business?

How to Market Your HR Services

The Importance of Human Resources in Construction

For HR professionals, a thorough understanding of recruitment, training, and retention is essential for running an effective human resources department in the construction industry.

The Importance of Human Resources in Construction

5 Things All Employees Should Know About Information Security

Employees often pose the biggest threat to a company's information security. It only takes one wrong click of a button to affect a business's security, finances and reputation.

5 Things All Employees Should Know About Information Security

Responsibilities to Employees if You Buy or Sell a Business

Buying or selling a business affects a lot of people - namely all of the employees that work for or with that business. It's going to be a huge adjustment for them, and you're responsible for facilitating that adjustment. Business is business, but this is an instance in which people need to be put first. If you don't handle the situation properly, things can get bumpy later on down the road. Make sure you're covering your bases when dealing with the employees you're passing off or inheriting.

What Are Your Responsibilities to Employees if You Buy or Sell a Business?

How to Professionally Deny a Raise Request

When an employee comes to you for a raise, it often takes a lot of courage to actually get up and ask the question. The thing is, due to numerous reasons, you might not be ready or willing to increase their salary yet. However, communicating this to an employee is a very difficult and delicate matter. They may not be ready to hear a negative response, and if they do, it may kill their motivation. Here’s how to professionally deny their request and keep them motivated to work hard.

How to Professionally Deny a Raise Request

The Ups and Downs of a Late Career Change

It's no secret that in today's fast-paced world, employees are becoming more disillusioned with the idea of carrying out their entire career within one organisation, or indeed, industry. With many opportunities for adult learning, there is no reason why careers need to stagnate purely because of age.

The Ups and Downs of a Late Career Change

Midlife job search: facts and myths

With an aging global workforce and an economy which has forced many companies to downsize, it's no wonder that many workers over the age of 40 are trying to find a new position.

Midlife job search: facts and myths

Canada - Alberta Minimum Wage

A year ago Alberta's provincial government decided to move towards a minimum wage of $15 per hour by 2018.

Alberta Minimum Wage

Australia - National Minimum Wage

Australia's revised national minimum wage (NMW) was implemented on July 1 2017.

National Minumum Wage

Australia - Year-round thanks essential

79% of Australian employees preferred appreciation by managers all-year round instead of single annual events for recognition such as work anniversaries, performance reviews, or company events.

Year-round thanks essential

Passion Vs Pragmatism: Which One to Follow When Choosing a Career

Choosing passion or pragmatism is never easy and there's no one right answer.

Passion Vs Pragmatism: Which One to Follow When Choosing a Career

How to Create a Friendly Office Environment

Whether your office environment has actually become unpleasant or you simply feel as though things aren't as great as they could be, you have plenty of options to remedy the situation.

How to Create a Friendly Office Environment

4 Challenges American Businesses Face when Outsourcing IT Overseas

Outsourcing overseas has been held up as a gold standard for saving money by relying on world class talent elsewhere in the world. It typically provides 24x7 coverage in conjunction with US based software support or back office staff. It often allows businesses to work with tech staff in the markets they want to cultivate, as Microsoft's Indian and Chinese hubs demonstrate. However, outsourcing IT overseas brings its own challenges, many of which can lead to serious problems for the company or its customers. Here are four challenges businesses face when outsourcing IT overseas.

4 Challenges American Businesses Face when Outsourcing IT Overseas

Which Functions You Should Outsource and Which Ones You Should Not

When the idea of outsourcing comes up, the next question arises - outsource what?

Which Functions You Should Outsource and Which Ones You Should Not

4 Ways Managerial Staff Can Make Themselves Easier for Employees to Contact

Depending on the kind of organization you're working for, there may be a variety of ways to get in touch with management about a specific problem or complaint. In some workplaces, it's an easier process than in others, and typically some managers are easier to contact. However, for the sake of maintaining customer satisfaction and productivity levels it would be wise to ensure quick and easy correspondence between all company staff on an ongoing basis. With that said, here are four ways managerial staff can make themselves more accessible to other employees:

4 Ways Managerial Staff Can Make Themselves Easier for Employees to Contact

4 Smart Strategies to Use When Your Best Employees Underperform

If you are struggling with underperforming employees, here are a few ways to improve the situation.

4 Smart Strategies to Use When Your Best Employees Underperform

How You Can Benefit from Employee Surveys

Some helpful information that you can use to empower your workforce and fix those underlying issues that may be affecting your productivity.

How You Can Benefit from Employee Surveys

HR Strategies for Dealing with Workplace Stress

Employers and HR departments need to recognize the signs of stress and find ways to deal with employee stress and anxiety effectively.

HR Strategies for Dealing with Workplace Stress

Overworked Americans Can't Use Up Their Vacation

Americans continue to take the fewest annual vacation days in the industrialized world.

Overworked Americans Can't Use Up Their Vacation

Flexibility and Burnout

Flexibilty can improve job satisfaction and cut levels of stress and burnout.

Flexibility and Burnout

4 Tips for Throwing the Perfect Office Party

Office parties can be a great way to boost engagement and build a bond between your employees. However, they can be a total HR nightmare if they're not handled properly.

4 Tips for Throwing the Perfect Office Party

USA - Weighing the Benefits of Prepaid Legal Services

If you've been proposed a prepaid legal plan or legal protection plan, you might be wondering what their benefits are.

Weighing the Benefits of Prepaid Legal Services

Why 2017 is the Year of Video Marketing

Have you noticed that Facebook has become flooded with videos recently? Videos of funny stories, sad stories, videos that are showcasing a business; they are all on there. It is not just Facebook either; we are seeing this happen across LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media platforms. It is estimated that 80% of all internet traffic by 2019 will be video.

Why 2017 is the Year of Video Marketing

UK - The Importance of Team Building in HR Management

Team building can play a huge part in strengthening a corporate culture and a great tool in achieving an efficient organisation.

The Importance of Team Building in HR Management

USA - The Role of HR in Creating a Safe and Healthy Workplace

While the priority should be about protecting the health and wellbeing of employers, it can also reflect positively on the firm's balance sheet too

The Role of HR in Creating a Safe and Healthy Workplace

UK - 5 HR Mistakes to Avoid When Dismissing Staff

Sometimes, when all other avenues have failed, it is necessary to say goodbye to underperforming employees in order to optimise business efficiency.

5 HR Mistakes to Avoid When Dismissing Staff

7 Technologies That Will Transform Human Resources in 2017

Technology is set to completely transform the way we approach Human Resources and recruitment.

7 Technologies That Will Transform Human Resources in 2017

The Grey Economy: The HR Benefits Of Hiring Older Workers

Many employers are still reluctant to hire people in their sixties, despite the fact that older workers can confer a wide array of benefits to a given workforce.

The Grey Economy: The HR Benefits Of Hiring Older Workers

USA - Payroll Advice for Small Businesses

Payroll management is not straightforward, and if you are a small business without any payroll experts, it can be a minefield trying to work through all of the legalities and setting up systems and processes.

Payroll Advice for Small Businesses

USA - Telling the Truth on Your Resume

Those that are not completely honest are being refused jobs, and those already in a job will lose the job and any related unemployment benefits.

Telling the Truth on Your Resume

USA - 3 Human Resource Trends to Watch for in 2017

HR is constantly evolving and the changes are much deeper than when the personnel department was renamed Human Resources. This evolution isn't just driven by changing laws and business practices. Technology, financial pressures, and shifting business practices are dramatically altering the job of HR personnel.

Let's look at three HR trends to watch for in 2017 and beyond.

3 Human Resource Trends to Watch for in 2017

Canada - Nova Scotia Minimum Wage

On April 1, Nova Scotia's minimum wage rose by 15 cents, to $10.85 an hour

Nova Scotia Minimum Wage

USA - What Should You Do If You Cannot Pay Your 941 Payment to the IRS?

It is extremely important that you do everything you can physically do to ensure your organization's 941 tax deposits and filings are updated and current.

What Should You Do If You Cannot Pay Your 941 Payment to the IRS?

Tech Companies All-Costs Model is Destroying Human Resources Management

As a human resources manager, it is your job to take every allegation seriously and work to resolve each issue, regardless of the culture at your company.

Tech Companies All-Costs Model is Destroying Human Resources Management

Australia - The Wonders of Using Cloud-based Payroll Software

Contrary to what others might think, cloud systems can actually offer enhanced data security compared to traditional payroll systems.

The Wonders of Using Cloud-based Payroll Software

Australia - Call Centre Code Launched In Victoria

A new Call Centre Code launched by the Victorian Government has been welcomed by the ASU.

Call Centre Code Launched In Victoria

A question that HR workers often debate is, who is responsible for the protection of data?

The increasing risk of cyber attacks on businesses

Workplace Happiness

While everyone wants to be happy at work there are differences depending on factors such as age, gender, and job area.

Workplace Happiness

USA - How to be a better Nurse Leader

The healthcare industry is expanding at a stunning rate; it is one of the top 3 fastest growing industries in the country today. Naturally, hospitals and medical practices are in need of skilled nursing professionals to fill mid- to top-level positions.

How to Be a Better Nurse Leader

Giving every employee a voice: why CEOs should jump off the pedestal

Open-minded HR departments can reap the rewards of building an engaged workforce and unlock the benefits this creates for the business as a whole.

Giving every employee a voice: why CEOs should jump off the pedestal

Tips for HR Professionals Managing Cross Border Teams

It is becoming increasingly commonplace for businesses of all sizes to operate across international borders.

Tips for HR Professionals Managing Cross Border Teams

USA - What Trump's Presidency Means for the Future of Human Resources

There is no denying that the recent change of guards in American politics is set to have far reaching implications when it comes to labor and human resource management.

What Trump's Presidency Means for the Future of Human Resources

Do You Have What It Takes to Work in Human Resources?

In this article, we're going to discuss some of the appropriate skills and aptitudes of a good HR manager.

Do You Have What It Takes to Work in Human Resources?

USA - Helping Employees with Health Insurance

A lot of studies have confirmed that job (and life) security can help boost employees' productivity levels to new heights.

Helping Employees with Health Insurance

Important Factors to Consider When You're Hiring a Health Care Professional

The reputation of your health care organization depends on the people you hire.

Important Factors to Consider When You're Hiring a Health Care Professional

Australia - Obesity in the workplace

Being overweight has consequences in the workplace. There are associated occupational safety, health, and business risks leading to more and more disputes between employers and employees.

Obesity in the workplace

Australia - Would-be Entrepreneurs

Baby Boomers and Gen Y are leading a movement to abandon the corporate rat race and create start-ups allowing them to become their own boss.

Would-be Entrepreneurs

Australia - Skills Crisis in Health and Medical Research

Job insecurity among workers in the Health and Medical Research sector is leading to an impending skills crisis, according to the Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR).

Skills Crisis in Health and Medical Research

The Pros of Working Flex Hours

Flex hours are nothing new, but they are certainly catching on in popularity as more and more companies and employees start to understand the benefits it offers.

The Pros of Working Flex Hours

Uncertainty surrounding the UK hotel industry: the actions hoteliers should take

What does the future hold for the UK’s hotel industry?

Uncertainty surrounding the UK hotel industry: the actions hoteliers should take

Why it's important to get diversity right

Creating a diverse workplace isn’t just about adhering to the laws regarding discrimination, but going the extra mile in creating an environment where people from any ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, race, or political belief can feel safe and valued.

Why it's important to get diversity right

On-the-job training: the key to meeting client needs

The training of young lawyers is still wedded to 20th or even 19th century thinking: they are taught how to look for and identify problems, not how to solve them.

On-the-job training: the key to meeting client needs

Boost Your Hiring Strategy with the Top 5 Recruitment Trends for 2017

Here are the top 5 trends that we're excited about seeing more of in the year to come.

Boost Your Hiring Strategy with the Top 5 Recruitment Trends for 2017

Take Charge of Your Career Development Today

Take Charge of Your Career Development Today

In today's competitive market, waiting to be promoted is simply not an option. To really advance in your career, you need to take charge of your career development today.

First Round to the Drivers

The Uber case is a salutary lesson for all employers - whether in the gig economy or not - to look carefully at the terms and conditions of their employment contracts. Try and outrun the law by being too clever and it will eventually catch up with you.

Discrimination in Financial Services

Discrimination in Financial Services - the role of the Financial Ombudsman Service

When financial services are withheld with less legitimate cause, the individual in question may have the right to seek redress.

UK - How employment tribunal decisions can impact your business

Whatever the size of your business, employers need to keep abreast of changes in employment law. There have been some interesting cases in 2016 which have given clarification on key decisions which employers may face in the workplace.

How employment tribunal decisions can impact your business

UK - Brexit and Employment Law - just business as usual?

Since the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, uncertainty surrounding the legal implications have been widespread; particularly within the UK employment law landscape.

Brexit and Employment Law - just business as usual?

Uncovering Potential Leaders with Recruitment Assessment

Recruitment assessment is a detailed and highly analytical process carried out by experts in the fields of business psychology and HR.

Uncovering Potential Leaders with Recruitment Assessment

Three Interview Tips You Can Learn from Social Workers

These are just a few ways you can learn from social workers and become a better interviewer.

Three Interview Tips You Can Learn from Social Workers

What Defines a High Risk Employee?

Never be complacent about your employees. Just because they appear to be happy, it doesn't mean they are not looking for a new job.

What Defines a High Risk Employee?

Extra Workload a Challenge for Work-life Balance

A recent survey suggests that office workloads in major European economies have gone up significantly over the last year.

Extra Workload a Challenge for Work-life Balance

Uberisation: how agile working works for lawyers

Agile working has become a paramount concern for many employers, high on their agenda because they recognise that it can help to create a more efficient and effective organization.

Uberisation: how agile working works for lawyers

What do HR Recruiters Look for When Assessing Graduates?

Recruiting from the graduate skills market is not the same as drawing from a pool of experienced candidates. Graduates have no real experience, so their main selling point is their academic qualifications and personality. For a recruiter, it's a difficult task to select one graduate from another...

What do HR Recruiters Look for When Assessing Graduates?

Canada - Smart Retention Strategies Depend on Loyalty

Retaining key members of staff is a constant concern for every organization but even the best retention strategies depend on the loyalty of employees.

Smart Retention Strategies Depend on Loyalty

Always Working? How to Achieve Better Work-Life Balance

Even if you're incredibly dedicated to the job, it's crucial to achieve a reasonable balance between work and home.

Always Working? How to Achieve Better Work-Life Balance

Why More Female Entrepreneurs Should Study Analytics

With analytics playing a crucial role when it comes to determining how well your business is performing, understanding how analytics work is important for many female entrepreneurs.

Why More Female Entrepreneurs Should Study Analytics

Things You Need to Know to Be a Successful HR Professional

Although these basic HR skills are often more than enough to tackle the challenges in hand, there are additional things you need to know to be a successful HR professional.

Things You Need to Know to Be a Successful HR Professional

Software to Revolutionise Your Business from Ecommerce Sales to HR

These days, there are a lot of advanced technological tools that businesses can use to succeed and drive their companies far into the future.

Software to Revolutionise Your Business from Ecommerce Sales to HR

SEO Basics for Recruitment Companies

With millions of people looking for jobs and plenty of employers offering positions, it's no surprise that more and more
entrepreneurs are turning to the recruitment industry for their next business venture.

SEO Basics for Recruitment Companies

How the Gig Economy and Freelancers are Reshaping HR Departments

The gig economy is reshaping today's workforce. Over 50 million Americans worked as freelancers in 2015, according to a study by the Freelancers Union and Upwork. This includes temporary workers, independent contractors, moonlighters, freelance business owners and those with mixed streams of income.

How the Gig Economy and Freelancers are Reshaping HR Departments

The Main Reasons Analytics Systems Are Important in Today's HR Departments

A range of business analytics systems are available that have the potential to transform the fortunes of any business. HR in particular, is an area where these analytics systems could be of great value because each HR department deals directly with past, current and future employees in a business. Below are some of the main reasons every HR department or HR officer should use the latest business analytics systems.

The Main Reasons Analytics Systems Are Important in Today's HR Departments

Recruiting For Diversity

Disability and inclusion policies, including blind CVs, often fail in practice because they are seldom supported by an understanding of true inclusion problems.

Business skills are more important than ever post-Brexit

If the people who are supposed to hold the reigns of the business world are unsure of their ground, how on earth must young people feel when faced with the prospect of getting on the corporate job ladder?

Working for your Workers

To put it simply: our relationship to work has changed.

Time to take on the diversity dilemma

Facebook is the latest in a long line of organisations to have a spotlight shone on its diversity performance.

There are a lot of ways knowledge in accounting can help you perform better as an HR manager.

How Will Accounting Make You a Better HR Manager?

Brexit and Change Management

The certainty of change coming down the line makes this the perfect time to take a look at the challenges inherent in introducing any change within an organisation.

Brexit and Change Management

5 Essential Elements for Optimal Performance Management

The importance of an efficient performance management system is fairly universally accepted in HR circles.

5 Essential Elements for Optimal Performance Management

Australia - Benefits of Using SaaS for Payroll

As payroll is one of the largest costs to employers, it is essential to have systems that provide accurate information and payments in line with current legislation.

Benefits of Using SaaS for Payroll

The secret behind successful flexi-working? Culture

When done well, flexi-working can be a game changer and productivity enhancer. The question is, how do you adopt flexi-working in a way that enhances productivity?

The secret behind successful flexi-working? Culture

European Commission Announces Initiative Package

The European Commission is in the process of implementing a wide-ranging strategy to create a genuine ‘Digital Single Market’ across the EU.

Essentially, the Commission’s objective is to enable businesses and consumers across the EU to take advantage of the wide range of available services that are facilitated by new digital technologies, regardless of national borders. More controversially, certain interest groups and some national governments have viewed the ‘DSM agenda’ as an opportunity to increase the regulatory burden placed on new and innovative business models that are threatening incumbents’ existing business models. So far, the Commission appears to be attempting to strike a balance between these two, largely opposing, objectives, rather than coming down firmly on one side or the other.

European Commission Announces Initiative Package

What career success looks like between men and women

A new study with 2000 workers in the UK on gender equality in the workplace, conducted by REED, has revealed some interesting results.

What career success looks like between men and women

How to Persuade Your Boss to Fund Your Training

Education and training is essential if you want to progress your career, but it can be expensive. The problem is that if you do not keep up
with skills training you run the risk of falling behind your peers.

How to Persuade Your Boss to Fund Your Training

Effective Ways to Create a Great Business Reputation

Creating a great business reputation should be the main aim of any entrepreneur. Customers prefer to deal with organizations and individuals they trust. If this trust does not exist, these customers will go elsewhere, where they know they will be treated better. Below are some of the most effective ways you can ensure that your business is the destination your customers go to when they want to deal with someone they can trust.

Effective Ways to Create a Great Business Reputation

The High Cost of Major Depression In The Workplace

Chances are you can readily name someone you know who suffers from major depression - perhaps even someone you've worked with. It turns out the number of American adults battling the condition exceeds the populations of New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago combined.

The High Cost of Major Depression In The Workplace

Hiring Candidates is Similar to Dating in Today's World?

Just like dating or matchmaking, the goal of recruitment is to find someone who's the perfect fit.

Hiring Candidates is Similar to Dating in Today's World?

Top Tips for Bringing Creativity into the Workplace

For those in the HR world, I believe that creativity is no longer simply a nice-to-have in the workplace. It's a necessity.

Top Tips for Bringing Creativity into the Workplace

A Convergence of People and Place

New research reveals why the performance of commercial property is key to productivity, wellness and overall employee satisfaction

A Convergence of People and Place

UK immigration - what employers can expect in 2016

2016 is already looking like it may be an annus horribilis for UK immigration.

UK immigration - what employers can expect in 2016

Implementing an effective social media policy

Social media's presence in the workplace grows more prolific by the day, and as such is impacting the way in which managers, employees and even job applicants communicate.

Implementing an effective social media policy

Period Leave: What Does It Mean For Your Company?

How do you continue to promote equality in the workplace while simultaneously meeting the needs of those who suffer from clear gender based ailments?

Period Leave: What Does It Mean For Your Company?

Tinnitus: What employers need to Know

Tinnitus is a debilitating condition, and can be caused by exposure to loud or prolonged noise in the workplace, or a head or neck injury.

Tinnitus: What employers need to Know

Workplace Drinking - Where (And How) To Draw The Line

You may be able to stop a problem before it starts by issuing clear guidelines about when and where drinking is acceptable.

Workplace Drinking - Where (And How) To Draw The Line

Bid Writing: 5 Tips to Increase the Quality of Your Bid

Bid writing is difficult, but writing an effective bid that really stands out is your best bet of getting the job you want, especially if you're a freelancer.

Bid Writing: 5 Tips to Increase the Quality of Your Bid

Let's be honest, plenty of us pull 'sickies' in order to have a Duvet Day. Which is why some companies are
cutting right to the chase and making Duvet Days a legitimate thing.

Duvet Days - What Are They, And Should You Offer Them?

Career in a Saree Store

If you are passionate about retail and want to develop a career in a saree store, you should strive to possess the following qualities.

Qualities you should possess for a successful Career in a Saree Store

UK vs US = Who's Winning the Social Recruitment Battle?

In the UK as many as 60% of recruiters have not used social media in the recruitment process compared to just 6% in the US.

UK vs US = Who's Winning the Social Recruitment Battle?

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a condition which is a mystery to many simply due to the fact that is not easily identified, `is often misunderstood and misdiagnosed, and is also not very well publicised.

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Successful Job Search

The first months of the year bring about countless new possibilities, and if you follow our tips, you may just land that new job before you remember to hang up your new calendar.

How to Make Your Job Search Successful in the New Year

Finding the best accountant for your business

There are many reasons why people hire accountants for their business. From simply hiring the 'numbers guy' to finding a solution to financial challenges in the business, an in-house accountant is a vital part of any establishment. Having a local bookkeeper is crucial to business function and you need to look for the right person for the job.

Finding the best accountant for your business

UK - Understanding discrimination in the workplace

Zee Hussain, employment partner at Simpson Millar explains what constitutes discrimination in the workplace whilst providing practical guidance on how to avoid it.

Jonas Gutierrez Case: Understanding discrimination in the workplace and how to avoid it

Global recruiting trends of 2016

What does 2016 have in store for the future of recruitment?

Global recruiting trends of 2016

5 Ways to Cope with Financial and Work Related Stress and Anxiety

Everyone has bad days or feels a bit down from time to time. It's perfectly normal and a typical response to the everyday stress of work and life in general. However, if you are continually under stress because of workplace issues or
financial worries, it will soon begin to impact on your health in a serious way. So if this sounds like your current situation, here are a few tips to help you through this difficult time.

5 Ways to Cope with Financial and Work Related Stress and Anxiety

A manager’s guide to promoting positive mental health

With around one quarter of the UK population expected to encounter a mental health issue within their lifetime, it is clear that managing this societal challenge will require a team effort.

A manager’s guide to promoting positive mental health

How to Spice Up Your Resume for a Holiday Job Search

Scores of people try to land a holiday job, so it's a good idea to do everything you can to make yourself stand out from the competition.

How to Spice Up Your Resume for a Holiday Job Search

6 Ways to Retooling your Recruitment Process

For financial services recruiters, hiring new staff and replacing existing ones can be an expensive process.

6 Ways to Retooling your Recruitment Process

Physio Med Helps John Lewis Partnership Save 41,000 Working Days

Physio Med Helps John Lewis Partnership Save 41,000 Working Days

Case Study - 96% of staff maintained at or returned to work.

Top Financial Careers to Aspire for

There are some absolutely brilliant, interesting and rewarding jobs in the finance sector including financial planning, corporate finance, insurance, investment banking, and real estate.

Top Financial Careers to Aspire for

UK - Gender Pay Gap

Kate Winslet has been heavily criticised for her unhelpful comments and outdated opinions as gender inequality is still a big issue.

Millionaire actress calls gender pay gap discussions "vulgar"

How to Eliminate Accidents in the Office

Workplace safety policies can often be a source of annoyance or the butt of jokes, but we still understand that they're a vital part of any thriving work environment.

How to Eliminate Accidents in the Office

Health Benefit Packages

Research has shown that not only does a good health benefits package both help to attract employees to a company, it also helps to retain existing staff.

The Importance Of Offering Health Benefit Packages To Improve Employee Efficiency