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HOW MANY OF YOUR EMPLOYEES HAVE ALREADY CHECKED OUT EMOTIONALLY? TIME TO WIN THEM BACK!

David Hieatt recently posted a series of photos showing pages from a book that never made it to the printers.

It’s a fascinating insight into a powerful work-in-progress that we hope he’ll soon get published.

The photo above struck us as particularly relevant to business leaders today.

In our paper, “The Meaning Gap”, we explore how the interests of businesses, and the people formerly known as employees, are going in separate directions.

We also explore the consequences for businesses.

Why are employees checking out emotionally? Continue reading

Are internships useful or cheap labour?

You’re looking to get into a career path but potentially lack the experience required to be a successful candidate when applying for roles. Naturally you start to consider an internship as a way to get your foot in the door and some vital experience under your belt. But are internships worth it? Or are they purely a source of cheap labour for companies? We ask our experts: Continue reading

Incertitudes Autour de la Jurisprudence "Licenciements Facebook"

Par Christelle Dardant

La fin de l’année 2011 a remis au premier plan la question de la validité des licenciements, fondés sur des preuves issues des propos tenus sur des réseaux sociaux, plus particulièrement Facebook. En effet, les Cours d’appel de Besançon et de Douai ont rendu, respectivement les 15 novembre et 16 décembre 2011, des arrêts qui ouvrent la porte à une modification substantielle de la jurisprudence « licenciements Facebook ». Continue reading

Don’t Bluff a Recruiter!

By Josh Hale

Believe it or not, there are a lot of parallels between being a successful poker player and a successful recruiter. I should know. In addition to being a third-party recruiter for almost 10 years, I have played poker with some degree of seriousness since college. Recently, I won one of the World Poker Tour’s marquee events, the Legends of Poker, at the Bicycle Casino, besting a field of mostly professional poker players. Continue reading