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6 Tips for Onboarding Remote Employees
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6 Tips for Onboarding Remote Employees

​Onboarding employees is the process of allowing new hires to get to know their team and learn about your company. This process is largely the same for remote employees with the exception that the new hire will be wor...

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Can the Kickstart Scheme Aid Economic Recovery?
Kickstart

Can the Kickstart Scheme Aid Economic Recovery?

​Back in July as part of his mini-budget speech, Chancellor Rishi Sunak promised the launch of a Kickstart Scheme that would help get 16-24-year-olds on Universal Credit, who had lost their jobs or opportunities due t...

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Best Practices to Develop a Great Employer Brand
Employer Branding

Best Practices to Develop a Great Employer Brand

​When it comes to recruitment it can be a competitive business, companies are going against one another to attract the most talented employees. Employees today are looking beyond the financial benefits a potential emp...

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The Challenges Facing Further Education Post COVID-19
Challenges Further Education Covid

The Challenges Facing Further Education Post COVID-19

​The COVID-19 pandemic has created numerous challenges for every sector of the economy, with many industries adapting drastically to succeed in the ‘new normal’.  One thing organisations and human beings around the wo...

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What's Next for FE in the New Academic Year?
Apprenticeships Further Education

What's Next for FE in the New Academic Year?

​With the new academic year just around the corner, teachers, support staff and students will be preparing to return college life after the Coronavirus lockdown.  During the pandemic, further education institutions qu...

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Could Apprenticeships Help Boost the Economy?
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Could Apprenticeships Help Boost the Economy?

​Apprenticeships improve the skills, wages and future career progression of the young adults that undertake them, but they also impact on the productivity of the companies that offer them. In fact, apprenticeships are...

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GCSE & A-Level Results: What Went Wrong?
Apprenticeships

GCSE & A-Level Results: What Went Wrong?

​Due to COVID-19 the young adults that were set to sit their GCSE and A-Level exams in 2020 were told earlier this year that sitting the exams would not be possible and instead their results would be based on teacher ...

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How Can Employer Branding Grow your Business?
Employer Branding

How Can Employer Branding Grow your Business?

Every organisation has a brand, from the colours and typography you use in your logo and on your website and other marketing materials to the tone of voice you use in your communications, but what is an Employer Brand...

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The Challenges and Best Practices of Staff Retention
Employee retention Staff Retention

The Challenges and Best Practices of Staff Retention

​The Challenges and Best Practices of Staff RetentionAttracting the right people with the right skills and experience to your organisation is a crucial part of the recruitment process, but equally if not more importan...

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Why an offboarding programme is essential post - COVID 19
Offboarding

Why an offboarding programme is essential post - COVID 19

​Why an offboarding programme is essential post-COVID 19They say that life can change in a minute and that couldn’t feel truer at the moment. Pre-COVID 19 we were all talking about skills shortages and a war on talent...

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Offboarding: Helping employees’ transition
Offboarding

Offboarding: Helping employees’ transition

​Offboarding: Helping employees’ transitionThe current economic climate is likely to lead to an increase in redundancies, especially as staff reach the end of their furlough and government support decreases. For many ...

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Social Mobility Commission report highlights 'disadvantage gaps' in apprenticeship system
Social mobility Apprenticeships

Social Mobility Commission report highlights 'disadvantage gaps' in apprenticeship system

​Social Mobility Commission report highlights ‘disadvantage gaps’ in apprenticeship systemApprenticeshipsare well documented as a means of boosting social mobility for those from a disadvantaged background and the lat...

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