by Verity Morish | Jun 27, 2018 | Careers Advice
The sun is shining and for once it seems that Mother Nature is listening to the calendar and we’re getting a bit of a summer (fingers crossed I’ve not jinxed it now). The sun works wonders, puts a spring in your step, a smile on your face… That is until you’re sat at...
by Verity Morish | Dec 15, 2017 | Employment Advice, world of work
Today is our annual Christmas get together, where we’ll all don our Christmas jumpers, have a turkey dinner and no doubt enjoy a few glasses of wine. But it got me thinking, apart from some free food and drink for employees. What are the benefits of a Christmas...
by Verity Morish | Nov 9, 2017 | Employment Advice, Outplacement
As an employer taking the decision to make redundancies whether a few or many is a tough, and one no business leader ever wants to make. While we’ve been out of the last recession for a few years and have seen good growth within the UK economy, redundancies are still...
by Verity Morish | Sep 12, 2017 | Careers Advice
Discussing money is always a delicate matter. As the recent gender pay gap revelations at the BBC shows, salaries can vary a great deal between two very similar roles. This variance is prevalent across all sectors and professions. To keep the salary for new positions...
by Verity Morish | Sep 4, 2017 | Careers Advice
It is nice to be wanted. And career-wise nothing sends a stronger message than a job offer. Getting an offer is to be celebrated. There may have been hundreds of applicants and you’re the one who has been chosen. It tells you your CV was pretty impressive and your...
by Verity Morish | Aug 24, 2017 | Outplacement
The terms career transition and outplacement are often used in an interchangeable manner. While we call ourselves outplacement specialists some of our competitors refer to themselves as providing career transition services, others simply use both. But what is the...
by Verity Morish | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog, Technology
Last summer after 10 years at my previous company I decided for various reasons that it was time for a change, a daily commute of over an hour each way, leaving the house at 6:30am and returning home, via picking children up from childcare, at around 6pm was a big...
by Verity Morish | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, Careers Advice, Employment Advice, world of work
There are a lot of positives about the use of technology when job hunting. It’s so easy, you can apply for a job at the click of a button from the comfort of home. You can upload your CV and away you go! However, if you’re one of the many who need to sign up for...
by Verity Morish | Apr 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Over the past three years many organisations have been faced with the challenge of how to move people across organisations – frequently as the result of re-organisation and redundancy programmes. This is the reality of redeployment. At its simplest it means moving...
by Verity Morish | Nov 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Earlier this year the CIPD asked me to be part of a panel at an event on pre-employment screening. Both at that event, and many times since, the hot topic of conversation has been the role of social media, if any, in screening applicants for jobs. However I think this...
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