One of the most common reasons people give for leaving their jobs, according to our exit interview data, is that employees feel their career aspirations have fallen off line with their employers. Whatever your people may say to you, the most common reason people are...
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How Can Career Coaching Boost Employee Engagement?
The Current Jobs Market and Impact on Employee Engagement It’s no secret that the UK jobs market has become increasingly unstable in recent months. With higher employer costs, an unstable economy, redundancies and hiring freezes, the morale and productivity of...
Are Redundancy Headlines Impacting Employee Confidence?
Are redundancy headlines impacting employee confidence? In the immediate aftermath of the COVID pandemic, redundancy rates in the UK dropped to the lowest levels since records began. At the same time UK vacancy levels soared – peaking at 1.3 million open job...
Coping with Redundancy: What I’ve Learned
With 32% of UK businesses in 2025 planning to reduce headcount either through redundancies or by recruiting fewer staff, the number of people coping with redundancy and the need for redundancy support has never been more pressing. (CIPD, Labour Market Outlook) We...
Leadership Lessons from Redundancy: HR Insights
My story is not unique—between May and July of 2024 alone, approximately 82,000 people faced redundancy (ONS). However, the troubling trend doesn’t end there... As we enter 2025, the UK is experiencing the largest wave of redundancies in a decade (excluding the...
Are Christmas parties worth the expense?
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...
Tips for handling the redundancy process
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...
Scattergun applications are on the rise!
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...