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'While we used to experience technological change incrementally, graduates now experience it all at once as they transition from college to their new jobs.' Photo: Brooke Cagle/ Unsplash

What do new graduates think of the workplace?

A new survey has found graduates expressing many concerns around their experiences of working in Ireland today

Work and careers • 21 Jan

"Adding queen bee syndrome to the list of implicit biases would make managers and top leaders (particularly women) aware of this bias and help them to address it.' Photo: Amy Hirschi/Unsplash

Why women prefer male bosses

The queen bee syndrome may be why women usually find it more stressful to work for female bosses than for male bosses

Work and careers • 22 Nov 21

'While we can choose to limit our social outings and interactions, we do have to go to work'

What are my rights if I catch Covid-19 from a work colleague?

Both employer and employee have a legal duty to take reasonable care to ensure health and safety in the workplace

Work and careers • 22 Nov 21

'Managers can be comforted by this aspect of their management role. If the employee is sitting at their desk, they are viewed as working'. Photo: Getty Images

Do your managers trust you if they can't see you working?

Managers need to actively trust their employees in the new post-pandemic work environment blending office and home settings

Work and Careers • 04 Oct 21

Making their choice, people typically consider potential benefits of the flexibility remote or hybrid work gives versus stress and loneliness these work arrangements may bring.

The hidden aspects of (hybrid) work you should consider

The future workplace, across industries and countries, entails combinations of on-site presence and working-from-everywhere opportunities and to make the best decision, there are other hidden ...

Hybrid Working • 23 Sep 21

Hiring practices vary considerably across organisation, end even more across countries, but there is one hiring practice that is nearly universal - the interview.

Is it really bonkers to use an algorithm to hire a person?

There has been tremendous interest in using artificial intelligence tools to streamline hiring decisions in organisations, but the blind use of them without understanding why ...

Career • 16 Sep 21

In Ireland, few companies can afford such a solution. Companies are stuck owning or renting large office spaces so the easiest strategy for them is to bring everyone back to the office.

Why hybrid working will be a challenge for many companies

Most organisations will hit a wall trying to find a compromise solution between office presence and working from home, and the truth is very few ...

Hybrid Working • 08 Sep 21

5 tips to adjust to life in the post-pandemic office

Apart from planning for change, remember to plan for obstacles and ways in which you can overcome them

Work and Careers • 31 Aug 21

'Many employees feel their organisations are not willing or capable of meeting their needs into the future.' Photo: Chantal Garnier/Unsplash

The Great Resignation: why are so many people leaving their jobs?

The impact of this potential talent exodus on any organisation's future performance is hugely significant

Work and Careers • 30 Aug 21

'For many workers, the transition back to the workplace will present challenges, whatever their preferred working arrangements'

Do we really want to return to our old ways of working?

The way we work has implications for our psychological well-being and social relationships within and beyond the workplace

Work and Careers • 24 Aug 21

'What will motivate employers to develop good quality and mentally healthy workplaces?' Photo: Bethany Legg/Unsplash

Do employers know how to manage employees' mental health risks?

Many organisations find mental health and work-related stress difficult to tackle effectively and systematically

Work and Careers • 23 Aug 21

"Remote workers are at least as productive as face-to-face workers and they are often more satisfied with their work". Photo: Ave Calvar/Unsplash

Would you take a pay cut to stay working from home?

It may be more in a company's interest to reward rather than penalise employees working from home

Brainstorm • 16 Aug 21

Back in March 2020, people all over the country stopped and applauded frontline healthcare workers.

What makes a job meaningful and why that matters

Work can provide much more than a monthly paycheque to make it meaningful such as community and social connection and the opportunity to make a ...

work • 20 Apr 21

There are countless benefits to including walk and talk meetings as part of your weekly schedule. Photo: Getty Images

5 reasons why businesses should consider walk and talk meetings

While these meetings are not a complex conundrum, walk and talk meetings must be bound by a set of guidelines to ensure that they are ...

Health and Fitness • 09 Apr 21

In some cases, WFH has restructured the gendered roles of a household and brought families closer, but it has also blurred the lines between professional and personal life (Photo: Getty Images).

The key to a good work-life balance: family-friendly policies

The role played by such policies should then go beyond just determining the definitions of 'work' and 'workplace' and into promoting a more equal social ...

work • 06 Apr 21

Inside I'm not laughing. Photo: Golden Pixels LLC/Shutterstock

The dark side to service with a smile

There are emotional consequences to trying to seem happy to please other people

Customer service • 25 Sep 17

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