Category: Employee Experience

Listening to the Employee Voice

In a Google-first world, an out of date, bland or generic website can be a very significant business liability. While the positives of any website are easy to track – in the form of inbound enquiries, low bounce rates and even...

11 Reasons Why Heat Recruitment Is Great for Graduates

If you’ve recently graduated from university, Heat recruitment may just be the ideal next career step for you to take.  With the recruitment industry continuing to grow each year, it makes for a great career step with many opportunities for...

The Rise of Hobbypreneurs

A new report launched today by Britain Thinks and Investec Click & Invest, the new online investment management service, reveals unprecedented numbers of people are making huge changes to their lives because they have greater confidence in their own abilities,...

UK Recruiters Blame Brexit as Staff Shortage Worsens

LONDON (Reuters) – A shortage of staff for British employers worsened in July, hurt by the departure of European Union workers after last year’s Brexit vote, a group representing recruitment agencies said on Tuesday. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) said...

7 Habits That Every Team Can Learn from MINIONS

Life would have been so simple if it were a cartoon movie like the Minions. Wouldn’t it be? But, not everything we wish could come true. ‘Want to add fun to your work life and make it better than ever? Start...

Sainsbury is Probably Going to Cut Around 1,000 Jobs

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s second-biggest supermarket chain, Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L), is considering cutting 1,000 head office jobs as part of a drive to save 500 million pounds in costs, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported. Sainsbury’s has recruited management consultants McKinsey to come...

Training Budgets: Five Reasons Why Company Training Fails

Many companies assume that investments in sales training will increase sales productivity. And, because the sales team is on the front line of revenue and profit, it seems intuitive that improving sales skills would have a positive, immediate, and direct...

RBS Makes First-half Profit, May Move Some Jobs to Amsterdam

LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) beat first-half profit forecasts on Friday in a sign its long-promised recovery is finally gathering pace, and said it may move up to around 150 jobs to Amsterdam after Brexit. The state-controlled bank’s...

5 Ways HR Professionals Can Use Technology to Improve Workplace Productivity

Effective use of technology is critical to the success of any business. Whether in production, sales or administration, technology helps businesses to run more smoothly. It also enables employees to leverage their time and ability, to make more informed decisions,...

Accenture Creates 1,700 New Jobs in A Hiring Spree as a “Vote of Confidence” in UK

A UK hiring spree by US consulting giant Accenture has been hailed by Chancellor Philip Hammond as a “vote of confidence” in Britain’s economy. Accenture, the consultancy arm spun off from collapsed accountancy behemoth Arthur Andersen, said it has made 1,700 new hires over...