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Why now is the time to think about upskilling your employees

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 5th May 2022 - Upskilling staff has been shown to lead to greater productivity; improved staff morale; lower staff turnover; and less need for supervision.

Are you the communicator you think you are?

Jonathan Alley, Wednesday, 4th May 2022 - Everyone knows communication skills at work are vital: but why are they so important, and how should we think differently about them?

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Dr Ruwangi Fernando, founder and CEO of STEM Sisters

The woman changing the STEM gender game

Jonathan Alley, Wednesday, 27th April 2022 - Dr Ruwangi Fernando has a strong history advocating for diversity and inclusion in STEM. Her belief in giving back to community led her to establish STEM Sisters in 2018, to empower women of colour working in the STEM disciplines. She is this week’

Is being a perfectionist harming your career?

Maggie Coggan, Thursday, 21st April 2022 - According to the experts, it might be

AI in recruiting, good or bad for diversity?

Maggie Coggan, Thursday, 3rd March 2022 - New research has found there is potential for AI to make recruitment fairer, but that hiring professional and tech developers needed the skills and know-how to do it first

Have you been ghosted by a candidate? Here’s what you can do about it

Maggie Coggan, Thursday, 3rd February 2022 - We ask the experts how to stop excellent candidates from disappearing into thin air

Why taking a career side-step isn’t a step backwards

Maggie Coggan, Thursday, 3rd February 2022 - We dive into the negativity surrounding the idea of a career side-step and find out why it might not be such a bad thing