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So you don’t have the best relationship with your boss. Actually, it’s painfully uncomfortable and you work harder at avoiding them than building the rapport. Tell me, have you taken a moment to consider that this is affecting your work...

Shift work has its perks, but it can have a very anti-social impact on your life. If you ask most people who work nights and weekends to explain the positives of their job role, they’re likely to first respond with...

It happens. Employee’s roles change with little to no warning. Sudden, unexpected, radical changes to your job role…what should you do? Clearly the first question that is going to cross your mind if suddenly in this position is; can they...

Job interviews can be highly unnerving, as you are all too aware. The downright rude interviewer is another matter altogether. Should you persist with the interview through to the end, or cut it short and walk out? One question that...

Ah, salary negotiation. Every recruiter’s and every job candidate’s most sought after conversation. Yeah, I’m being facetious. If you want to see a free flowing job interview suddenly become engulfed in tension, start talking dollars and cents. And if the...

Before you go to market with a new job role, do you consider the type of skills you require in a candidate or do you analyse the type of personality, attitude and behaviours you seek in your candidate of choice?...

It’s a great feeling, finding the perfect candidate to fill your role. You can see a great future for them at your company. A long term future. But if you get the onboarding process wrong, you will send your ideal...

Some businesses do not have an established Human Resources department. That’s where I come in. In terms of recruitment that is. I’m a missing piece in their puzzle. But who is managing all those other important HR matters? And what...

At what point do you stop climbing the corporate ladder? It’s an interesting question and one that yields much debate. We all have a pinnacle to reach in our professional careers, but at which rung on the ladder do we...

The office rumour mill is often a source of information steeped in fact. So when you learn that one of your employees is on the lookout for a new job, how do you manage their potential exit? One, or several...