It can feel a little odd to even write this title. It’s a bit like asking, “Why should engineers have decent equipment?” If you have to ask the question, the answer is often already included.
The short version is simple: if you don’t offer commission, you will struggle to attract strong sales talent, and if you do hire someone, they are unlikely to perform at the level you want.
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Growing a small company or start-up relies on building effective teams, Andrea Pybus, HR Director from Team Consulting, shares her insight and expertise on what makes the perfect team.
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With over 500 million users, a $12 billion valuation and an amazing working environment, Dropbox are one of the original poster boys of the tech industry. However, to land a job at Dropbox can be a difficult task for the unprepared, as these quirky interview questions show.
When Albert Einstein wasn’t working on his theory of relativity he took regular work like everyone else, check out these time sheets from 1943/1944 when, during World War II, Albert Einstein worked as a part-time government employee developing underwater weapons for the U.S. Navy. Read More
Remember the clerk at the local video store, or the person who used to develop your holiday snaps? A quick look back at bygone careers.Read More
When you’re running a company, your staff are your biggest asset. By hiring the right people, you can ensure you have the skills, innovation and creativity you need to grow your business. However, you’ll need to make sure you can attract the best candidates if you want to achieve commercial success.
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A term first coined in the 1970s, Onboarding is the process of welcoming a new employee into the ranks. More than just a desk full of corporate gumpf, onboarding takes many different forms and is often seen as a good reflection of company culture.
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When should you resort to an Ex-Factor-style bake off to interview for one of the most important roles in your start-up? The answer is when the person you’re hiring definitely won’t have any experience, and the only requirement is that they must have a deep love for flavour! Read More
A job description (job specification) is an essential part of the hiring process, defining that initial brief brings clarity, focus and structured pathway for finding the talent that’s right for your business. Knowing how to write a job description is a mandatory recruitment task.
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We had a nice chat with Craig Hall this week, as the Operations Director at Glass Digital, he owns the company culture, positivity to inclusivity and everything in-between across all aspects of the business. Here are his top suggestions for making your hiring process more inclusive.
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Before the invention of AutoCAD, Drafters used to do all of their plans by hand. Huge warehouses housed massive tables adorned with measuring tools and drawing devices. Then came 1982 and the launch of AutoCAD.
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Found in the archives, these two recruitment videos from Microsoft’s talent attraction vaults are absolute gold. Possibly the most bizarre and least effective HR tools we’ve ever seen, Microsoft had these videos commissioned to stop the exodus of brilliant talent flocking in droves to seemingly more cooler companies.Read More
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