A study, conducted by UK charity Relate has confirmed what we have long known: most British workers see their colleagues more than they do their own family. The...
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University Tuition Plan Improves Starbucks’ Reputation in the US
A recent addition to the perks that Starbucks offers its US workers has, according to the company, led to increased sales, higher staff retention rates and a record...
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The Benefits of Job Hopping
Flitting from job to job, also known as job hopping, is traditionally said to be damaging for one’s CV and career opportunities. It suggests a number of possible...
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Twitter Diversity Row
At the end of December, Twitter introduced its new Vice-President of Diversity and Inclusion to the world. Jeffrey Siminoff, who replaced Janet Van Huysse, found himself right at...
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Toxic Workers
Harvard Business School has produced a paper arguing that avoiding ‘bad’ workers can be more advantageous for companies than hiring ‘good’ ones. By conducting research across 11 firms...
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Name-Blind Recruitment
The Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex has conducted a study exposing discrimination in British recruitment patterns. British ethnic minority graduates are 5%...
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Open salaries
The Guardian recently wrote an article about the increase in the number of small businesses that are practicing open salary policies. Rather than pay being kept a secret...
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Attracting the right job candidates
Each January that rolls around sees an exceptional number of workers searching for new jobs. Whether they are individuals wanting to escape insufferable managers, incompetent colleagues or unchallenging...
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EU court decides private messages at work can be read by employers
A European court has ruled it legal and reasonable that employers have access to the private communications of employees during work hours. The ruling was made in a...
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The UK’s highest paying executive graduate roles
The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers has published its annual list of the highest paying graduate jobs of 2015. All of the companies train fresh, budding graduates and...
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