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Think beyond the obvious when building a network. “Everybody you know is your network. Everyone—from former colleagues, to suppliers, relatives and friends, to your dentist and people in community or leisure activities. Ask yourself, ‘who do I know?’ That’s your network.”

It’s important for candidates to regain their sense of power and value in their own abilities, and feel they have an equal seat at the table with prospective employers in deciding their fate. Acceptance is that stage in the grieving process when you’ve made peace with what is and are ready to move forward.

HR Heroes is a 3 day event to give something back to HR professionals. With a different theme each day, each session will give something back to you that will support either your professional or personal life

A new job is cause for celebration - but what if you’re still in that job three years on and you haven’t learnt any new skills? Interim contracts can help you learn, grow and avoid dead-ends.

The challenge going forward, as some workers choose to return to the pre-pandemic ways of things and others find they’d rather not, is how to ensure that resentments don’t build between your in-office and remote or hybrid workers.

Very few athletes in either professional or top-level amateur sport earn enough money to set them up for the remainder of their post sporting lives. That requires sports organizations – governing bodies, national committees, leagues, and individual clubs – to look at formal transition support to help athletes find a career after sports.

Serena Williams’ story and business interests are proof that all athletes need to plan for life after sports. This proves true for those who have and those who do not have access to the financial resources that Serena has amassed. And that’s what makes Serena’s story so poignant for other athletes: she was not only a role model while competing, but is also a symbol for how important planning life is after competition.
Speaking on this crucial moment of her career, Williams said that she was not retiring, but “evolving” into a new stage in her life. And that while she will “miss that version of the girl who played tennis,” she is ready for a different life.

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.

Navigating the unclear waters of the pandemic’s aftermath is one of the biggest challenges business leaders face in the coming year. As our previous article explored, there will be a reconceptualisation of the office as a physical space. Furthermore, across nearly every industry, leaders will need to learn from the lessons of this large-scale remote-working experiment and creatively conceive new working practices for the next decade.

Experience tells us that overpaying for talent, and making rash hiring decisions, will ultimately come back to haunt you. In a highly competitive global talent market like this, how are companies supposed to compete without breaking the bank?

Employers are spending more time than ever before doing web searches to vet prospective hires and even existing employees and, for the most part, they are finding that everyone has more or less the same online presence. If there was only some way to distinguish yourself from the online throng.

Create, build and utilise your personal and professional network to support your job hunting activities