Category: Managing Workers

We’ve written in the past about how you as an individual can work towards reducing their own stress levels, which is often the best course of action when the pressure gets a little too much, but we think the workplace should be more productive than it should ‘stressful’. Getting stressed is a natural bodily reaction […]

Apprenticeships are growing in popularity, as both an alternative to University for school/college leavers and as a way to kickstart a career in a new job market. Apprenticeships are perfectly suited for small businesses, and here’s why… Supported by the right training When you take on an apprentice, you’re training them in the workplace as […]

Part of running a business, big or small, is managing people. Ensuring they are satisfied in their work; happy, motivated and loyal can be a mammoth task at times, but it certainly isn’t impossible. Below, we’ve detailed some helpful tips, along with links to useful resources that will help you to keep your employees happy, […]

Interviews should never be a straight question and answer session. When interviewing potential candidates you’re looking at a whole range of aspects from their conversation, appearance and mannerisms. Here are 10 things that you, as an employer, need to see/hear from the candidate to help you decipher if they are perfect for your advertised role. […]

Work can be stressful sometimes but staying on top of it, and keeping your cool, is vital to your productivity and health. It isn’t a sugar-coated secret that work can be stressful. We all know it, and 92.4% of us admit to it. No matter how much you enjoy your job, you’re going to have deadlines, executive […]

Whether your excuse is that you’re still young at heart, grasping onto your old teenage self, that you’re unorganised, or that you’re a messy creative – a tidy desk will make your job so much easier. Unless it’s your job to make desks messy, in which case don’t let anybody stop you. Cluttered worktops and […]

Working from home is a growing trend. It’s something which would have been very hard to implement, and track, a few years ago and is now a seemingly obvious money saver for businesses, and SME’s alike. Are you a new startup, debating whether a swanky new office is a wise spend of your hard earned […]