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Do Your Employees Understand Your Company Message?

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Most companies will undergo a re-branding or re-positioning at some point,.  In an ever changing world, where the client is becoming more and more demanding, and presented (bombarded) with an endless torrent of advertising from companies vying for their custom, businesses need to adapt and adjust to the market.  Many spend large sums on new advertising campaigns, logos and strap lines, but forget about one, extremely important and effective resource, its employees.

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How To Settle In To a New Company

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Moving to a new role, in a different company, is an exciting but often stressful time.  Questions such as ‘what if I don’t settle in?’ and ‘how do I make a good first impression?’ are often in the forefront of one’s mind.  Below are a few tips on increasing the likelihood of a successful induction into your new environment.

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eRecruitment Success Guide For Job Seekers

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It’s great that the world of online recruitment now allows job seekers to conduct their search from pretty much anywhere, that’s progress. In contrast however, there are now so many routes to finding your next career that the whole eRecruitment process can become a little daunting, and knowing a few basic tips and tricks can work wonders, and land you that perfect job.

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The Advantages Of BYOD

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BYOD (bring your own device) is a policy adopted by employers to allow their employees to use personal devices at work.  There are many advantages to this practice which benefit both the employer and employee.  The policy is gaining popularity, with over 65% of employees currently utilising a personal device of one form or another within the workplace, for business use.

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6 Tools For For Free Online Collaboration

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Collaboration is one of the most important elements of modern working. Internet availability means that colleagues can make contact from just about anywhere in the world. So for collaboration to be effective, it’s important for businesses to adopt modern technologies that help their workforce connect and share ideas, wherever they are.

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10 Tips To Improve Your Online Influence & Personal Brand

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With approx 56% of people using at least 1 social network, the internet has become the number 1 resource to research others.  Whether this be a prospective employee, a potential business partner or simply a new online acquaintance.  Your ‘online self’ is now more important than ever, as is maximising it’s effectiveness.

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5 Tips To Build Your Company Brand

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Making potential clients (and existing clients) aware of your products and services is a key element to business success.  It doesn’t matter how great your offering is, if no one knows about it, and you are not portraying your brand effectively, then you may find it difficult to grow your clientele.  Marketing is all about messaging and creating the right impression.

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The Importance Of Being Social

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Social media is successful for one main reason, people like interaction and sharing information.  Many businesses have a company intranet which they use to share important company information and updates, but what about taking this one step further and creating a company social media hub.

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So You Have A New HR System, What Now?

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Acquiring a new HR system is a positive step for any company.  Recording, monitoring and analysing your employee data will help to achieve greater efficiencies and potential cost reduction. Once you have your new system installed and ready to go, you will need to ensure that the data added to the system is correctly recorded, and maintained to ensure data accuracy.

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Top 10 WordPress Plugins For A Company Blog

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Writing and running a successful company blog site is vital in today’s world of online resources and social media.  Arguably the best platform for this is WordPress as it offers built in SEO, thousands of pre-built themes and plugins to add pretty much any functionality that you may require.  But what are the 10 essential plugins that you should ensure are installed on your blog?

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