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The Art of Feedback – webinar replay
<p>If you couldn’t join us live for our excellent webinar on Feedback, then drop us an email to request the YouTube playback link In this podcast-style conversational<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
Apr 26, 20211 min read
Finding talented candidates needs a spotlight, not a floodgate
<p>The HR recruitment market in East Anglia is tough right now. No, I’m serious. It really is. Despite news headlines of high unemployment, redundancies and restructures,<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
Apr 26, 20213 min read
More than half of UK firms plan to hire new staff
<p>Early this week, the BBC reported ‘that more than half of UK employers intend to recruit staff in the next three months. According to new research<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
Feb 25, 20212 min read
Make clear, objective talent management decisions to strengthen your future
<p>If you are recruiting, planning talent development, or assessing team strengths, it can be difficult to genuinely remove bias and look objectively at the strategic decisions<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
Feb 16, 20213 min read
Webinar Replay – How Coaching Can Work For You
<p>Watch our panel of coaches as they answer all the questions you wanted to know about working with a coach. Why people use a coach, how<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
Dec 7, 20201 min read
“Manage the energy, not just the work.”
<p>What would you ask an HR Director who had held the most senior people positions within high-profile organisations like Essex Fire & Rescue, Essex Ambulance Service<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
Oct 15, 20202 min read
The Power of Positive Outplacement
<p>The numbers involved when talking about the impact of coronavirus are so big, it’s a hard to comprehend sometimes. Infection rates, economic losses, the number of<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
Oct 1, 20203 min read
The 2020 Recruitment Trap
<p>There’s no doubt about it, navigating our way through these unprecedented times and being inundated with news and different media sources can easily lead to misunderstandings<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
Sep 17, 20202 min read
Essential viewing if you host Zoom meetings and webinars
<p>If you’re anything like us, you’ve probably spent more time on Zoom this year than you could have ever possibly predicted. And we’ve got quite good<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
Aug 3, 20201 min read
More than money: Five business benefits of charity partnerships
<p>During the five years I worked on the partnership between my last company and the wonderful charity they supported, we raised over £1,000,000. An astounding result<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
Jul 26, 20203 min read
Why learning together gives companies more than just knowledge
<p>In an era of personal development plans and skills frameworks, investment in individual learning has become far more fashionable. Perhaps because choosing one-off training keeps high<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
Jul 26, 20202 min read
Take my advice. I’m not using it…
<p>HR Consultant Jenny Dines shares her thoughts on balancing the human factors of HR – although it might be a case of do as I do<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
Jun 1, 20203 min read
OPQs – helping you win the ‘war for talent’
<p>It has often been said that employees are a company’s greatest asset – a competitive advantage. Even during this current crisis, more companies are paying attention<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
May 20, 20201 min read
Hello from the HR cheer squad
<p>I’ve had so many marketing emails in my inbox over the last few weeks from companies expressing concern for my health and reminding me that the<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
May 15, 20202 min read
Why HR needs to take the lead in this most human of business crises
<p>We’ve seen lots of business continuity plans over the years, working with HR Leaders to develop their employee support. But I don’t think we’ve ever seen<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
Apr 28, 20203 min read
Sowing the seeds of great HR careers
<p>There was a time when telling people I was a recruitment consultant felt uncomfortable. Let’s not kid ourselves, I’m working in an industry with a reputation<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
Mar 24, 20202 min read
Recruitment is changing… Are you keeping up?
<p>Resourcing, recruitment, talent acquisition – whatever you call it, finding great people to bring into your organisation is tough. The employment market is almost unrecognisable from<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
Mar 24, 20202 min read
The domino effect of getting HR recruitment right… (or wrong!)
<p>The choices you make about HR recruitment are, arguably, the most important you’ll make for your whole organisation. The people who lead on how your workforce<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>
owencontinentalstu
Mar 20, 20202 min read
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