Employment

AI taking jobs

The bots, the bots! Brits fear AI workplace takeover

ALMOST five million Brits worry about losing their jobs to AI. Research by Forbes Advisor found that the most “anxious” industry is the business consulting...
Quiet hiring

Are employees ‘grateful’ for quiet hiring? Shhh!

By IAN NICHOLAS QUIET hiring — aka stealth recruitment — is the new office controversy. It boils down to this: organisations are looking to acquire new...
Company award

Awards, inclusive policies, ESG and philanthropy attract talent: Report

MONEY isn’t always the biggest lure when people search for their dream jobs, research shows. Nearly half of adults canvassed — 46 percent — say...
Closeup female hands counting 50 Euro banknotes

Sounds like a nice job; what does it pay…?

ONLY half of UK organisations include salary information in all their job adverts; 29 percent include it in some. The findings reflect the ongoing pay...
Green apprenticeships: Heat pump installer

Hundreds of green apprenticeships backing net zero

MORE than 200 apprenticeships are supporting England’s drive for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The announcement was timed to coincide with Green Careers Week, which...
Landfill, bulldozer, waste management

Effective waste-management: a duty, not an option

A WELL-STRUCTURED waste management plan can affect the internal and external perspectives of a company. It can also make a company more desirable to work...
Mental health, group therapy

Mental health: an ignored human right…?

TODAY, October 10, is World Mental Health Day — and this year’s theme focuses on the virtues of best practice. Care for mental wellbeing is...
Empty office, TWaT illustration

Are you an office TWaT? Perhaps you should be…

By JOE HARRIS IT’S OFFICIAL: Thursdays are the new Fridays. Thursday is the most popular day for commuters to meet after work for a social evening,...
Standing desk, ergonomic workstation, not sitting

Bummer of a talent, but we all have it…

By HAL WILLIAMS IT’S NICE to find I’m finally an expert in something — and so, BV reader, are you. At which task are we so...
Laptop, padlock. IT security, shadow IT illustration

One little IT mistake could cost you dear…

By DAN SMALE SMALL mistakes can be costly — and they can be avoided. Let’s look at shadow IT: the chances are your employees are using...