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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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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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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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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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 retain your top
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Today, most businesses are beginning to acknowledge that finding the right candidate isn’t just about ensuring they have a specific set of skills and qualifications. Assessing cultural fit is also a crucial part of the process – identifying whether that person is going to assimilate well into the business and the team. If you’re not
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The benefits that you offer employees today can have a key influence in many ways, from how your brand is perceived to whether staff choose to stay loyal. It’s essential to be competitive when it comes to the benefits you provide and there are 10 thoughtful benefits for employees, in particular, that employees today
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Delegation can be a difficult skill to manage. However, without being able to delegate it’s almost impossible to become an effective manager. 85% of managers say that they would like to delegate more but don’t for a number of different reasons. This can range from being uncomfortable telling others what to do to wanting
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