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Right Support at the Right Time: Empowering your Future Talent During the Hiring Journey

A few weeks ago I hosted a panel webinar with three experts in the early careers space. Olwen Watson, Global Emerging Talent Selection Operations Lead at HSBC, Grace Clayton, Head of Volume and Early Talent Assessment at Cappfinity and Dr Iwi Ugiagbe-Green, Faculty Head of Award and Progression Gaps at Manchester Metropolitan University, joined me …

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The Boomerang Employee: Why Offboarding Has Become As Important As Onboarding

Where the economy is concerned, it seems that the post-Covid rollercoaster is set to continue for some time. We know the UK is in recession, but predictions on how long it will last—and how severe it will be—fluctuate from week to week. In 2022, The Conference Board predicted that the UK economy would shrink by …

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International Women’s Day 2023

Embracing Equity and Promoting Positive Change Every year on 8th March, we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). This year’s theme is #EmbraceEquity, which is about celebrating a world where difference and value is embraced. The history of International Women’s Day dates back to 1908, when 15,000 women marched through New York City, demanding better working conditions, voting rights, …

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If you don’t hire apprentices, what does that mean for your social mobility agenda?

The value of recruiting apprentices and embedding them into your business For so many years, apprenticeships have struggled to throw off their ‘less than’ image, but it’s beginning to feel as though that misconception is firmly on the move. The impact of the Baker Clause on careers education between school years 8 and 13 should start to …

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The early careers landscape has changed: how to engage and support candidates in 2023

2023 will be the first year in a few where we’ll be seeing in the new year without the threat of Covid – and its restrictions and lockdowns – looming over us. That’s not to say we’re entering less challenging times; you could reasonably argue that 2023 is already set to be more difficult than …

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Creating an engaging journey from offer to start

The Five Principles of Good Onboarding Sarah Brown and her team at Meet & Engage manage the strategy and delivery of automated onboarding journeys for clients using Timeline for Onboarding The idea of formally welcoming a new joiner into the business apparently stems from the rather severe sounding concept of ‘organisational socialisation’ that was conceived …

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Why the hiring journey can be the perfect place to create employer brand advocacy

Reminding yourself that your candidates are digital-savvy consumers in all other aspects of their lives, can be a super-useful lens through which to evaluate your hiring journey and the experience it delivers to your potential hires. As can the data showing how candidates are behaving and performing during the journey. For example, what stage are …

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