I’m starting my 30-day blogging challenge with a blog about the challenge, and how I’m feeling about it.
Cheat! I hear you say. Continue reading “Starting the 30-day blogging challenge – Day 1”
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Time to reflect
As you settle down to your commute/desk/home office this morning, I am having a day of reflection. Today marks the end of 4 months of running my own business.
I took the leap to work for myself for many reasons – Continue reading “Time to reflect”
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5 Top Tips for Effective Inductions
With the current skills shortages across many industries and high cost of recruitment it is imperative for a business’s talent management strategy to ensure they retain new starters within the business. All too often badly managed, or a complete lack of, induction processes leads to reduced productivity and high turnover within the first 12 months.
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How will the national living wage impact business?
What is the National Living Wage?
The national living wage comes in in April – £7.20 an hour for over 25’s – which is more than the national minimum wage. It is designed to improve low wages and reduce reliance on benefits and it is anticipated that 2.5 million workers will receive an increase due to the changes.
How will it impact my business? Continue reading “How will the national living wage impact business?”
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Can an Apprentice benefit your business?
The 14th to the 18th March 2016 is National Apprenticeship Week, celebrating the positive impact apprenticeships have on business and apprentices in the UK.
The key themes for 2016 are: “An apprenticeship can take you anywhere”, with a particular focus on higher skills to show how young people, entrepreneurs and businesses can “rise to the top” through traineeships and apprenticeships.
Do you have an apprentice in your organisation? Continue reading “Can an Apprentice benefit your business?”
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‘Put on a proper suit, do up your tie’
David Cameron found himself pulled into a childish game of who had the last laugh in parliament on Wednesday while debating the reforms to the NHS. A heckle from a Labour MP prompted the PM to say
“I know what my mother would say. I think she’d look across the dispatch box and she’d say: ‘Put on a proper suit, do up your tie”
But does wearing a suit and tie make you better at your job?
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Is your desk making you ill?
Today is a day for celebrating, I’m even considering buying my office (A.K.A me) cakes! I finally got a proper desk to work from! Continue reading “Is your desk making you ill?”
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New Year, New You? Change is Scary
So we’re several weeks into the new year now and following all the big exclamations of
‘New Year, New Me!’
statistics show that of the 68% of Brits who made New Years Resolutions, over a third will have quit by the end of January. Continue reading “New Year, New You? Change is Scary”
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