We have completed another CV workshop with our talented community this week and I’m glad we did. When we conduct our initial search for the right candidate for the job, we have to dive into the talent pool at our disposal searching through CV’s for “the one”. An article featured in the Telegraph earlier this […]
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Our expanding talent pool of untapped professionals proves there is still a long way to go in diversity, talent retention, and modern cost effective working patterns in many organisations. The myth that flexible working patterns or agile working is detrimental and costly to business needs to be smashed. I recently met with an extremely willing, […]
At a recent Ten2Two launch event, Alita Benson, Director of People at Easyjet, talked to the audience about her experiences as a professional, a mother and an HR Director: “Good evening everyone. I’m really happy to be here tonight supporting this pioneering initiative. I use that word purposefully – pioneering. Because, while I’m sure that most […]
As Cosmopolitan Magazine put it “Basically, working from home can be GREAT – for businesses, for employees, for everybody.” We tweeted some interesting research that highlighted increased productivity as people worked longer hours when they avoided the commute along with less sickness days. Here are some simple tips you can use for effective working from […]
A survey conducted by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has found that 83% of potential future parents would consider taking Shared Parental Leave (SPL). Interestingly the survey also found that 75% of existing fathers would have taken SPL if it had been available to them. SPL allows parents to split 50 weeks of […]
The other day I had coffee with flexible professional Amy Kilpin, the Tring-based (and sometimes Lanzarote-based) Triathlete. Amy recently re-launched her career as a freelance marketing consultant. This means she can give her more time and flexibility to concentrate on her progress towards becoming a world-class triathlete. Two years ago Amy was working full-time as […]
Working? Changes that will extend the right to request flexible working have been scheduled after the Children and Families Act was passed in Parliament in March. These changes are due to come into force from 30 June 2014. This will mean that the right to request flexible working will be extended to cover all employees […]