When evaluating the sustainability of any job, there are many factors to take into account. For example, a job that you simply don’t care about will never yield your best work, as you simply won’t be invested in it. Similarly, a brilliant job but one that has a...

  A cursory glance over LinkedIn or Twitter will yield any number of generic ‘motivational’ posts, designed to inspire and encourage workers to perform at their best; however, do these posts actually spread positivity, or are they actively encouraging workers to...

  With the majority of workers spending Monday to Friday cooped up in an office with their colleagues, the habits and traits of peers have the potential to massively hamper productivity and workplace happiness. With Instaprint research showing that 58% of workers...

Some say that you should never let children play on your phone. An innocent request to play Candy Crush can easily turn into an embarrassing message to your boss or an accidental selfie posted onto your work intranet. And with the robotic voice of Siri almost spurring...

  Every few weeks, a new workplace term comes onto the scene. The most recent term to grace the employment world is ‘offerism’ – a word that Metro coined to describe those employees who continue to take on work even if their plate is already full. Employees...

Offering staff members more public holidays and increasing wages could raise productivity and lead to a boost in the British Economy, a new report has found. According to a recent report by the New Economics Foundation driving up the spending power of consumers would...

Attending a job interview at the best of times is stressful enough for hopeful employees; thinking about what outfit to wear, worrying that they might arrive late or concerned they didn’t carry out enough research into the firm, a job interview is an intense process....

When coming up with a benefits policy, you obviously want one which is useful, well-liked and above all, effective. However, it is very easy to miss the mark and finish up with something your employees won’t be interested in.   A recent survey by Hiscox found...

The Labour Party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, has introduced a new policy to aid workers in tough temperatures. After first implying that such a plan could be on the cards in 2015, Corbyn today revealed the party’s intentions to make working in temperatures over 30 degrees...

  Employers are finding it hard to find nurses, welders, van drivers and, for the first time, baristas, according to a new survey Starting salaries rose last month amid a further decline in the availability of staff, especially nurses and other medical employees,...