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If you’re under 30 and college educated, there’s a good chance you’re paying off student loan debt (a 49% chance, to be exact). And while earning more money is one obvious way to pay your loans off faster, the opportunity to increase your salary only comes around every so often—so you may be looking for […] More
Number 10’s special adviser Dominic Cummings was in the news recently for declaring he wanted to hire an unusual set of people with different skills and backgrounds to work with the Civil Service. It was not a conventional job advertisement in terms of the language used and didn’t promote flexible working or healthy work-life balance. […] More
Recruiters have a whole arsenal of advice for the candidates in their care. But a lot of this advice tends to be negative: don’t say this, don’t shake hands like that. As with most feedback, when critiquing a candidate’s mock-interview it is easier to address what went wrong than to cook up positive new ideas […] More
Regardless of which resolutions you made this year, chances are maintaining a better work-life balance will make it easier to stick with them. Keeping up a gym routine, making more dinners at home, or being more engaged with your family, for example, all become many times more feasible if you’re not stuck in the office […] More
It is undeniable that Brexit marks the biggest geopolitical shakeup for generations. It is a topic that dominated public attention last year, with the news agenda eagle-eyed on parliament’s struggle to deliver a unanimously satisfactory exit deal. Similarly, when it came to the end of the year election campaign, the majority of the debate centered […] More
Telecommuting and distributed offices have become increasingly popular in recent years, particularly with the rise of digital productivity tools which teams can use to collaborate just as they would in-person. While the majority of employees still work from an office, the share of people who work from home in the U.S. has been steadily increasing […] More
In a world of increasing opportunity, economic mobility, and openness, companies are learning (many of them the hard way) that inclusivity and diversity are not only good for employees—but also for business. As organizations push to create environments where diverse sets of employees feel comfortable and supported, other employees—often referred to as ‘allies’—will play a […] More
Everyone markets their app as “easy to use”, but we all know that only a small portion of apps are truly intuitive. What really separates easy to use apps from the rest? In my experience, it’s the products that exemplify HID – Human Interface Design. HID is the essence of what makes the “design” of software […] More
