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Mar 05, 2024
Reimagining Performance Reviews: Moving to Performance Coaching
Decades of concern about negative impacts of annual performance reviews has crystallized into a growing consensus among academics, HR executives and many business leaders: when they are done badly or the wrong methodology is used, they can do more harm than good.
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Feb 21, 2024
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Jan 09, 2024
Put Mentoring at the Heart of Career Development Programmes
Many organisations are simply not providing mentorship opportunities. A 2019 survey found that 76 percent of respondents identified mentoring as important or very important. However, only 37 percent had access to a mentor.
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Jan 09, 2024
Succession Planning: 6 ways to tell if your leadership is future-proof
Succession planning is the best way to future-proof your business. Assess how prepared your leadership is for the future with these six key questions.
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Dec 14, 2023
The Benefits of Working with a Recruiter
Discover the top benefits of working with recruiters in your job search, from accessing hidden job markets to boosting your application's visibility.
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Dec 14, 2023
AI and the disrupted career: how will AI affect career progression?
It has always been crucial for workers to have meaningful conversations with employers about their future – but never more so than in the age of the AI revolution. Is this new tech a spanner in the works or a golden opportunity to enhance career conversations?
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Dec 14, 2023
AI and the evolution of leadership
New generative artificial intelligence tools are going to change the way we work - transforming existing roles and creating new ones. Strong leadership is necessary to navigate this period and beyond.
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Dec 07, 2023
Creating a great CV
With hirers and recruiters spending less than 6 seconds on average looking at a CV, first impressions are key. Your CV not only needs to promote your achievements but also make you stand out from the other applicants.
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Dec 07, 2023
How Google Alerts Offer Critical Business Intelligence for Job Search
We share four examples of the valuable information that can be gleaned from Google alerts, and how it can be used to your advantage when conducting a job search.
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Dec 07, 2023
How to Emphasise Soft Skills in Your Personal Branding
Those who have strong soft skills are usually great listeners, persuaders, and collaborators. They make the workplace easier for others.
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Dec 07, 2023
Covid career progression
This is the logical place to start and does set the platform for the restof your career to develop. It’s a question to consider very carefully.Consider which area of law you have enjoyed the most and why? Where are youparticularly strong technically? How would you develop a career in thatparticular sector? Is your training contract set up in such that has a biastowards non-contentious or contentious work? Perhaps most importantly, whicharea could you talk through most knowledgeably and enthusiastically. Thereisn’t anything wrong with considering multiple areas but think abouthow this might dilute your applications.
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Dec 07, 2023
Considering a Different Job or New Career Path? Start by Identifying Your Transferable Skills
Here's what you need to do to identify and make the most of your transferable skills to allow you to apply your talents, abilities and experience in a new role and/or new field.