Are you married? Are you planning to have kids? When did you start your career? Where are you from originally? Do you celebrate any specific religious holidays? During a job interview, all these questions are illegal.
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The Dos & Don’ts of the office Christmas party
The office Christmas party is the chance to let your hair down, have fun with the colleagues you see every day and celebrate what a great year you’ve had, but there are a few tips you should follow to stop you doing anything foolish with your colleagues.
What Maslow’s Hierarchy Won’t Tell You About Motivation
At some point in their careers, most leaders have either consciously — or, more likely, unwittingly — based (or justified) their approach to motivation on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
Ensuring managers cope with the influx of seasonal workers
To cope with the Christmas trading period, Amazon is hiring an additional 13,000 staff and Royal Mail is bringing in 19,000 temporary recruits. Aldi has also announced it will create a further 35,000 jobs over the course of the next eight years, signalling a £600 million expansion across the UK which will double the number of its employees.
6 marketing lessons you can learn from Santa Claus
One of the most effective ways of learning is to mimic the best. When it comes to encouraging us to buy – Santa Claus must be up there among the very best!
Show your customers some appreciation at Christmas
The Christmas season is just around the corner, and it’s a great time to strengthen an important area of your business: the relationships you have with your customers.
Continue to communicate when disaster strikes
Rafael Cortes, Communications Director for communication systems integrator, Foehn, explains how businesses can mitigate potential disasters with modern telephony.
What do women in business really think the challenges are?
More and more female entrepreneurs are identifying business opportunities in the global marketplace and taking advantage of them.
Jump-start Your Brain With These 6 Morning Habits
Exercising right after you wake up is a great idea. However, if that’s not your cup of tea, there are things that will wake up your brain that take a lot less exertion.
What to consider before making redundancies
Despite the recent improvement in the forecast for the UK economy, reports of redundancies are still appearing in the headlines as companies continue to struggle and restructure to cope with the demands of a changing marketplace.
Web hosting: From bugs to backups, what you need to know
When choosing the best web host for your business, Daniel Foster, co-founder and technical director of 34SP.com covers the most essential services and features everyone should look for in their provider.
The 7 key elements of a clear value proposition for networking
Many business owners, directors and sales people, use networking as a means of attracting business – but the results can sometimes be disappointing.
Get motivated at work
If you’re feeling less than inspired, you need to take matters into your own hands.
Self Assessment due? Don’t delay – file today!
As the deadline for filing Self Assessment tax returns online is still a couple of months away, you may think it’s strange to even start thinking about tackling it now. After all, how many advantages could there be for filing your tax return before you have to?
Top Tips for successful recruitment part two
There are a plethora of articles on the www. of how, why, when, what to do, and what not to do when interviewing.