Category Talent

One in four UK workers plan to quit in 2025: Learning is your retention strategy

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📉 Retention crisis ahead! With hiring costs soaring and UK workers quitting at record rates, businesses can’t afford to lose talent.   💡 Aisling MacNamara reveals how investing in learning and development keeps employees engaged, fuels career growth and boosts retention. 🚀 Future-proofing your workforce…

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ADHD isn’t the problem—being misunderstood is

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🧠✨ Steve Ollington explores how misunderstanding shapes the lives of people with ADHD—from school to retirement. 🚀 Despite their strengths, many face barriers at work, in relationships, and beyond. The solution? Greater awareness, training, and willingness to learn as people…

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Turbulent times and resilient responses: How UK policy is shaping employer action

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👉 Resilience is the new compliance and policy is driving employer preparedness. With a focus on training, companies need to go from policy to practice as organisational resilience is now a business priority 📑 Jon Czul explores how a learning…

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How coaching and mentoring can drive talent mobility and workforce development

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Want to keep your top talent? Follow these six steps to boost mobility and growth – Diane Newell explains Research from Indeed Flex highlights that one in three employees are planning to make a career change during 2025. Only half are…

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Quiet quitting or quiet learning? How to reignite employee motivation through development

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If employees are checking out, it’s time to spark their ambition with new growth opportunities – Jessica Kriegel explains  In a bustling midsize marketing firm in London, Alex, a high-performing project manager, began declining new assignments. Colleagues whispered about “quiet…

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Everyone wins if we employ more trained former prisoners  

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Hiring ex-offenders helps to fill skills gaps, strengthen businesses and create wider benefits for society – Sid Madge explains  Too many former prisoners reoffend after release – a problem the UK urgently needs to address. Reoffending rates vary based on factors like…

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The AI revolution and navigating the future of talent management 

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By fostering human skills alongside artificial intelligence, organisations can better prepare their workforces for success – Pete Humphreys explains The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into the people profession has become crucial in order to remain competitive. As candidates and employees increasingly…

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How infusing creativity into your CV helps you stand out from the crowd 

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A well-designed curriculum vitae can help you catch recruiters’ attention. Faye Longhurst shares key tips A curriculum vitae (CV) is one of the most important projects we design in our lifetime; taking a blank canvas and filling it with achievements, skills and…

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First-time Chief People Officer? How to build for success in 2025

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Focus on enhancing employee experience, navigating legislative changes and upskilling your workforce, advises Emma-Claire Kavanagh  As business leaders grapple with new legislation, evolving technology and customer demands, they’ll be relying on their Chief People Officers (COPs) to build a workforce…

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Networks, mindset and the ‘genius of audacity’: A coach’s recipe for job search success

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Job hunting? Executive coach Beverlie Wilkinson shares her Gold, Silver, Bronze strategy for career success  The job search landscape has changed dramatically – we’re navigating AI-led processes and numerous digital tools, making it more important than ever to stay positive…

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