Turning up late, wearing the wrong attire and bumping a colleague’s vehicle in the car park are among the worst first impressions made by new employees. This is according to a poll of almost…
Owning a second property abroad, having penned a novel, and having been in a band are just some of the ludicrous tales told by Brits at dinner parties. A new study has revealed as…
Organisations must proactively encourage a culture of flexibility across the entire workforce. If they don’t, they risk negatively impacting employee engagement levels and the ability to attract and retain top talent, according to Alexander…
More than three fifths (63%) of UK employees would outsource work tasks to a robot if they could, according to research commissioned by ABBYY. The global provider of content intelligent solutions and services found that for…
Office workers are spending more than an entire working day every week on unnecessary meetings, according to new research from eShare. The average office worker spends 10 hours 42 minutes every week preparing for and…
Almost two in five businesses (39%) take just two weeks to discover that they have hired the wrong person, according to independent research commissioned by Robert Half. With almost one in four applicants lying on their CV, the…
Forty percent of working Brits routinely wake up in the middle of the night to check emails, according to a new study. New research looking into the stresses and strains of modern working life has…
New ways of working require leadership skills that are more important than experience, says Dr. Riitta Lumme-Tuomala, Head of Growth at Aalto University Executive Education. Organisations in rapidly expanding sectors are wrongly prioritising experience…
Whether it’s home-based workers or teams operating across disparate sites, many businesses are struggling to make the remote working vision a reality. Contrary to popular belief, Maintel’s flexible working study revealed the differing preferences between the…
A new survey brings to light the attitudes of employees across Europe, sparking concern for business leaders. It shows that 33% of UK workers have gone as far as looking for a new job…