The Gender Pay Gap

The Gender Pay Gap   In this day and age which is supposedly all about equality, fairness and human rights, it’s shocking (or is it?) to find out the gender pay gap still exists. And to a massive degree!             On average, the gender pay gap currently stands at 15%… or 18% depending on which […]

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Having A More Successful Interview

You’ve got your new suit on… maybe a slick new haircut. You’ve got all those rehearsed answers to the questions you’ll (most probably) get asked fresh in your mind. Your mother’s advice to “Just be yourself, honey, you’ll dazzle them!” is giving you just the confidence boost you need. And whilst I would say do […]

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Pension Auto Enrolment

OK – so you may or may not know much about pension auto enrolment.  Hopefully, if you are an employer you know about it because it will, or may already affect you.   In case you don’t here are the basics (but this is not the real story – that comes later). BASICS POINT ONE – […]

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DRIVE your Business Growth

So today was the launch of the Gorvins Business Academy – aimed at providing training for small businesses in all areas that they may need help in. The first in the series was Recruitment – by yours truly! I talked about the 5 main problem areas that other hiring managers have and how our copyright […]

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The Real Reason SME’s won’t Hire

So, I was just reading about the Beecroft review (again) and they have completely missed the point.  Yes, its probably a good idea to extend the unfair dismissal period to 2 years.  In some jobs it could take a year or more to really get a rocking performance out of someone and if you were […]

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