National Conversation Week 2023: Time to talk mental health
Onebright's Dr Julia Lyons provides insights on how best to develop positive conversations around mental health in the workplace.
| Published: 26 May 2023
There’s more to coaching than essential operational skills
With a tight labour market and a challenging economic climate ahead of us, and firms eager to hold on to their top talent, coaching is a key areas that businesses can invest in to support their high performing employees.
| Published: 26 May 2023
REVERSE MENTORING – LOST IN TRANSLATION – PRINT – Issue 223 – May 2023 | Article of the Week
THE BIGGEST COGS IN THE MACHINE CANNOT TURN WITHOUT THE SMALLEST. THE PHRASE “SOFT SKILLS” IS RESIGNED TO THE BIN MARKED “DEROGATORY” - AND WORDS LIKE "ACCEPTANCE" AND "TOLERANCE" SUDDENLY BORDER ON VICTORIAN-GRADE POMPOSITY. SO, CAN REVERSE MENTORING PLAY AN IMPACTFUL ROLE IN THE CREATION OF THIS NEW ERA OF WORK AND RIGHT THE WRONGS FROM THE PAST, THAT WERE LARGELY CAUSED BY IGNORANCE AND AMBIVALENCE? AS WITH EVERYTHING, IT COMES WITH CAVEATS AND POTENTIAL PITFALLS. THE NOTION OF A SENIOR LEADER ON A SEVEN FIGURE SALARY, SPENDING THE MORNING WITH AN EMPLOYEE ON THE BASIC LIVING WAGE, HAS ALL THE POTENTIAL FOR CYNICISM.
| Published: 25 May 2023
Shining a new light on modern HR challenges
In tech alone, layoffs to date—170,000—have already outpaced 2022’s previous full-year record… This leaves the economy between a rock and a hard place. Recent estimates put the number of available jobs at roughly 2 for every 1 job seeker. However, many of the individuals finding themselves newly unemployed are not a match for the industries desperate for new workers.
| Published: 25 May 2023
Recruitment process broken? Here are 7 ways to fix it.
From exhausting applications to mismatched expectations, recruitment can often feel like a race to the bottom. It’s never been more important for employers to revisit their recruitment process and find ways to attract great talent. Step into the shoes of a jobseeker and you’ll have no shortage of ways to stand out.
| Published: 24 May 2023
AI and cybersecurity – the threats and the defensive strategies
In the escalating arms race of cybercrime, artificial intelligence (AI) is a double-edged sword, empowering both criminals and defenders. As AI enables increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, businesses are harnessing the power of AI for enhanced cybersecurity, employing machine learning and machine reasoning to spot fraudulent activities and potential threats. While AI holds the potential to revolutionize cybersecurity, it also necessitates continual vigilance, human common sense, and rigorous equality considerations to prevent and mitigate AI-enabled cybercrime.
| Published: 23 May 2023
What is an HR Management System?
An HR Management System streamlines the procedure of establishing performance objectives, carrying out performance assessments, and offering feedback to staff members. This can help managers pinpoint improvement areas and implement development plans.
| Published: 22 May 2023
How AI can help debias the hiring process
When it comes to finding and hiring the very best talent, small business owners don’t always have the luxury of a talent specialist or HR professional to guide the process. And when hiring is down to one person (you) it’s hard to know what to look for in a candidate, what questions to ask, and how to determine whether someone is a good fit for your team. And whilst having to deal with these challenges, entrepreneurs also have to make sure they don’t let their own bias creep in during the process. But how can founders make sure they’re keeping their views objective when we all have a level of unconscious bias? Of course, there are methods like blind CVs (where candidates omit personal information such as age, gender, and race information), as well as introducing skills challenges, but even these methods aren’t foolproof when it comes down to eliminating bias. AI could be the answer.
| Published: 22 May 2023
Revealed: Jobs market health in eye of cost-of-living crisis
People remain optimistic about their job prospects despite the economic turmoil facing the country.
| Published: 21 May 2023
What’s causing maternity leave return anxiety?
A new survey of young mums details all about returning to work after maternity leave, with expert tips on how to balance a full-time career with motherhood. 94% of new mums feel nervous about returning to work after maternity leave, and not spending enough time with the kids is the main reason why (67%).
| Published: 21 May 2023