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Implementing an alternating four-day workweek: how & why
When the pandemic hit, we at Service Direct, like countless other businesses around the world, quickly found ourselves trying to...
Call it what it is: ‘Fawning’ – and have the courage to intervene
Here, Dr. Robyne Hanley-Defoe discusses the fourth of the four stress responses – fawning – and talks about ways in which you ca...
Is the Great Resignation over? No – but you still have work to do
To have a clear understanding of the labor trend known as The Great Resignation, and how it continues to affect the workplace, y...
How to support your employees during a crisis
Russia invaded Ukraine, and Ukrainian lives changed forever. Work had to stop, soldiers and civilians mobilized, people evacuate...
Why you need the Pygmalion effect in your workplace
To explain what the Pygmalion effect is, why it’s important for the workplace, and how you can implement it in your organization...
International Women’s Day 2022: The plight of the working mother
For this year's International Women's Day, Workable takes a look at the unsustainable work-life balance of the working mother. W...
Salary transparency: Good thing for employees – and employers?
We don’t discuss three things: Money, politics, and religion. I’ll leave the politics and religion for another article, but we r...
The 70% rule of hiring: When ‘hired’ is better than ‘perfect’
As a hiring manager, one of the most important aspects of your job is to hire and onboard the right people for the company. Afte...
Can’t afford to pay more? Be radically transparent with candidates
Ever read an article that confirmed your thinking that the world of work has gone mad? This was me, as I read an article from Bu...
Employers’ top wins and lessons of 2021 – and what they’re planning for 2022
It may be that hindsight is always 2020. Except it isn’t, because 2020 has kind of spilled over into 2021 – in other words, the ...
Top 10 hiring resources to help you hire in 2022
Unless you’ve been living somewhere at the bottom of the ocean, you know we’re wrapping up an old year and unwrapping a new one....
The agile recruitment process: hiring with leaner teams and budgets
How is your budget? Because inflation hits everyone, hiring isn’t easy, and now you may be hiring with leaner teams and budgets ...