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  • Demand for contract professionals surges in Egypt as economic growth continues

    A growth in business activity has lead to an increase in demand for contract professionals in Egypt, according to statistics from the leading supplier of international contractor management solutions, 6CATS International.

  • Out with the Old and in with the New: Flexible Point-of-Sale Solutions

    What are the main steps associated with the process of online sales? Initial product knowledge, the presentation, customer engagement and the close tend to be mentioned the post often.

  • Aon provides tips to increase employees’ engagement with benefits

    Aon Employee Benefits, the UK health and benefits business of Aon plc, has created ten tips to help organisations increase employees’ engagement with their benefits.

  • Bridge the IT skills gap, Hal

    Artificial intelligence (AI) hasn’t always had favourable representation in pop culture. In Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), homicidal supercomputer Hal demonstrated how AI could surpass the intelligence of a human — and for humans, the results weren’t so great. In reality, AI threatens our jobs more than our lives. Here, Graham Smith, head of marketing at Microsoft recruitment partner Curo Talent, explains why IT workers needn’t worry about the AI takeover.

  • Unique dangers of ‘instant’ social media discussed at CIPD event

    The challenges and dangers posed by the “unique 21st century dilemma” of ‘instant’ world of the internet and social media was the topic of a recent event in Carmarthen run by the South West Wales branch of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and attended by HR managers and employers from across the region.

  • Three quarters of recruiters don’t see the value in the Apprenticeship Levy

    Just one in four recruitment leaders believe the Apprenticeship Levy will help to attract and develop talent in the sector. That is according to the latest research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

  • More than three quarters of British workers have worked whilst genuinely ill in the last year, new study reveals

    Employee services business Personal Group and online doctor service videoDoc are today unveiling the findings of a nationally representative survey of 2,496 UK employees on their attitudes and behaviours around work presenteeism and illness in the workplace.

  • Mind the gap - 'Gender pay gap reporting is good for business' says Bureau Veritas

    Despite the slow uptake to submit their gender pay gap reports, Bureau Veritas, a leading compliance expert, is reminding companies that it constitutes a vital step forward for the economy and could, in fact, help boost business.

  • AESC Announces Data Protection Best Practices for Executive Search and Leadership Advisory

    New best practices will guide AESC’s global membership of leading executive search and leadership advisory firms in data protection excellence

  • Duvet days: the growing trend among stressed out UK workers

    A recent study into ‘duvet days’ across the UK suggests that employees are feeling increasingly stressed, with 61% admitting that they have taken a ‘duvet day’ from work in order to recuperate.

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