More than one in ten UK office workers are dreading having to chat to colleagues as many return to the workplace post-lockdown.

A study of 1,500 Brits carried out in May by Cartridge People found that 12% were dreading having to chat to co-workers the most when they’re back in the office. This didn’t top the list of things people were least looking forward to. The results revealed that 40% were d...

Boomi™, a leading provider of cloud-based integration platform as a service (iPaaS), has released the findings from a new global survey revealing that nine out of 10 organizations worldwide – a staggering 94% – are embracing a Composable Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) strategy to overcome the limitations of legacy applications and modernize their businesses to gain a competitive market advanta...

Gender stereotypes are the biggest barrier facing women in corporate jobs according to new research from Nyenrode Business University.

According to the researchers, Rosalien van 't Foort-Diepeveen, Aikaterini Argyrou and Tineke Lambooy key barriers identified include gender stereotypes, bias in recruitment and promotion, devaluation of women, a masculine organizational culture, work-family is...

As social media usage continues to pick up following a spike during the pandemic and employers become increasingly reliant upon these platforms to engage with candidates, Sterling has warned of the risks of a DIY approach to social media screening.

The background screening and identity services firm saw demand for social media checks increase by 120% over the course of 2020, as the vetting of can...

While larger enterprises often steal the limelight, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), very often being family businesses, make up the very backbone of most economies, with SMEs constituting the vast majority of companies within the EU. In Malta, 99.9% of Maltese companies are classified as SMEs, with 4.8% classified as small to medium enterprises and 95.1% classified as micro organisation...

What does it mean to be a Connected Enterprise and does it really matter? Ross Daniels at Calabrio believes it’s a great aspiration for all modern organisations and presents a unique opportunity to elevate the status of the contact centre.

Meeting rapidly changing customer expectations in the new world of remote work demands far higher levels of agility from organisations everywhere - and places ...

AirDNA's Monthly Review reports that the U.S. short-term rental industry has officially recovered demand above 2019 levels — marking the first month since the outbreak of COVID-19 to exceed 2019 performance.

In April 2021, U.S. short-term rental (STR) demand increased by 66.4% compared to 2020 levels and 5.4% over 2019 levels. Occupancy figures also built on March's strength, rising to 61...

Despite the impact Covid-19 has had on recruitment activity, professional IT vacancies have fared considerably well, with the number of jobs available in quarter one 2021 71.7% higher than the same time a year earlier. That’s according to new research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), the trade association for the recruitment sector.

Remote working drives demand wit...

CEDR has announced the key finding from its 9th Mediation Audit that in the 12 months to March 2020 approximately 16,500 commercial mediations were performed in the UK, an increase of 38% from the 12,000 figure announced in 2018. The full audit can be viewed at https://adobe.ly/3nSaYbC

Whereas in previous audits increases were attributable mainly to the introduction of mediation schemes or pathwa...