Apprenticeship Levy improves disabled talent pipelines
A recent roundtable hosted by the Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI) has found that the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy offers employers a prime opportunity to improve disabled talent through the workforce. The event was attended by a diverse mix of representatives from private and public sector organisations including Amey plc, the Cabinet Office, the […]
Experts “Combatting Cake Culture”
Specialists are calling for changes to British work habits as fears of office ‘cake culture’ grow. While January is saturated with diets and detoxes, experts believe many won’t make lasting effects, and could give up before the month is up. “It’s easy to fall into bad habits when it comes to food in the workplace,” […]
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 […]
New ‘Leadership Network’ to support the female talent pipeline…
The leading provider of executive search and leadership consulting, Heidrick & Struggles, has announced the launch of ‘The Leadership Network’, a forum for female senior executives who aspire to achieve C-Suite status. More than 130 females from government, industry and the not-for-profit sector were in attendance the inaugural event held on October 12, where a […]
Guest Blog, Lee Biggins: How can HR teams handle nepotism in the workplace?
According to recent research conducted by CV-Library, professionals across the UK could be missing out on job opportunities due to nepotism in the workplace. This is an extremely worrying trend which could be preventing businesses from hiring the very best talent, an essential key to organisational productivity and growth. Whether it’s intentional or not, businesses […]
Investment in workplace culture can improve employee performance, EY claims…
New research from the multinational professional services firm, Ernst & Young (EY) has claimed that employers who decide to invest in improving workplace culture will indefinitely reap the benefits via employee performance. A total of 350 100 FTSE board members were represented in the survey and found that 86 per cent state that workplace culture is fundamental to their businesses and overall status; […]
