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The UK cities with the most female leaders

"Recent studies reveal a 150% surge in UK female leadership roles, with London leading at 32,854 positions. Manchester, Birmingham, and Bristol rank prominently in the top 10 cities. The real estate sector has witnessed a 147% growth in female leadership since 2018-2019. The rise signals a promising future for aspiring female leaders across the UK

Contributor: Laura Gomez - IQ Students | Published: 18 September 2023

Why quality of digital experience is so significant

Recruitment processes have become ever more rigorous in recent years, as companies leverage a raft of new, intelligence-led and often digital processes to improve selection and entice talented individuals to the business. But how are companies adapting to the digital dependence of knowledge workers to transform the key moments throughout an employee’s lifecycle?

Contributor: Dave Page, Founder & Chief Strategy Officer - Actual Experience | Published: 21 August 2023

Half of leaders don’t know how to use their HR team effectively

Our research highlights a significant disconnect between the C-suite executives and HR teams. While HR teams more than proved their value in navigating businesses through crisis periods during the Covid-19 pandemic, in the long term the function is underestimated, underappreciated, and underutilised at too many organisations – preventing HR teams from fulfilling their strategic potential within the business.

Contributor: Pete Cooper, Director of People Partners & Analytics - Personio | Published: 5 August 2023

One third of working days lost to ‘performative’ work

New research from Slack finds that a focus on performative work, rather than impact, is holding back UK businesses; leading to them falling behind the likes of Germany, France, India and Singapore when it comes to adopting, and gaining, the efficiency benefits of technological advances in AI and automation.

Contributor: Chris Mills, Head of Customer Success - Slack | Published: 19 July 2023

Global circumstances have affected 57% of businesses’ reinvestment plans

BusinessComparison surveyed over 500 business leaders and senior decision-makers to investigate the percentage of profits and excess funds that are reinvested – to find out whether this has been affected and how businesses secure funds for investment.

Contributor: Philip Brennan, Founder and MD - BusinessComparison | Published: 20 June 2023

Old tech is hindering UK bounce-back from the pandemic

Despite rapid adoption of hybrid working, three years since the UK Government’s ‘stay at home’ mandate 18% of organisations are held back by limited digital skills or resistance to new tech.

Contributor: Jo Bertram, Managing Director, Business and Wholesale - Virgin Media O2 | Published: 3 April 2023

Attractive compensation remains key to hiring and retaining top talent

According to the research by global talent services company, Morgan McKinley for its 2023 Salary Guide, 53% of employees across Australia, Canada, Hong Kong SAR, Ireland, Japan, Mainland China, Singapore and the UK are looking to move jobs in the first half of the year, with 45% citing ‘higher salary’ as their main reason, followed by ‘better career growth and development opportunities’ (16%).

Contributor: Seb O’Connell, Group Chief Executive Officer - McKinley | Published: 15 March 2023

The ultimate guide to navigating virtual career fairs

The rise of remote work has also spawned the virtual career fair. Learn how to navigate two types of virtual career fairs as an applicant or an employer.

Contributor: Emma Davis - Resume Giants | Published: 23 November 2022

Under utilized digital cost nearly $100 Million Last Year

67% of enterprises are under ‘incredible pressure’ to accelerate digital transformation, but 60% say change management programs are ‘no longer fit for purpose’

Contributor: Ofir Bloch, Vice President of Strategic Positioning - WalkMe | Published: 26 August 2022