Interviews are tricky things.  As a selection technique, they are notoriously unreliable, unless they are partnered with other tools, for example, skills testing. However, tradition prevails and most perspective employers at least want to see the ‘whites of the eyes’ of any potential new employee, before making a decision to employ. There are expectations on [...]

Getting good staff is a real challenge.  Keeping them is quite another.  You will have staff who leave your employ, but do you really know why?  The number one reason given by employees of why they quit their jobs is that the job was not what they expected. Easy to blame the employee, but perhaps the solution [...]

Recently I shopped at a local bakery.  They are small and very local and rely mainly on the town residents for their business. The young lady behind the counter was surly and definitely not ‘bothered’.  I watched as the customers in the queue in front of me were treated to her off hand manner and [...]

For many of us, the New Year is paved with the good intentions of our list of resolutions – to stop smoking, spend more time with the family, get fit.  We are happy to set ourselves some personal goals, so what about setting some resolutions for our business?  The coming year gives us the opportunity [...]

The recent case where jockeys’ Paul Doe and Greg Fairley have been banned from racing for 12 years for “not riding a horse to its merits” after an investigation into corruption, got me thinking. It got me thinking about how this might apply in the workplace.  What would it be like if we could ban [...]

Sapience HR in partnership with Knight O’Byrne Charter Financial Planners presents: A Practical Guide for Employers to the NEST Pension Regulations From 2012, changes to pensions law will affect all employers in the UK. Employers will need to get to grips with preparations for pensions reform which requires the auto enrolment of all employees into [...]

Hayle based Human Resources firm, Sapience HR is celebrating the launch of their new website, which will feature cartoons by Nick Brennan, renowned Beano cartoonist. latest employment news through a blog and social media channels, while providing a colourful side with the especially designed cartoons. The cartoons have been exclusively drawn for Sapience by Beano [...]

All offices have their own ‘banter’, that informal conversation that bonds people together. It may include jokes, personal remarks, observations on life and the sharing of personal information. If someone from outside your workplace tuned into your banter, would they be shocked at the content of it or the tone in which it is delivered? [...]