Onboarding is a critical period for businesses to engage with a new starter, and for both sides to exchange important information. It’s a time when employees are making their first impressions of your business and deciding whether or not they’ve made the right decision to come and work for your company. 

Yet, onboarding is often overlooked. Engaging and nurturing a new employee is essential to help them settle in within the first few weeks and become well integrated into your organisation. Here, we list five ways technology can help you manage and deliver an effective and engaging onboarding experience.

If your employee benefits programme doesn’t appear to be delivering, perhaps it’s time for a rethink. Here, Laurel Dines, people director at Tusker, and Cory Laywood, corporate payments manager at Leicester City Council (LCC), discuss how you can meet the requirements of your employees, while also maximising productivity, with the implementation of a simple and effective benefits programme. 

If you want your job to attract the best candidates, it needs to stand out. Simply put, great content attracts great candidates.

You must master the fundamentals of search marketing in order to attract the best candidates. If you're smart you know that making job opportunities discoverable is the difference between a candidate applying for your role or your competitor’s role. Here are five tips to help you. 

How long do you spend researching holiday destinations before parting with hard-earned money? Two days? A week? As it turns out, most people spend more time working out options for their next fortnight of summer sun than their next career move.

The boundaries between our work and personal lives are blurring and both are being defined in new ways.

Our series, 'Your Question Answered', tackles a common HR query with advice and guidance from an expert. 

Question
Our business has had a sharp rise of employee absences over the past year. Our current HR software is outdated and relatively rudimentary so we’re not exactly sure where this rise in absences stems from, or how to begin to tackle the issue. We know we need new HR software, however we don't know where to start. 

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There has been a revolution in the workplace – one which has seen workers rise up and take power from bosses. Yet it has been a singularly subtle revolution, and one which most businesses have not yet come to terms with. Read our blog to learn how to effectively engage your workforce. 

In today’s crowded, competitive market, it's more difficult than ever for businesses to differentiate themselves. No sooner does a manufacturer bring out a state-of-the-art mobile phone than a rival releases a device with the same functions and capabilities, and at a lower cost. Read our blog to learn how you can stand out. 

From giving staff wearable technology, to standing desks, cycle-to-work schemes and massages in the office – there is a trend towards companies encouraging employees to be fitter and healthier at work. Read this blog to learn how your business could benefit.