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Top Tips For Recruiting Staff
Every business owner who wants to scale and grow their business will have to recruit new staff. I am always asked by clients what are my top tips for recruiting staff? Maybe as you read this blog you are that small business owner who needs to recruit a new member for...
Why You Owe It To Your Business To Go To An HR Training Course
Business owners say to me all the time “why should I go to an HR training course? I don’t want to learn about HR, I just want to run my business”. Yes I get it, sitting in a HR training course listening to someone tell you all the things you can’t do as an employer...
Exciting News – People Lead for Generate
I am finally able to share publicly some exciting news I have been holding onto since the summer. I am very proud and delighted to announce that I will be working in partnership with Enterprise NI as the Lead People Delivery Partner on their amazing new Generate...
Top Tips For Writing Probation Policies
I share my top tips for writing a probation policy. I'll also share why probation policies are my most favourite of all the HR policies I use for my clients. Lets start at the beginning…. So what is a probation policy? A probation policy / procedure refers to the...
What To Put In A Job Description?
One of the biggest sticking points for people managing a recruitment campaign is the paperwork and creating the job description. What is a job description? How much detail is enough? How do I know what to include and what to leave out? How can I get people to...
Flexible Working
I am a flexible worker. Did you know that about me? Since setting up my business I have been focusing on creating a business and home life that works for me. The all elusive work-life balance! I am delighted to say I have found it. Or rather I am using flexible...
Employees know their statutory rights. Do you?
In a previous blog we started at the beginning when I asked you if you knew whether you had workers, employees or both? I covered the basics and explained why you needed to know… if you haven’t read it yet then you can check it out here. I was talking with a client...
Common HR Questions From Business Owners
Hi Guys, Many people ask me – so what do you do for your clients? I could be here answering that all day. But I thought perhaps the best thing would be to make a simple list of the types of queries I hear from new clients on a regular basis. The common HR questions...
Meet Johanna – Your HR Helper
Hi Guys I know many of you have been with me for years. But there are lots of new visitors to the site so I thought as this is a new start (#projectrebrand) it would be useful if I reintroduced myself to you all. So who am I? I am a HR professional with 20 years...
Welcome To My New Website
Hi Guys How is everyone? It has been a while since I posted a new blog. Today is the day! It has taken longer than planned but I am proud as punch to unveil both my new branding and my sparkly new website to match 🙂 It is not perfect and one thing anyone who works...
