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Hidden CV Red Flags And Green Lights When it comes to making hiring decisions, recruiters will undoubtedly put a lot of emphasis on the importance of a strong CV. There’s a good reason for this, the CV is the first way to gauge whether a candidate is suitable for a job. Get the CV wrong […]
Sick leave in the UK – What your obligations are as an employer Employers in the United Kingdom have certain obligations when it comes to sick leave for employees. These obligations are outlined in UK employment law, and failure to comply with them can result in legal action being taken against you. First and foremost, […]
The Role of Strategic Communication Pros Strategic Communications is concerned with the formulation of messages and other forms of communication within an organization. Human Resources (HR) on the other hand, is responsible for recruiting and hiring, processing payroll, maintaining employee records, updating policies, and improving employee relationships. The communications and HR departments have two separate […]
How can business owners make a clean office a top priority? All too often, maintaining a clean office is seen as something that’s undeniably nice, but not quite a necessity compared to all the other pressing business issues. As a result, a clean office can fall off of that priority list, becoming overlooked especially when […]
Hybride Work and The Power of Emotional Intelligence Bizarre behaviors I’m guilty of it. Leaving my jacket on the back of my chair in the office and keeping my computer screen on to make it look like I was still around the building somewhere, working hard around the clock to get my tasks done. When […]
When it comes to professions in the healthcare sector, nursing is by far one of the most popular ones. At present, there are over four million registered nurses in the United States. Among them, almost 85% are employed in nursing while the others are working in various other fields, some even outside of healthcare. Between […]
I recently had two illuminating conversations about quiet quitting, the workplace term dedicated to rejecting hustle culture that’s taking the work world by storm. Conversation number one was with a Gen X’er, like me. Paraphrasing, she said, “What’s with these people? When I was growing up, I knew I had to put on my big […]
In HR and in Life, Self-Reflection is a Critical Soft Skill Despite the concepts and exercise of self-awareness and self-reflection predating HR by several centuries (if not millennia), I’m increasingly convinced few skills are more important to modern-day HR. The smartest people around have been telling people some version of “know thyself” for centuries – […]
What HR Tasks Could You Outsource to a Virtual Assistant? As your business grows, you will find more tasks that need your attention. At the same time, you may not have the budget to get an internal team to handle all the HR tasks. This is where a virtual assistant comes in. Most virtual assistants […]
Whether it is Adobe’s Disaster and Epidemic Time Off Policy providing employees up to 20 days off a year to care for family members who are ill with COVID or Google’s newly expanded parental leave that gives 18 weeks of leave to all parents. There’s little doubt that the technology industry understands the importance of […]