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The HR industry is an exciting and fast-paced sector with lots of varied opportunities for talented individuals. For an industry that is dedicated to helping individuals furthering their careers there is often little advice for the HR professionals themselves...
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Heather Collier has been appointed director of the National Council for Work Experience (NCWE) following the retirement this month of Liz Rhodes, MBE, who became the Council’s first director in 2002. Heather joined NCWE as a manager in 2005 from Pendle...
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Take control. Self-assessment of work/life balance is useful because you're leading by example and demonstrating to other employees how you can embark on a journey of striking a balance between work and personal life. Despite the fact that effective...
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Is the employee of the future going to be a young, be-suited man or woman sitting at a desk from nine to five? Could it be that future workspaces will be made up of meeting space, and the concept of having your own desk at work no longer existing? The...
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Personal hygiene has been cited as a key problem among job hunters with 47% of recruiters questioned in a recent survey saying that they had received feedback from employers on this. The survey, carried out by industry body, the Recruitment and Employment...
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Sometimes we have to reprioritise things that are under our direct control, which is relatively simple compared to re-prioritising things that involve other decision makers. Lindy Cozens, managing director, The Coach House A trick is always to de-personalise...
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The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has urged employers to allow their staff to take 29 February as a day’s paid annual leave which they use to reduce their personal carbon footprint, highlighting the benefits to the environment and staff morale. Green Leap...
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The number of relationships at work seems to be eclipsed only by the number of surveys telling us how many relationships at work there really are. Avid readers of employment law and human resources journals will know that over 55% of those surveyed by...
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It seems that UK workers have fallen out of love with appraisals – with many of them regarding annual appraisals as a waste of time, research from Investors in People suggested in December 2007. Gareth Chick, director, Spring Partnerships According to...
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Valentine's Day is approaching so will love blossom in your office? It seems that when it comes to office romance, UK workers are a secretive lot. According to Reed, a poll of over 2000 workers found that 54% of respondents admit to secretly fancying...
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Alcohol consumption for a lot of business people is a natural part of the social inter-business interaction: business lunches/dinners/networking functions etc. Many people suffer from difficult, even a little dysfunctional relationships within work and...
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There's a simple test for the New Year job blues. Fast forward to Sunday night when a working week awaits you. Do you go to bed depressed, or looking forward to the excitement of the week ahead? What really motivates you to set your alarm clock for...
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Are the British workforce lazy or is it the case that the British are over-worked, under paid, taxed at every corner, debt pouring from every orifice, stress at home, stress at work, all in the name of existential survival? Is it the case that the use...
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If like me, you're committed to your work and strive to be successful but equally enjoy life away from the office then you need to strike the right balance between work and life commitments. Lindy Cozens, executive coach/managing director, Coach House...
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Clean up your wardrobe: We see a lot on TV about dressing and looking the part and making ourselves look younger and professional. This is all very well but often it can look and be superficial if we lose track of what we really want to project about...
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