As another year draws to a close, it's a great time to start thinking about how your business will secure the best talent in 2018. This can be a challenging task, particularly in competitive industries where skilled and experienced employees are difficult to come by. Fortunately, there are a few key ways that businesses can give themselves the v…

Do you know what it takes to assemble an effective, well-rounded team of workers that will help achieve the goals of your construction business? While most employers recognise the need for the right skills and qualifications, there is one ingredient that can easily slip under the radar - diversity. Organisations that embrace a range of genders, …

There are many factors that can influence the success of a project, including resources, deadlines, and unforeseen issues. However, arguably the most important factor is the person running it - a good project manager can help deal with the challenges that inevitably come to pass, providing the best chance for the project to meet its key goals, d…

Like a rainbow is made from light refracting through millions of fleeting droplets, so a company’s culture is made by shining light through millions of fleeting actions, utterances, decisions and stories.  These millions of tiny elements, individually inconsequential, together form something that is visible, tangible and overarching. 

For employer…

Anticipating and responding to change is a big part of forging a career in any line of work, so it's important for employers and job seekers in the construction industry to keep abreast of how the sector might evolve in the future. How will new projects shape industry development in the next few years, and what shifts in infrastructure recruitme…

Successful companies rely on the input and experiences of the widest possible range of people. It's why diversity is such a driving force for modern businesses - not only is being as inclusive as possible the right thing to do, it's better for the business. The more people contributing to a business, the better they communicate with their client…

In part 1 of this series we talked about the danger of over selling.  But what if you don’t sell at all? 

Employees are attracted to organisations that match their own values. And so an effective employer brand will showcase your organisation’s values.  That way you’ll find applicants who’s values match your own and who, hopefully, will go on to b…

You've heard it time and time again - technology is ruining our social skills, stopping us from building real life relationships and transforming us into nothing more than screen-poking Neanderthals. Yet despite the ever-present paranoia surrounding tools such as social media and video calling, we beg to differ. In fact, video interviewing can h…

The thing with employer branding is that the more effective it becomes, often the less effective it becomes. 

“Huh!?”  You exclaim.

Well let me explain.  Employer branding is all about making your internal culture external.  There are many new channels open to employer branding and many of these channels were once the exclusive domain of marketin…