Due to the pandemic more employees are working from home, they feel burnout and have had more time to think and assess their lives. Subsequently many employees have decided that they need a better work life balance and this has now led to workers disengaging from their jobs. Let’s find out more about the phenomenon…
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Companies have had to compete for the best talent in 2022 as it has been very much a candidates’ market. In some cases, they have offered permanent flexible working and have had to think carefully about how to retain talent, as the Great Resignation has continued. What will happen next year? Looking forward, here are
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It can be a busy time of year for management and HR, but it’s also a perfect time to celebrate your staff. Letting them know how valued they are in December can increase employee loyalty and help prevent staff from looking for a new role in the new year; the most popular time of the
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Above all else employees want a workplace free of distractions, according to a study by economic consultants at Oxford Economics. The study found that office acoustics were last on designers’ considerations when developing office spaces. With the increase of open plan designs, which have their benefits, office noise has reached endemic proportions. Let’s find out
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The cost-of-living crisis and the rise of inflation in the UK have pressured employers to think about increasing wages, but a new survey by HR software company Ciphr found that a work-life balance is more important to over 1,000 employees surveyed. Job security and job satisfaction followed closely behind a total rewards package. Now discover
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Workers with neurological conditions such as autism (ASD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyspraxia and dyslexia often have heightened abilities in memory, maths and visual understanding. Yet they often struggle to make it through traditional interviews. Business leaders are now beginning to see neurodiversity as a competitive advantage in the workforce for particular roles. What
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If you’re a manager or security leader, you probably assume that the majority of your employees are following cybersecurity practices within your organisation. However, new research by Tessian found that 25% of employees say they just don’t care enough about cybersecurity to mention a security incident. (Only 39% of employees reported that they were very
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The pandemic, along with the trend for wellbeing and mental health, have been the catalyst for many workers to reassess their lives, including their careers. The Great Resignation has seen a greater number of employees quitting their jobs to pursue careers that are more fulfilling. Having a job solely for it’s high wage isn’t as
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The ‘Great Resignation’ is the term used to describe the trend of employees quitting their jobs due to new goals brought about by the pandemic. We previously wrote about this trend in our ‘Work Trends for 2022’ blog. Now we can report that the Great Resignation is increasing, not slowing down. According to the latest
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Hiring new employees consumes resources, so preventing them from leaving in the early days remains an important priority. On top of wasting resources that you have spent, if you lose a new hire you have to start again in the hiring process, which can really hold an organisation back. You also don’t want sought-after new
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