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Key HR Policies For a Fair, Inclusive Workplace

Do your HR policies meet new regulations? With the upcoming workplace fairness legislation, it's essential to review your HR policies and ensure that your company complies – not only for compliance's sake but also to promote a fair and inclusive workplace. Here's a basic checklist of essential HR policies you should have in place for each stage of the employee life cycle.

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Practical Tips to Cultivate an Inclusive Workplace

With Workplace Fairness Legislation on the horizon, prioritising inclusivity in the workplace is paramount, not just to meet legal requirements, but for the tangible benefits it brings to organisations. From top-level commitment to rethinking hiring processes, discover actionable steps to nurture an environment where every voice is heard and valued.

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Internal Mobility: A Win-Win Strategy

As the new year approaches, organisations are poised for an anticipated hiring surge. This signals a renewed focus on internal mobility and the importance of tapping into existing talent for new roles. This article explores the benefits and key elements of crafting a successful internal mobility strategy, highlighting its win-win impact for both companies and employees.

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Build Your Personal Brand to Boost Your Career

In a crowded job market where online background checks are the norm, a strong personal brand becomes the ultimate differentiator for job seekers. To stand out, focus on uncovering your unique value proposition, growing your online presence, showcasing your expertise, networking strategically, and being authentic.

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Why Cover Letters Still Matter

In today's digital job market, the relevance of cover letters sparks debate. However, a well-written cover letter remains a powerful tool for job seekers, allowing them to demonstrate genuine interest, personalize their story, and showcase essential soft skills. Discover valuable tips and a practical template to help you create compelling cover letters.

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The Essential Guide to Crafting a Winning Resume

For job seekers, a well-crafted resume is your ticket to unlocking incredible career opportunities. It plays a pivotal role in creating a powerful first impression on potential employers and greatly influences your chances of securing an interview. Learn the secrets of a standout CV, from the dos and don'ts to a must-have checklist.

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10 Essentials in Performance Coaching you need to know

Performance coaching is crucial for talent development and business success. This article shares ten essential tips on how to reap its benefits and enable both leaders and employees to achieve their goals. Organisations that invest in coaching can foster a continuous learning culture, and this will drive adaptability and growth.

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Rethinking Leadership Styles: Why Old Patterns Don't Work Anymore

The evolution of hybrid work patterns, the need to digitalise, and the growing importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion are significant forces driving the rethinking of leadership styles.

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5 Essential Tips to Making Performance Appraisal a Breeze

Here is a quick guide to using the Appreciative Inquiry 5-D cycle when doing performance appraisals. The 5 steps help steer dialogue to identify employees' strengths and successes to elevate their potential.

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Going Agile in HR: Sustaining an Agile DNA

Being an Agile organisation is more than following a framework. You also need to adopt an Agile mindset. We explain five essential actions you can take to cultivate and sustain an Agile DNA in your organisation.

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Must-Know Guide to Virtual Group Interviews

Little time to interview a group of potential candidates for a position that needs to be filled urgently? Then consider doing group interviews virtually. We share step-by-step how to prepare a productive and efficient online group interview, as well as key tips that significantly improved our experience.

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Going Agile in HR: Competency Management

To gain an edge within our own fields, it is essential to pick up the application of competency management within organisations. However, are we all doing it right? We are pleased to share this article with you on how we could adopt the approach of competency management the agile way.

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Balancing your Remote Worker's Physical & Mental Wellbeing

With the Covid-19 situation and the prevalence of remote working arrangements, employees who work from home are at risk of being 'disconnected', even with video conferencing technology and collaboration/communication tools. Unexpectedly, many have told us that they are spending more time working when they work from home.

Here are 3 things we can do today!

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2 Ways Managers Can Conduct Better Performance Reviews

We understand that praise has its benefits in motivating people.  However, when done badly they can become a stress or for the people who receive it, choking them up on current tasks and also affecting them down the line. A lot of the time, what many consider praise is really more of  a comparison, stacking people against each other.

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