Have you experienced a disaster during your career? Handled a situation that has really tested your professional mettle? “It’s natural to focus on career successes when tailoring a CV or in an interview situation, but employers are always on the look-out for staff who possess crisis management skills, particularly if they’ve been put to the…
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Research has shown that a lack of respect is having a specific and damaging effect on our working lives. A survey of more than 1,000 UK workers found that common courtesies, such as saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you” and punctuality are being abandoned. For the communication professionals amongst us, the findings are even more telling….
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A recent survey of over 300 financial services staff has found that ‘excellent communication’ was the most important skill in career progression, with 34% ranking it as the number one factor which distinguishes high flyers from the also-rans. Other qualities which set stars apart from the competition included ‘attention to detail’ and ‘leadership’. Interestingly, 41%…
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A government plan to diversify the civil service is failing – just weeks after it was launched. Although the government launched a ‘ten-point plan’ aimed at boosting the number of black and ethnic minorities in the civil service last November, and announced it would link the annual bonuses of top civil servants to how well…
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An inquiry by the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found a ‘shocking disparity’ in earnings in some of the UK’s leading finance companies. According to statistics gleaned from 50 companies employing more than a fifth of the sector’s workforce, the inquiry found that women receive 80% less in performance related pay than male colleagues…
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