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​The workplace and job market have evolved rapidly over that past year due to the pandemic. Of course, the job market is always evolving, but the pandemic has caused it to change more quickly than before.While on the hunt for a job in this new landscape, you are bound to come across the words “skills” and “competencies”. While they may seem interchangeable, believe it or not...

​Making anyone feel welcome without in-person contact can be challenging, but it is massively important. Team bonding and morale must take a higher priority while businesses embrace remote working as it won’t come naturally for some to communicate effectively from home. In order to avoid isolating your new colleague, schedule conference calls, introduce them to the team...

​Productivity has always been a challenge that most of us struggle with, but the pandemic adds another layer of complexity for those of us who are working from home. In the beginning, we saw a multitude of advantages of working from home; no time wasted on commuting, a chance to work uninterrupted on projects, and a change of environment. However as working from home guidanc...

​Searching for a new position is a physically, mentally and emotionally consuming journey. Whether you are currently employed and looking for a better opportunity or you have left a previous position and need a new job, the hunt can require a considerable amount of time and energy. It can sometimes feel discouraging and draining.How will you continue to stay motivated and en...

​As governments across the world outline their next steps, market confidence is beginning to grow in many regions. Vaccine rollouts and falling infection rates are putting the world at ease once again, and Personnel Today has reported the sharpest rise in permanent appointments in six years, as well as the temporary market growing at the fastest rate since 2017.The market re...

As we start to see signs of improved outlook for hiring plans in 2021, finding the right talent for your business will become more crucial than ever as competition ramps up.Is your current internal talent acquisition team ready to handle the onslaught of hiring challenges coming their way and do they have the resources on hand to support your organisation’s talent needs? If ...

​As the market starts to recover, we are seeing the hunt for talent becoming more competitive than ever before. The market is shifting to being very candidate-driven, meaning candidates will now have multiple opportunities readily available.Candidates now have the upper hand in determining which opportunity is best for them. How do you ensure that you find and acquire the be...

​Two London-based housing associations, Catalyst and Aldwyck, have completed their merger creating a 32,000 home ‘super’ housing association in the process.The merger, announced last September, will see Aldwyck and their current 9,000 homes become a subsidiary of Catalyst, which currently has 21,000 homes, and in a statement Catalyst said the groups will “integrate fully” ov...

​This week is Mental Health Awareness Week (13 - 19 May) and it aims to make us all more and more aware of how poor mental health can affect anyone, in their own way, at any time and in any situation.The NHS characterises a person’s mental health as their emotional, psychological and social wellbeing and it impacts how we think, feel and act.As our society evolves we are all...

​When searching for a new job it is very easy to focus only on the significance of skills, qualifications and experience and how they will impress any recruiter.Yes of course your skills, qualifications and experience are vitally important however it might surprise you how important your attitudes and behaviours are to both recruiters and employers when both applying for job...

​Recruiting has always been a risky business as the consequences of getting it wrong can be very costly and can impact so many different areas of a business.However, today’s recruiting climate is the most challenging it has ever been.Brexit is breeding staff shortages and the future of recruiting post Brexit still remains a total mystery. Unemployment is at record low levels...

What is Homes England’s new interactive Land Hub?The new Land Hub is an interactive digital tool developed by Homes England is hailed as key to achieving its target of building 300,000 new homes a year by the mid-2020s and in particular building them quicker by matching builders to plots of land which are already approved and ready for home-building.When was it launched?The ...

​Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced, as part of his Spring Statement, that the government will introduce a ‘Future Homes Standard’ as part of its action to create a carbon neutral future by “marking the end of fossil fuel heating systems” in all new homes by 2025.By 2025, all new build homes must feature low carbon heating and “world leading levels” of energy efficiency...

​After several years of falling satisfaction amongst new build homeowners things are definitely starting to look more positive. The latest survey from the Home Builders Federation, in conjunction with NHBC, has revealed an increasing majority of new home owners are happy with their housebuilder and their new home, a second successive year of improvements across all question ...

We all probably feel that we use our body language only to our advantage, after all choosing a career in property sales means you consider yourself body language confident. But how many of us have that close somebody or friend that always does that odd thing with their hands when they get excited or that colleague that isn’t aware that they have a resting face that says - we...

Working as a new homes sales negotiator is a challenging, fast-paced, hands-on and demanding career but also one that brings with it many benefits and there is nothing as exciting as making a sale.But it isn’t all about the sales as being a great new homes sales negotiator requires many skills and attributes.Here we list some skills and attributes that you will find necessar...

When applying for that dream job where you have all the required experience and qualifications, do you consider if you have the ‘soft’ business skills necessary to succeed at the role?No? Well don’t worry too much as although your ability to demonstrate an abundance of these highly prized group of subtle, intangible but vital traits and behaviours is necessary, the good news...

​In a move that the government claims highlights their commitment to build on its reforms to make the property market fairer and more transparent for everyone, no matter what type of home they live in, Communities Secretary James Brokenshire MP has announced an overhaul of the “broken” housing complaints system for the entire housing market to ensure both homeowners and tena...

​Off-site manufacturing (OSM) and modern methods of construction (MMC) are often seen as both a knight in shining armour and something to be very suspicious of.Something to be suspicious of because historically the construction and house building sectors have always been risk averse and therefore moving into new methods of building and delivering homes would be not be an eas...

​Now, if you’ve never heard of ‘Airspace Development’ don’t worry you’re not alone.However, that is probably all about to change as the Communities Secretary, James Brokenshire MP, has agreed a £9 million funding deal to build affordable homes on five sites across London’s rooftops by the summer. In total 78 rooftop homes are to be built under a three-year deal, although 360...