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How Emotionally Intelligent People Handle Toxic People
Toxic people defy logic. Some are blissfully unaware of the negative impact that they have on those around them, and others seem to derive satisfaction from creating chaos and pushing other people’s buttons. Either way, they create unnecessary complexity, strife, and worst of all stress. Studies have long shown that stress can have a lasting, […]
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Where Could a Career in HR Take You?
In the modern business environment, human resources departments are considered a vital part of any business. Tasked with managing employees, ensuring their welfare, attracting talent and assuring the business retains it; HR staff enjoy a diverse and challenging role with many opportunities to progress their career. If you’re considering a job in HR, you may […]
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Are you Wasting Time on Jobs You’ll Never Fill?
One of the major strengths of consistent, top billing recruiters is their ability to clearly identify and qualify their client’s “sense of urgency” about filling open jobs. By doing so, these recruiters can focus their time and energy on jobs that justify this level of attention. This focusing of resource allows them to close more […]
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Five Ways to Ask for a Payrise
Asking for a pay rise is one of the least comfortable things we could do. We’re far happier to mutter ‘I don’t get paid enough for this’ under our breath and silently fume because no one’s read our minds. This approach isn’t useful for you or your employer. You end up lacking motivation, your work […]
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Use These Words on Your CV
A great CV will help you to get lots of job interviews and job offers, whereas a bad CV will make it nearly impossible for you to land an interview at all. Here we look at 13 words that you should include on your CV, alongside an example for each. Anyone can have a great […]
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Top Tips for Writing a Winning Job Ad
Have you stopped to look at the sheer number of job ads being posted online? Our recruitment industry is experiencing a high point – which is fantastic for us as recruiters – but it does mean that competition is heating up. One way you can overcome the competition is by thinking strategically about your job […]
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9 Tips to Ensure You Run an Effective End of Year Performance Review
Where has 2016 gone? Carols are piping through shopping malls and train stations, people are already walking the streets wearing Santa hats or reindeer horns, and soon there won’t even be anything decent to watch on TV. Yes … it’s coming up to that time of the year again – end of year performance review […]
Posted in Human Resources
Are you Social Media Savvy?
A provocative title, perhaps, but not one designed to question whether you’re good at talking to complete strangers at a party. No, this blog is about getting you to ask yourself the question: Do I have a personal strategy for social media channels? Do you? It’s easy to say ‘yes’ and perhaps you are very […]
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5 Ways to Manage Stress in a Recruitment Environment
Recruitment is fast-paced, exciting and a real roller-coaster ride. You have to balance delivering tangible results with being a consultative expert on the jobs market. Finding people jobs, while managing multiple relationships can be a challenge. Here are five simple ways to manage stress at work – which hopefully will make you feel more productive […]
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8 Toxic Habits That Make Star Employees Quit – Avoid these habits (or these bosses) at all costs if you want to thrive.
Sometimes top talent will leave a company for a different position or greater incentives. However, if your business has a high employee turnover rate, maybe the issue isn’t just competing firms. Unfortunately, many bosses have some sneaky habits that drive top talent away. Having a high turnover rate isn’t just time a time consuming issue, […]
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