Human Resources

According to studies, the modern British worker wants a flexible working arrangement, but just 6% of job adverts actively promote it. Other research has found that six out of ten workers believe they can achieve more when working at home.  This isn’t surprising considering that the traditional ‘9 to 5’ working environment has been in operation for decades and offers security for both the business and employees. Knowing precisely when employees will arrive and depart from work each day creates a significant degree of certainty, thus reducing friction and enabling projects to be planned within consistent timeframes. While it may…

Communication is changing HR. Think about how you’ve communicated with your colleagues and friends over the last few days. The chances are, it’ll have been a mixture of text messaging, social media interactions, email and face-to-face contact (although, arguably, the latter is becoming rather rare, with reports suggesting that smartphone addiction is on the rise). The mobile revolution has clearly taken hold and with it has brought about an entirely new expectation about the ability to communicate within the workplace. The methods by which we reach out to one another are now vastly different from what we were used to…