When an employee decides to leave their current job, it can be tempting for the employer to offer a counter offer to convince them to stay. While this may seem like a positive solution, accepting [...]
We’ve all heard of the term workplace stress and burnout, but how does it manifest itself? Well, if you’re lucky enough to not have experienced it before, then this is what you should look out [...]
These days, to succeed in a modern accounting office it’s not enough to be able to number crunch and understand complicated tax laws. No, there are a lot of other attributes and skills today’s [...]
A salary of around £44,000 pa, free tea or coffee during the day and a boss you can go for a pint with (or a glass of wine too, surely) – that’s what UK employees are looking for in their perfect [...]
Employers are missing out on hiring some of the best staff – because they are reluctant to offer flexible working arrangements for new roles. What this means is that potential employees aren’t [...]
Most of you will probably have heard of the term ‘competency- based interview’ by now. That’s because this is an incredibly common form of technique employers use to find out if you’re the right [...]
December is upon us and many businesses will be taking stock of a challenging year. Coronavirus has completely transformed the way we work – and HR and recruitment are no exception. Many [...]
Over the past few months, a lot of people have been on the lookout for a new job. While some people began their search well before the pandemic hit the headlines, others will have been made [...]
Over the last few months, millions of employees around the country have been furloughed and thousands made redundant. With the Government’s furlough scheme soon set to be scaled down, the jobs [...]
The outlook for 2020 looks brighter, with analysts reporting that business sentiment in the East of England jumped to a 20-month high in December. “We certainly support this regional trend and we [...]