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How to deal with a difficult employee

Every office has them. Whether it's the short fuse, chronic procrastinator or rebel without a cause, all employers will eventually find themselves up against a difficult employee at one time or another. Despite recruitment agencies limiting the cost of a bad hire, the law of the vital few suggests that 80% of a manager's staff problems are most…

Published: 27/08/2014

Is social media helping or hurting employers?

As social media continues to redefine what we mean by 'social,' employers have long cottoned on to the potential benefits that the digital age could hold for them. While recruitment agencies may be working on plans to either reject or friend the Mark Zuckerberg revolution, businesses are reportedly flourishing with their new found ability to personally…

Published: 21/08/2014

5 signs it's time to leave your job

Nobody ever said that life would be one big party, but they also failed to mention how quickly aspiration and youthful exuberance could be traded in for stability, drudgery and a regular pay cheque. With the state pension age set to rise between now and 2020, the working population in the UK won't be able to enjoy retirement until their mid-sixties, with those…

Published: 19/08/2014

Top 100 employers recruiting graduates

With memories of Spaghetti Hoop dining and Jeremy Kyle marathons beginning to take their place in the wine cellar of the limbic system, students up and down the country are taking that jump into the icy cold water that is the real world. Barely half of all graduates will find themselves employed six months after returning their cap and gown, with the…

Published: 15/08/2014

How to stand out as a graduate

Once you've received your degree and ceremoniously tossed your cap up in the air, your life as a student comes screeching to a halt. Your next step is to put the past few years of hard work to good use and find a job. The unfortunate part about the graduate job hunt is that everyone with a degree similar to yours is now a rival, looking to take your…

Published: 12/08/2014

4 tips for dealing with an annoying work colleague

Just what is it about you? Whether you're waiting at the bar, sat on the train or in this case just trying to complete that last minute proposal, you always seem to attract the eccentric, obnoxious and clinically insane. Annoying colleagues can be a real test of resolve, especially when it seems that they're only job is to disrupt you in your job. Getting…

Published: 05/08/2014

5 tips for reducing eye strain at work

With the digital takeover ensuring that computers are less dispensable in the office than those who use them, eye strain is becoming a very real work related complaint. Fatigue, poor vision, and eye twitching have all become the calling cards of our increased exposure to blue light and are even the victim to the century's other favourite hobby of labelling…

Published: 30/07/2014

5 tips for coping with mental health problems at work

With 1 in 4 people suffering with mental health disorders every year in the UK, trying to cope with these conditions in the workplace is a very real problem. Around 70% of sufferers don't seek treatment and so within the confined walls of an office, daily stresses coupled with your anxiety or depression can mount up to an almost impossible struggle. Many…

Published: 28/07/2014

Tips for preventing back pain at work

While the common cold may be the undisputed champion in the work absence stakes, back pain isn't far behind with musculoskeletal conditions leading to 31 million working days being lost last year. It's hardly any wonder though when we consider that the number of Quasimodo-esque employees who are hunched over their keyboards is increasingly on the rise. Office…

Published: 23/07/2014

Don't let social media ruin your job prospects

As the physical world continues to slip into a digital slumber, social media offers a very personal and public insight into our lives. While its methods of communication have been lauded, our personal profiles are providing a much more astute depiction of ourselves than a CV ever could, and this has resulted in employers becoming much more tech savvy…

Published: 22/07/2014