Dealing with anxiety

Dealing with anxiety following recent events

There’s been a continued barrage of bad news recently, not just bad but horrific. The number of tragic events we’ve faced in the UK recently feels unprecedented. For most of us, we’ve watched these tragic events from a distance, seeing the impact on innocent people following the terror attacks in London and Manchester and most

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construction industry news: Crossrail

Construction news: First Crossrail train enters service

As Crossrail approaches the final stages of completion, we can only praise the contribution this has made to the construction industry and to the economy as a whole for the UK. Personally, I’ve loved watching the documentaries about the project and I’m fascinated by what’s involved and how it’s transforming London. As I look after

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Job Market Report: South - May 2017

Job Market Report: South – May 2017

The latest report is here! We know how popular these summaries are, so see below for the latest findings from IHS Markit on the UK job market in May. IHS Markit offers the most up-to-date monthly picture of recruitment, employment, staff availability and employee earnings trends available in the UK. South registers quickest increase in

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The Ageing Workforce: one in three will be over 50

The Ageing Workforce: one in three will be over 50

As we approach Thursday’s election, there is one topic that has been on the agenda and a little controversial to say the least and that is the issue of the ageing population. In election terms this has been largely in relation to the NHS and rising costs and what is now the ‘dementia tax’. But

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Bournemouth Business News

Dovetail Business Round-up: June 17

Making sure you don’t miss the important Business News in Dorset, Hampshire and beyond, here is Dovetail’s Business Round-Up of the latest HR & Business headlines. General News: Foodies rejoice as No. 34 opens in Bournemouth New Bournemouth restaurant No.34 officially opened its doors to the public, offering Dorset foodies a taste of elegant Michelin-star cooking. No.34

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Workplace Etiquette

Technology – Don’t forget your manners in the workplace!

Sadly, career experts have reported that there is an increasing pattern of co-workers not bothering with the basics of etiquette in the workplace. Unbelievably, many of us are forgetting to greet each other in the workplace, and aren’t bothering to say hello or Good Morning! Is it technology we have to thank for another negative

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Brain teasers

Brain Teasers – How does yours work?

For a bit of fun – we’ve got two brain teasers for you …take the tests to get some insight into how your brain works! Let’s face it – do we have any idea what goes on in there?:0) Brain Teaser 1  – The Brain test Find out which side of your brain is dominant

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Dovetail summarise the key points from the latest report on the job market in the outh

Report: Job Market in the South

The Report on Jobs is a monthly publication produced by IHS Markit.  Offering the most up-to-date monthly picture of recruitment, employment, staff availability and employee earnings trends available in the UK. We’ve summarised the latest findings from the report for you below. Commenting on the latest survey results, REC Chief Executive Kevin Green says: “Demand

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management skills

Top Tips: How to be a better manager

We all want to be the best we can in and out of work! To be a good manager you need to get some of the basics right, and getting the balance right can be tricky! The need to be authoritative and gain respect; but also be easy to approach and human! Top Tips: Improve

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Managing Stress

Top Tips: Managing stress in the Workplace

“Recent research has found that in many organisations a manager’s mood dictates the workplace climate – with favouritism and trust issues also blighting UK offices. The study, by the Institute of Leadership & Management, found that 50% of leaders allow their mood to impact employees’ work. 40% regularly showed favouritism in the workplace, whilst a fifth of

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Dovetail news – on the up!

Dovetail news – on the up!

I’m pleased to say business continues to go well at Dovetail, we’ve had a super year growing by over 150% and taking on new clients all the time. Our newest clients we’re working with include a local construction company based in Hampshire, and a local travel company based in Ringwood. Tracking down the Talent The

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construction business news

Dovetail’s Business Round Up: May 17

Making sure you don’t miss the important news in Construction Business News in Dorset and Hampshire and beyond, here is Dovetail’s Business Round-Up of latest HR, Business & construction headlines. General News: Nearly half of businesses have no cyber-security policy Almost half of businesses who took part in a survey had no policies on data

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Oops she did it again, Diane Abbott’s Public Speaking Gaffe

Don’t do a Diane, do your interview prep!

We all had a chuckle yesterday, and today, and I probably will tomorrow! :0) when we saw Diane Abbott stumbling around her figures when being interviewed by LBC yesterday….in case you haven’t seen it watch it now! She gave us the perfect demonstration of two things: Being unprepared for an interview – highlighting again the importance

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