Ask any staffing agency in the year 2021, “What’s the one, simple factor I should be focusing on when it comes to my talent attraction and retention strategy?” You’ll likely get a similar, if not the same answer: employee engagement. So, we’ve put together the ultimate guide to employee engagement to help businesses of all […]
Staff turnover – also often referred to as employee attrition – is a key metric that any business or HR leader should be familiar with. Improving it is an ongoing challenge which HR teams around the world grapple with constantly. Staff turnover effectively comes down to one key metric: the length of time the average […]
Here in the recruitment world, we hear the words “unconscious bias” a lot – but what measures are you taking as an employer to avoid it slipping into your recruitment process? Have you educated yourself on how to avoid unconscious bias yet? Because unconscious bias is exactly that – something we’re totally unaware of happening […]
Yes, there’s a big difference. Leadership isn’t to be taken lightly. When hiring an important individual who’s going to look after other important individuals of your workforce, you need to first understand the difference between a manager and supervisor – and then, which one of those two it is that your business needs. First, let’s […]
While many places around the world are opening up, loosening restrictions, and slowly putting the pandemic behind them, its effects will be felt around the world for years to come, possibly decades. It has meant adapting and facing many new, unprecedented hurdles, for business and job seeker alike. Unemployment levels have gone up; job vacancies […]
Since Covid first came about, there’s been a spotlight shining on the manufacturing industry. Businesses have had to change, adapt, scale and pivot to thrive throughout the pandemic, ensuring that the products the world needed (and continues to need) made it to shelves across the globe, with more demand than ever in many cases. No […]
It’s never an easy conversation, resigning. Whichever end of it you’re on, it’s often an uncomfortable situation and can be difficult to approach. In any case, your employer may need to act as a reference one day, so it’s important to part ways professionally and on good terms. Knowing how to resign from your job […]
What is burnout? We hear the word all the time. It can mean something different to everyone – everyone deals with stress differently, after all. But, largely defined, burnout is a state of exhaustion brought on by excessive and/or prolonged stress. It can be mental, physical, emotional; it’s often something your staff takes home with […]
Succession planning is something that all industries need to do but in manufacturing, where the loss of the wrong individual (your top engineer or security manager, for instance) can quite literally bring business to a halt, it couldn’t be more crucial. It doesn’t just mean having the right person waiting in the wings to take […]
What’s your work style? We all have one. Do you take a more measured approach, laying out all of your tools and resources ahead of time and ensuring all your ducks are in a row before beginning a task? Do you get stuck in and problem solve along the way? Are you calm and calculated […]