BUNDLE: Recruitment and people
Tools & Resources
Attracting and keeping the right talent for your business can sometimes be difficult but here are the tools and resources that can help get your recruitment and retention right.
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Top tips when recruiting new staff
Finding the right people to join your business can be difficult, especially in the current market where competition for talent is at an all-time high. To make it easier for you to fill your vacancies with people who are going to add real value to your business, we’ve put together our top recruitment tips. From writing better job descriptions to marketing your company culture, brand and values, you'll find some of the most effective ways to recruit staff.
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How recruitment tools can help you identify new talent
In recent years, technology has transformed all aspects of business operations, helping to improve efficiency and inform decision-making. For human resources (HR) functions, there is now a range of recruitment software available to help hiring managers advertise jobs, track applications, and assess candidates. In this article, we explain how these digital recruitment tools can be used to identify the best talent for your business.
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PODCAST: Louise Kennedy on building a culture to attract the right team
Louise Kennedy is Owner and Director of Oculus HR. After 17 years’ experience running HR teams across many different sectors including the fast-paced automotive, Louise stepped out into the limelight as a self-employed HR consultant. In this conversation, she shares stories about some of the challenges of supporting teams through the pandemic and gives her tips for attracting and retaining talent as a small business.
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WATCH: How video recruitment makes businesses more human
In this video, UMi speaks to recruitment expert John Blackburn about how video content can make your business more relatable and attractive to potential employees. John is the Chief Vision Officer of Vocacio and has spent the last 10 years helping businesses in a wide variety of sectors find the best talent.
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BUNDLE: Equality and diversity
With protecting equality and diversity a legal requirement, check out our tools and resources to make it easier for you to understand and follow best practice to keep your staff and customers feeling safe and happy.
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Free HR support, learning and webinars from Croner
HR specialist and UMi partner Croner is running a series of webinars and e-learning sessions, free of charge to UMi Sat Nav subscribers. Learn more about hiring and training staff, looking after employee wellbeing and health and safety in the workplace by registering for one of the virtual events.
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Recent and upcoming changes to employment law you need to know
It has been a busy time for changes in employment law, with lots of further developments planned for 2024 and 2025. Here, UMi partner Croner reviews all of the changes that may impact your business and your employees, going through 2023 and beyond.
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WATCH: UMi Makes it Easy... to Find the Right Work-life Balance for Your Team
Learn what you can do to promote a healthy work-life balance for your team to drive down sickness absence, spark loyalty and boost productivity with UMi Makes it Easy... to Find the Right Work-life Balance for Your Team hosted by Fraser Kennedy from Croner.
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Health and safety responsibilities as an employer
Looking after the health and safety of your staff at work is one of your primary obligations as an employer. In fact, there is legislation in place to ensure that workplaces are safe for all who enter them. In this article, we talk through what the current rules are for employers and employees.
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What is people management and why is it important?
In a nutshell, people management is all the things you do in your business to hire, engage, care for and get the best out of your team. In this article, we’ll unpack some of the definitions and look at why it’s important for your business, no matter what you choose to call it.
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Conflict resolution in the workplace
Conflict is the single largest cause of poor performance, dissatisfaction, and job turnover in a business. If you fail to tackle a conflict situation in your team, in your department or in your organisation, you can expect negative consequences. In this article, UMi partner In Professional Development looks at what conflict resolution is and provides tips to resolve conflicts in your workplace effectively.
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Training your staff
Training staff is a vital part of the onboarding process. Effectively training new employees will help them settle in the company and build their confidence from day one. But training isn’t just for new hires. Training is just as important for current members of staff as it is for new ones, regardless of how long they have been with the company.
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INTERVIEW: Creating a wellbeing culture for your employees
One of the most important things to get right whether you’re starting or scaling a business is your culture. You can have the best ideas, products and services in the world, but if you haven’t underpinned that with a set of values and behaviours everyone in your team can sign up to, you will struggle to realise your potential. Duo Global Consulting’s Sarah Callender spends much of her time advising businesses on culture change and in this article, she explains why taking care of the mental health and wellbeing of your staff is one of the best things you can do.
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BUNDLE: Wellbeing in the workplace
With one in six employees suffering with their mental health at any one time, it's important that employers recognise, support and promote wellbeing in their businesses.
Visit this bundle for some resources and tools that can help.