Guest Blog, Helen van Eeden: Diversity – not what it used to be…
Diversity isn’t what it used to be. Nowadays we’re not just talking race, age or gender. When building a ‘diverse’ pool of employees, things like cultural background, past experience, personality type and working style need to be considered too. In this era of cultural interconnectivity, it’s no wonder that we’re now seeing a shift towards […]
Forum Insight: Customer engagement methods to maintain strong relationships…
Now more than ever, customer communication methods are becoming varied and diverse. Trade exhibitions, social media platforms, focus groups and surveys, personalised email campaigns – the list is endless. But which methods will prove to be the most effective for your business? Before investing too much time and effort into just one, think carefully about […]
Hotelopia: Providing customised solutions and a wide range of travel service discounts…
Hotelopia is an online travel agency specialising in the creation of customised websites for companies worldwide. It is part of the Hotelbeds Group, a privately owned global provider of travel services. Hotelopia White Label solutions enable companies, organisations and institutions to offer incentives as a benefit or reward to their employees or members, thereby adding […]
HR decision-makers spend almost a month on recruitment process…
HR directors in the UK spend an average of 27.59 days every year on hiring for open positions within their organisations, that’s according to new data from the recruitment specialists, Robert Half UK. Using the responses from 200 senior HR directors from a range of companies across the country, the consultancy has broken the recruitment […]
New NAS campaign to showcase untapped autistic talent…
In response to a recent survey of 2,000 autistic adults concluding that just 32 per cent are in some kind of paid work compared to 47 per cent of disabled people, the National Autistic Society (NAS) has launched a new campaign encouraging employers to recruit more autistic employees; as well as calling on the government […]
Diversity-driven apprenticeship scheme launched by news publisher…
ESI Media’s newspaper brands, London Evening Standard and the Independent, has joined forces to introduce a diversity-driven apprenticeship scheme for candidates to promote greater workplace variance in newsrooms. Eligible to candidates with five GCSEs at grades A-C – with a minimum of grade C in Maths and English – all apprentices will be paid the […]
Is the UK suffering from employee benefits inequality?
The Future of Work research study commissioned by Grass Roots Employee Solutions has revealed that employee benefits inequality exists within UK companies, estimating 35 per cent of employees not receiving any benefits or rewards from their employers, and male senior full-time workers claiming to get far more than their colleagues. Although 90 per cent of […]
