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FMB Survey reveals encouraging post-Brexit signs for SME house builders

A survey from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has shown the majority of house builders have not been affected in the wake of the EU Referendum.  The survey, which asked more than 100 SME house builders in England about their situation since the country voted to leave the EU in June, resulted in almost 69% saying their decisions have yet to…
Published: 07/09/2016

Health and Safety Fails: the 'seriously unsafe' safety mask

Do you remember when you were a kid? Back when you would use your child-like creativity to pretend a toilet roll was a rocket ship, or a washing line was a zip wire for your Action Man? Well this week's tool appears to have reimagined the humble plastic bucket as a stand-in safety mask.  It takes no Einstein to work out why this is a no-no when it…
Published: 07/09/2016

6 Reasons Employers Should Allow Smartphones in the Workplace

Of all the topics in the modern workplace, the use of smartphones and other personal communication devices has to be one of the most divisive.  Mobile phones have got into almost every aspect of our lives nowadays, but many old school employers have a knee-jerk reaction against their use at work. Let's have a look at just some of the reasons that…
Published: 06/09/2016

Instaprofit: How to Use Snapchat and Instagram for Business

As two of the fastest growing social networks in the world, Snapchat and Instagram present businesses with a unique and exciting marketing opportunity. While the current commercial uptake remains slow, the momentum is building and it won't be long before your business starts to look at ways to use these platforms effectively. But why wait until then?  This…
Published: 05/09/2016

Automation Nation Part 1: Why Your Job Isn't Safe

James Cameron's vision of the future in his 1984 classic, The Terminator, portrayed a rather harrowing world where a bed of skulls lay beneath the tread of cyborgs. Lasers lit up the polluted skies, playgrounds were vaporised, and humans were brown bread. That year was 2029. Here we are in 2016 (some 13 years shy) and already the machines are taking…
Published: 18/08/2016

Business Recruitment Plans 2016: Survey Results

The results are in from our big survey of 2016! We asked a wide range of companies about their recruitment plans for the year, hoping to give some scope on how trends, strategies and methods are changing with every year that goes by. To give us a better idea of the context of our responses, let's take a look at the company location, size and sectors…
Published: 18/08/2016

Don't Get Duped: How to Spot a Bad Employer

    Did you always get warned to avoid bad company when you were a kid? Well the same thing goes now you're all grown up and going to job interviews, champ. We've already taught you how to spot poor management, and now we're going to show you how to give second-rate companies a wide berth like a boss. Hop to it. We'd refer to the job interview…
Published: 09/08/2016

Recruitment in Construction: Bridging the Skills Gap

The latest CBI/Pearson Education Skills Survey has shown that many construction employers believe finding employees for high and intermediate-skilled jobs is going to be difficult in the next few years. We look at how employers can respond to this and the important part recruitment agencies can play in this process.  A new survey from the Confederation…
Published: 08/08/2016

Free Gamification Hacks for Productivity and Employability

Ever feel like you'd enjoy your job a lot more if you could only be more productive? Surely there must be an easier way to get through your work? Well luckily, there is. Please allow us to present to you the gamification hacks that will change your life. Let's build You 2.0 ... What is gamification and how can it help me? Gamification is the process…
Published: 01/08/2016

Five ways that SMEs can benefit from work experience placements

  Do you remember your first work experience? Whether you spent it washing tortoises (my friends were very jealous) or you became the office's very own barista, these placements provided exactly what they said on the tin - experience of work. Have you ever stopped to think about how work experience can benefit the employer though?  Just because…
Published: 01/08/2016