Anticipating the Future
Some forward-thinking companies use strategic workforce planning to identify and prepare for future workforce needs.
Red tape stops small firms hiring workers
Additional employment laws are deterring businesses from taking on staff. The weight and complexity of employment legislation is stopping small businesses from creating new jobs, according to new research.
Size of salary not the key to recruiting graduates
Tomorrow’s high-fliers put work-life balance before big pay cheques. Graduates looking for their first job are more interested in work-life balance, company image and career prospects than the initial salary that an employer offers, according to two new surveys.
Energy and Enthusiasm Can Help You Earn Offers
A story in my local newspaper last year quoted the provost of a local college responding to why a dean left after only 14 months with this statement: “Paul took charge of issues well, but was low-key. We wanted a more public leader at this time.”
Learn How to Manage Job-Search Stress
Thirty years ago, I was fired with enthusiasm. Looking back, I know that if I’d stayed in that mismatched job, I’d have lived my life less fully and not grown in ways that serve me now. This is easy for me to say now, but at the time I felt angry, victimized and embarrassed. For