Key Strategies Career Advice Blog
Strategic insights to help you move your career forward.
Is your company ready to meet the workforce demands of the future?
Ensuring that your company is set to meet the workforce needs of today is one thing. It’s also crucially important for organizations to be ready to meet the workforce demands of tomorrow too. Three clear ways that companies can future-proof its workforce is to develop...
Having High Turnover – Look in the mirror and other insight
Having high turnover is a problem for any organization. Some would argue that it is just a sign of the times. Millennials, especially, are not expected to stay in positions for as long as previous generations. The workplace is more fluid than it has ever been before....
Breaking through the glass ceiling
Nobody is going to start to pretend that we now have complete gender equality in the US workplace - or indeed across the world. The inequality in the boardroom, especially, has proved stubborn and difficult to re-balance. However, recent years have seen a significant...
Is Insurance the Next Growth Industry?
Insurers find themselves with many challenges to deal with in the coming years, but also many reasons to feel confident about growth. So, will Insurance prove to be the next growth industry? Taking a look at the context and seeing where insurers stand right here,...
How to hire and retain millennials
One of the biggest recruitment challenges facing companies in 2018 is how to hire and retain millennials. Of course, there are plenty of generic tips and bits of advice that can be useful to take heed of. For example, we are consistently told that learning what makes...
Work / life balance in Corporate America
There's a general consensus that we Americans struggle with the notion of a work/life balance. Certainly, there's also a general feeling that Europe is ahead of the curve, and that the US is lagging behind somewhat when it comes to getting the balance between work and...
It’s not what you say, but how you say it
"It's not what you say, but how you say it." It's a phrase we hear time and time again. You could say it is over-familiar. You might call it a cliché. However, it's well-used for one very, very good reason - it's true. Imagine the scenario: The manager shuffles to his...
Keys to success in the first 100 days on a new job
Regardless of your level of experience, starting a new job can be a pretty daunting experience. The first 100 days are crucial. How much you settle in and start to feel comfortable will depend a lot on the quality of the company’s onboarding process, but you – the new...
Why & How Best to Use a Recruiter
Recruiters sometimes have an unfair reputation. What’s more, the fact is recruiters do get things done: they help companies fill vacancies, and they help candidates get jobs, so why is it best to use a recruiter – and how is it best to use a recruiter? Guidance and...
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