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CV Spotting: Speeding up Your Hiring Process

Recruiting isn’t easy and that’s especially true when considering the first part of the process: The CV. Most businesses receive such a huge influx of responses to their job advertisements that the[...]

The Importance of Staff Training

When you employ someone new there can often be the danger of expecting a little too much too soon. While someone may look great on paper and indeed be a highly skilled individual, by failing to put[...]

Improve Your Workplace Email Etiquette

With team messaging programs like Slack becoming more and more popular, it’s not surprising that people having been questioning whether email in the workplace can – or should - endure.

Procrastination: Be a Doer, Not a Delayer

They aren’t always mutually exclusive of course, but at some point, usually in adolescence, we discover that there is a chasm between those things we want to do and those things we must do. This[...]

3 Job Perks Even a Small Business Can Adopt

Whilst it is a much appreciated facility, a water cooler is no longer deemed a ‘perk’ of a job, rather it is an expectation. The modern era of business has seen companies come up with ever more[...]

Workplace Bullying Definition: How to Oust the Elephant in the Room

It may come as a shock to some but by definition, workplace bullying isn’t technically defined as unlawful. Whilst harassment at work is treated very seriously (see the Equality Act 2010) bullying[...]

3 Business Catastrophes That WILL Happen with Poor Phone Call Handling

Nike, Samsung, Coca Cola – do you think if they miss or screw up a phone call their business will take a hit? Of course not (unless it’s really serious, in which case they can afford PR wizards). But[...]

The Fine Art of Interviewing: 3 Things to Watch For

Being interviewed can be daunting but being the one conducting the interview can be just as challenging. Whilst a candidate is doing their best to impress, you’ve got to do your best to spot any[...]

How Do Full-Time Workers Effectively Kick-Start Their Startups?

You have a great idea. You think your startup would really catch on. You’re inspired. Unfortunately, you’re also working a full-time job that you can’t afford to quit. You’re not alone. Most[...]

5 Signs Your Fantastic Web Copy Has Gone Stale

Good copy is a vital part of your website’s ability to attract customers and rank well with Google, but even the most engaging copy needs to be refreshed once in a while if it’s to continue[...]