There is little specific support for people with criminal records who are looking for employment. However, it’s important to know that you can still seek help from general services that are available to anybody who is looking for work. You will need to…
The meteoric rise of social media has created new opportunities and challenges in the workplace, affecting each and every department in different ways. The recruiting and HR departments are no exception, with businesses of all sizes increasingly looking to access candidates’ social media…
Employment and skills haven’t exactly been hot topics during this election campaign. Happily, they are squarely on the agenda of all the main parties. Most of the parties have made significant policy announcements in their manifestos about adult learning and are offering more…
See how you do with this handy checklist for interviews! Can you tick off all the items? If you can tick off all ten items you’ve got a great chance of acing your interview – good luck! 1. Time It is important to…
When you’re not looking for a job, it can be easy to ignore your LinkedIn profile. Sure, you add people you meet at networking events as contacts and accept requests as they come in, but everything else? Eh, you’ll get to it when…
Today we live in an age of radical transparency. In our interconnected world, we have almost instant access to a quantity of information that was unimaginable even a few years ago. This online revolution has changed both simple things—such as how we decide…
Driving change for disabled people, and to improve our life chances isn’t easy. It requires great skill, resilience, patience and impatience. That holds true whether we are a disabled employee network leader in a local NHS Hospital Trust, the director of a Centre…
In a tough jobs market, where scores of people chase vacancies, many people emphasise the importance of networking.But what are the benefits of networking? And what can you do if networking doesn’t come naturally? While it’s always important to talk to people and…
There has been a recent spike in the popularity of personality tests and for good reason. With new technology, you can learn quite a lot about yourself, even from just a 5-minute quiz. Modern personality tests can be powerfully accurate. They offer insights…
Schools across the UK were ordered to close ‘until further notice’ to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic across Great Britain and Northern Ireland. At the same time, organizations that have avoided being shuttered under the directive of British Prime Minister Boris…