Job descriptions are much more than just a hiring tool. They should be foundational to the talent management programme of the organisation.
The core idea of the customer-led company is to focus on needs and not products. With this in mind, Real Business talked to Virgin Wines CEO Jay Wright about how the customer's needs should be central to any business.
Businesses, especially those at the smaller end of the spectrum, are increasingly concerned about identifying and recruiting talent. It’s to solve this problem that a group of students from Portsmouth launched Gradlancer, an online service that connects motivated students with reputable employers looking for freelancers.
Last month, a story about one RAC manager posing a rather offensive question at interview made its way into the press. The reaction to the question, and the subsequent apology from RAC too, might not surprise you in the slightest. But what might surprise you is that employers are making mistakes, which can cost them thousands of pounds.
While 2014 saw all of Britain’s leading manufacturers have at least one female director on board, a recent EEF study urged firms to do more to tackle the industry’s outdated “dirty and unglamorous” image. As such, we asked four female manufacturers about the gender divide in the industry – and discovered how crucial it was to nurture talent from classroom to boardroom.
While employers are crying out for science recruits, several studies have pointed to the fact that graduates often pursue different careers after study due to a lack of desire to work in the field. According to Dan Sullivan, enthusiasm for science can be ingrained at a young age, and his company, Empiribox, aims to rally up some future scientists.
It might sound crazy but, according to Ira Chaleff, “Intelligent Disobedience,” means that employees should sometimes ignore the orders that they’re given by company owners and managers and do what they believe is right.
Real Business asked investors and applicants from BBC's Dragons’ Den what happened when the cameras weren’t rolling – from applying to be on the show to standing in front of the Dragons.
There are ten common team challenges that you are likely to encounter when you work in, or lead, a team.
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