On November 1st to November 7th it will be International Stress Awareness Week. The week was created in 2018 to raise awareness about how to prevent and how to reduce stress, and this year marks 23 years since the establishment of Stress Awareness Day in 1998. With a global pandemic, lockdowns, furlough, redundancy piled on
We’ve recently noticed an increase in the use of Telephone Interviews from some of our clients – so we thought we’d revisit our top tips on How to best present yourself – over the phone or on Skype. When you start your job search, you may find that the initial interview stage is conducted over
Long gone are the days of having a job for life! It used to be simple – graduate, get your first job, stay with a company for 10, 20, 30 years or more! Retire. Easy. Today’s world of work couldn’t be more of a contrast. If you haven’t already upped your game, it’s time to!
So, it’s 2018 and we’ve been gathering some of the latest thinking on what to expect for this year. Here are 5 key HR trends for 2018, summarised below and it looks like Technology is once again a big theme for the year. Passive candidates – Technology and the world of social media allows us
Uber – It’s been a controversial journey, to say the least. My thoughts are that banning them from operating in London is a little short-sighted… give them a deadline to get their ‘housekeeping’ into order, and let them continue. Didn’t we all herald the arrival of Uber back in 2012, when this amazing digital app
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
Making sure you don’t miss the important HR & Business news in Dorset and Hampshire and beyond – here is Dovetail’s Business Round-Up of latest headlines + local businesses featured ‘in the news’: General News Why you should treat your staff like customers!Dorset Chamber Chief talks to the Daily Echo about how employers’ say that
We’ve been awaiting the latest Tech Nation report and, finally it’s here! The Daily Echo give a great summary of it’s key findings for the Bournemouth & Poole area. Tech Nation 2017 Report: Bournemouth & Poole ” THE thriving tech industry in Bournemouth and Poole has a greater proportion of high-growth businesses than its counterparts
The phrase ‘information overload’ is bandied about a lot, and can easily be dismissed as trivial – but increasingly it is starting to take a toll on our mental and physical well- being, in and out of the workplace. Further to last week’s article on how to manage the overload of information, here are some
Do you choose email vs telephone call? I have recently read an article that I could not agree with more – the piece was written by James Caan, Entrepreneur and Recruiter. I have been working in recruitment for many years and I have seen how technology has changed the way we work. Technology has made
