A remote workforce can be one of the keys to attracting and retaining standout talent, says Jennifer Locklear, chief people and culture officer for global talent solutions company WilsonHCG. The case for virtual or remote working has been an ongoing… Read More ›

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Salary still tops flexibility
Flexible working conditions may be important to candidates when evaluating jobs, but other factors such as salary, career progression, benefits and office culture are higher priority, says recruiter totaljobs. While 24% of 4,000 candidates surveyed named flexibility as a priority,… Read More ›
Embrace millennial reality
Negative judgements on millennial working attitudes are inaccurate and unhelpful, says Aimee De Carcenac, consultant at Alexander Mann Solutions. Take the opportunity to change working culture for everyone and attract the brightest stars. As the creators and deliverers of the… Read More ›
Job sharing: solution to part-time conundrum
We are Alexander Mann Solutions and we’re passionate about helping companies and individuals fulfill their potential through talent acquisition and management. Today, over 3,000 of our talent management experts partner our blue-chip clients in more than 80 countries and help… Read More ›
Scottish partnership to push flexibility
Flexible working job site Flexiworkforce is to partner recruiter Search Consultancy to expand the firm’s talent pool, it has announced. Initially, the partnership will be limited to Search’s six Scottish offices but it has the potential to be rolled out… Read More ›
Finding and keeping
Sara Sutton Fell is chief executive and founder of FlexJobs and founder of the 1 Million for Work Flexibility initiative. She explains that companies need to shout about their flexible working approaches or risk missing the best talent. Many companies have already… Read More ›
Recruitment fails to capture flexibility
Managers are missing a trick when it comes to recruiting flexible workers, according to research by the Timewise Foundation. A poll of 1,161 workers found that two in five want to work flexibly, equating to 8.7m full-time workers across the… Read More ›
Flexible working ‘driving public sector recruitment’
The need for flexible and temporary workers has driven public sector recruitment this quarter, according to a survey of employers. It added that flexible working is becoming “an essential way of working” for the public sector. The Manpower Employment Outlook… Read More ›