How to lead a virtual team that thrives
We’ve become accustomed to everything virtual. Socially, we’ve celebrated virtual birthdays, weddings, and happy hours. Professionally, we’ve worked as part of a virtual team, held or attended remote interviews, and met new colleagues through a screen.
How Can Employers Ensure A Safe Return To Work?
COVID-19 has put the global economy under huge pressure and has dramatically changed working life as it was previously known for most professionals around the world. Whether it has been adapting to working from home, holding/attending interviews using video conferencing tools, or keeping remotely based employees engaged and productive, we’ve all had to adjust our daily routines without much warning. But now, many businesses are thinking about how they can safely return to work.
Improve your cybersecurity hiring
Let’s talk about cybersecurity. You probably know what it is by now; it’s had plenty of media coverage in recent years with many big companies, such as Equifax, Yahoo and Adobe, falling foul to breaches and attacks from ever-present hackers. But in case you’re still unsure, cybersecurity - as defined by Digital Guardian - is “the body of technologies, processes, and practices designed to protect networks, devices, programs, and data from attack, damage, or unauthorised access.”
Why You Should Improve Your Business Soft Skills
You’ve got the right skills and/or qualifications that enabled you to get your job in the first place. Depending on what your profession is, you will undoubtedly want to undertake additional qualifications and courses which will give you a greater level of technical skills and improve your future career prospects. But these can be a serious commitment; they are often both costly and time consuming.
Attracting and Retaining Talent: Top Reasons why…
We all know how important hiring the right talent is to your business - employing talented professionals is consistently a prominent leadership challenge. How to attract, retain and develop the best talent is also the challenge that most organisations feel least equipped to deal with.
The ins and outs of a successful cybersecurity career
The cybersecurity landscape continues to develop at a rapid rate. Those who have set out on a cybersecurity career can expect to be in high demand for the near future.
Stand out and succeed: Leadership tips for Risk…
As part of our ongoing commitment to our specialist communities, we interview accomplished leaders on a monthly basis to bring you insights on their career progression and advice that will help you progress your career further.
3 Trends Defining The Future Of Recruiting
Never before have so many industries concurrently implemented hiring freezes, truly displaying the historic magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst you automatically expect it for those industries so directly impacted, like Hospitality, Travel & Transportation, Retail and Media & Entertainment, strict hiring freezes have also been seen across Accounting, Marketing & Advertising, Manufacturing and Financial Services, as well as many more.
3 New Recruitment Strategies Every Business Should Use
The hiring world was already changing, but now the transformation is clearer to see. New recruitment strategies - such as the rise of skills-based hiring - have been accelerated by the recent different ways of working.
4 Ways To Shorten Your Recruitment Time
The easiest way to lose out on top talent is a drawn out recruitment process that extends far longer than needed, and more importantly far longer than the market average. If your recruitment process takes longer than 40 days, you are on par with some of the longest hiring process worldwide.
Stand out and succeed: Leadership tips for Technology…
As part of our ongoing commitment to our specialist communities, we interview accomplished leaders on a monthly basis to bring you insights on their career progression and advice that will help you progress your career further.
Optimise Your New Employee Onboarding Process (With…
You’ve held interviews with eligible candidates and extended an offer to the lucky one (or few, depending on your hiring needs). They duly accept. You now have a new member of staff who’s technically skilled and a great cultural fit for your team - but how do you effectively and efficiently onboard that new employee so they settle in quickly?