Building a strong team can make your business more resilient and is the key to improving productivity and nurturing innovation. However, it also takes time and resources and the wrong decisions can lead to a repeat of the process further down the line. Working with a recruitment agency like 2i Recruit has a lot of…
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The initial process of recruitment requires two essential documents: a CV and a cover letter. Many applicants often feel put off when it comes to providing a cover letter and would prefer to send off the bare bones of an application without one. However, the reality today is that employers receive hundreds of applications for
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COVID-19 has turned the world upside down in many ways but perhaps nowhere more so than the workplace. Never before have we seen such widespread office closures and mass working from home. Many businesses have been through a process of complete lockdown with teams separated for weeks on end. Whether your staff are starting to
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COVID-19 has changed the way that we work in the UK – potentially for the long term. With around 30% of the UK, workforce thought to have been furloughed as a result of the imposition of the lockdown the learning curve has been steep in terms of firms looking for ways to survive this incredibly
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Working from home can be a big shift for staff. While you may already have had some employees who were working flexibly the huge changes that COVID-19 have brought into working practices now mean that your entire workforce could be functioning this way. Given this is new and uncertain ground for both employees and
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“Furloughed” isn’t a term that many of us had heard prior to March 2020 – and many small business owners seemed initially to struggle to understand what it meant for their enterprise. Now, however, it’s a term we’re all too familiar with as almost half of businesses have, or will (according to the British
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COVID-19 has presented many challenges and probably key among them is how to effectively manage the impact it has on mental health and wellbeing. Whether you are isolating at home, suffering from symptoms, working within the health service or taking care of others everyone is being affected in different ways. From worries about our own
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COVID-19 has had a seismic impact on all of our everyday lives. Currently, many of us are living and working in isolation, whether as a result of showing symptoms of the virus or in response to government instructions to stay at home. If you’re used to spending your days in a lively office, seeing
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Even if your business doesn’t have unlimited resources for recruitment it’s still possible to stay competitive and ensure that you retain the best people. Many employees today are much more concerned about their day-to-day experience of working life than huge salaries or a glamorous range of benefits. If you want to attract and retain your
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A dress code is an important guide for any business to provide for its staff. It not only sets the standards that you want employees to meet when it comes to what they wear but can also convey the business’ expectations with respect to appearance. There are several key considerations on how your dress
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