Posts by HRLife
5 Tips for Onboarding
After a really slick and impressive recruitment process, you’ve made the offer and your new HR team member has accepted. Isn’t it a fantastic feeling knowing you have appointed someone you are confident can do the job, is a great cultural fit and of course you’re certain will add loads of value? Not only have…
Read More6 Big HR Trends That Will Shape 2023
How are you feeling as we approach the end of the year – will you be thinking it was a breeze and you achieved loads, or will you be letting out a sigh thinking ‘thank goodness that’s over?’ 2022 has been another challenging 12 months for HR Professionals and we’ve put together a few thoughts…
Read MoreForced Fun
No one likes forced fun. The harsh reality is that no matter how hard you try, even if you’ve organised the perfect company outing, forcing people to have fun is like nailing jelly to a wall. The truth is that company events, and often Christmas parties, are left to HR to organise. Conversely, HR teams…
Read MoreHappy 5th Birthday HRLife
‘Wood’ You Believe it’s our 5th Anniversary The traditional anniversary gift for five years of marriage is wood. It represents strong roots and solidarity in a relationship and a depth of understanding in the partnership. We’re not sure if this applies to business relationships as well as marriage, but it definitely feels appropriate for us. …
Read MoreThe Impact of a Global Pandemic for HR
2020, a year like no other! It certainly wasn’t the year we were expecting! Instead, it was the year we spent months at home creating separate workspaces for everyone so we could juggle the home school with work, realising our short-comings when it came to some of the homework challenges and longing for the schools…
Read MoreTo reply or not to reply…?
Things are going well at the moment. You’re perfectly happy in your role. The business is doing great, you have the best people around you, employee engagement is high. You’re in the right place. The thought of your next move isn’t even on the horizon. So, when a message from a recruiter pings into your…
Read MoreDo you have a workplace Mental Health Strategy?
It has been reported that 68% of UK Chief Executives see employee mental health as a priority, yet only 16% have a strategy in place to deliver better workplace mental well-being. One in four of us will experience a mental health problem at some point (according to the charity Mind), and Oxford Economics has estimated…
Read MoreFrom day 1 to day 365+
When Kerry and I set up HRLife we started the business with a mix of excitement, hope and a very open mind; we listened to everyone’s ideas, suggestions and thoughts but genuinely didn’t quite know where we’d end up at the one year mark. Looking back, we can honestly say we never thought we’d have achieved…
Read More6 months in to HRLife….
If you’ve been following the HRLife story and followed us since our launch 6 months ago you’ll know that Kerry and I worked together for 12 years, solely recruiting within the HR market across London and the South. It was always our intention to work together again but we never knew when that might be, mainly…
Read MoreHRLife’s Market Reflections
9 weeks in… Not that we are counting but they do say time flies when you’re having fun! We’re both known to be ones for a bit of structure and process; and both have been told over the years that we love a spreadsheet, and to be fair this hasn’t changed. The other thing we’ve…
Read More