April 14, 2022
General
Skills-Profiling Application in Egypt for refugees
Therefore, ILO PROSPECTS Egypt in collaboration with Skilllab, a social start-up based in the Netherlands, and the Association of Businessmen in Alexandria (ABA), piloted a skills-profiling application that enables refugees and host communities to self-assess and communicate their skills to potential employers.
April 14, 2022
General
Ukrainian nationals studying in the UK – Visa schemes
In response to the war in Ukraine, the UK government has launched two bespoke immigration routes for Ukrainian nationals forced to flee their homes: the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
April 14, 2022
Relocation
Expat isolation – how to cope with it?
When you have to start your life from scratch in a foreign country where you potentially know no-one apart from your partner, where you are not familiar with the customs, where you don’t really know the location or even the neighbourhood, there is a very real danger that you will end up feeling extremely isolated.
April 14, 2022
HR
Workplace flexibility in a new light
When unexpected disruptions make business-as-usual impractical, it’s time to define the new normal and make it work for you. Whether it’s as a response to changing workforce expectations, the need to keep workers and society safe, or to support collaboration across teams spanning different geographic locations, many organizations today are looking at workplace flexibility in a new light. New ways of working often warrant new strategies, capabilities, behaviors, and mindsets to be successful.
April 13, 2022
HR
Coaching industry growth trends
The last two years have forced businesses across the world to cut back on all sorts of typical activities. But what might be a surprise to some is the fact that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the global coaching industry actually ‘grew’ last year – to become a near-$3 billion industry according to latest data.
April 13, 2022
HR
Job satisfaction, the highest in London
London has been rated as the best city in the UK for job satisfaction, with Brighton, Bristol, Oxford and Manchester very close by.
April 13, 2022
HR
Health and wellbeing – slipping down the business agenda
Employers risk dropping the ball on employee wellbeing. The ‘Health and Wellbeing at Work 2022’ benchmarking survey from the CIPD and Simplyhealth reports employee health and resilience are starting to be eclipsed by other operational issues, despite Covid-19 still having a huge impact.
