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19/05/2014
Workers in open plan offices are taking 70% more sick leave than home workers new research suggests. http://www.hrgrapevine.com/markets/hr/article/2014-05-14-open-plan-offices-bad-for-health?utm_source=Sign-Up.to&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=7962-318485-HRM+-+14%2F05%2F2014#.U3nPdijbTyU
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12/05/2014
Steady Progression in Global Employee Engagement Levels Over the last couple of days there has been various articles on the rising employee engagement levels globally. Global employee engagement levels increased to 61% in 2013, up from 60% in 2012 and 58% in 2011, according to research by Aon Hewitt. Aon Hewitt’s 2014 Trends in Global…
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06/05/2014
Professional employees, such as lawyers, engineers and nurses, have the lowest engagement globally, with an engagement level of 54%, according to research from Aon Hewitt. The annual study which takes the views of seven million employees across more than 6,000 companies in 155 countries, found that engagement levels for professional employees in 2013 dropped by…
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28/04/2014
There’s nothing soft about soft skills: six ways to foster emotional intelligence With the pace of change intensifying all the time, leaders with emotional intelligence are better equipped to manage it. http://www.personneltoday.com/hr/theres-nothing-soft-about-soft-skills/
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22/04/2014
In the five centuries since the resume was invented, it is unlikely that any have been written to showcase a person’s weaknesses. But crafting a dark side resume can be very illuminating. Just don’t show it to anyone else! http://www.management-issues.com/opinion/6895/the-dark-side-resume/
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14/04/2014
Women are less likely to apply for vacancies that use “male” sounding words like “determined” and “assertive”, a study has found. Researchers from the German University Technische Universit_t Mônchen (TUM) showed 260 participants employment ads for management positions. If the postings used words commonly associated with men, like “assertive”, “independent”, “aggressive” and “analytical,” the women…
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07/04/2014
The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2014 list has been released, revealing the organisations that have best demonstrated that gender equality is a key part of their business strategy. Barclays, Diageo, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Royal Mail all made the list, published in partnership with Opportunity Now, the workplace gender campaign from Business in the…
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31/03/2014
James Caan – It’s everybody’s worst nightmare when they are asked the question: Why is there a gap on your CV? I have spoken to many people who are going for interviews and absolutely dread being asked about periods of time when they weren’t in work. However people may have a gap on their CV…
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24/03/2014
Employers rely on instinct over structure when hiring, research finds People who make hiring decisions tend to rely on gut instinct, poaching and increasingly unstructured interviews as opposed to more scientific methods, according to research released today by Monster. In conjunction with researchers at University College London (UCL), the recruitment company surveyed more than 300…
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17/03/2014
Employers fail to account for a male tendency to exaggerate their own abilities when selecting people for a job, according to scientists. The study also suggests that people underestimate the mathematical skills of women and overlook them for numerical tasks even when they are equal or better than male candidates. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/article4029317.ece?dm_i=1TQL,29WRD,B8Z6O7,88V61,1
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