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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Top Tips: How to job hunt during a pandemic

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Patrick Tame, CEO, Beringer Tame Job hunting can be an incredibly intimidating task at the best of times, but having witnessed an unprecedented pandemic this year and with increased competition for roles due to growing unemployment, itโ€™s even more daunting than ever before. But itโ€™s not impossible and there are steps that individuals can take […]

Employers ‘should be encouraging workers to take annual leave’ to support mental wellbeing

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With the August Bank holiday coming up and because many people have delayed their holidays due to the pandemic, employers are being urged to remind workers about the importance of taking annual leave for their mental wellbeing. Recently the NHS Confederationย highlighted that doctors are seeing a rise in people reporting severe mental health difficulties, following […]

Top Tips: Remote working lessons learned from COVID-19

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Most employers around the world have now adapted to the new way of working. In terms of hiring, many who are fortunate to be in a position to onboard candidates are doing it like so many other processes โ€“ remotely. According to TrueProfile.io, with remote working likely to be in place for the foreseeable future, […]

40% of businesses sacked staff due to breach of security during Covid

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39 per cent of UK business decision makers have admitted to dismissing staff members due to a breach of company cyber security policy since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak. That’s according to research from Centrify,ย whichย surveyed 200 UK business decision makers, revealing that almost two-thirds (65 per cent) of companies have made substantial changes to […]

43% of UK business owners ‘not confident’ in making redundancies in line with the law

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43% of UK business owners are not confident they could make redundancies in line with the law, according to a survey carried out by BrightHR. With a third of UK organisations expected to cut jobs in the next quarter of 2020, according to the latest Labour Market Outlook, the firm says its results are a […]

What gets you hot under the collar? Top 20 stresses revealed

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A job interview is the scenario most likely to leave Brits feeling hot under the collar โ€“ ahead of being the centre of attention, something not going to plan and doing a presentation. The study of 2,000 UK adults revealed meeting the in-laws for the first time, the first day of a job and taking […]