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You Have Until 5th October to Complete Gender Pay Gap Reporting 

You Have Until 5th October to Complete Gender Pay Gap Reporting 

Have you filed gender pay gap reporting yet? Enforcement against employers who fail to do so will begin on the 5th October. This has already been extended from the original deadline 6 months ago due to disruptions caused by Covid-19.     What is Gender Pay Gap...

Meet our Human Resource Consultant, Jenna MacBeth

Meet our Human Resource Consultant, Jenna MacBeth

Meet Jenna MacBeth, our fantastic Human resource Consultant. Jenna joined our team this Summer and has already made a great impression with our clients. Discover Jenna's career journey and how her first couple of months at The HR Booth has gone. My career journey...

The Benefits of Employee Referral Schemes

The Benefits of Employee Referral Schemes

A Employee referral scheme is a benefit that many businesses offer to ensure they find quality and reliable candidates. It’s also a great way to show employees how much you value their opinion. This not only helps to boost moral, it’s also a great method to retain...

Meet Our HR Assistant, Ailsa Gollan

Meet Our HR Assistant, Ailsa Gollan

I joined The HR Booth in March 2021 as an HR Assistant after a particularly difficult few months. I was in my final year at Strathclyde University in 2020 when COVID struck, and after classes were moved online and my future in my part-time job became uncertain, I had...

Are Glassdoor Reviews Important?

Are Glassdoor Reviews Important?

We recently raised the topic of recruitment challenges and promised to share some good practice to support you in this area. This continues to be a huge issue for businesses, and it was reported this week that there are currently over 1m vacancies in the UK. Everyone...

Meet Our HR Consultant, Claire Brook

Meet Our HR Consultant, Claire Brook

Meet Claire Brook, our talented HR Consultant. As one of our external human resources consultant, she manages our Kickstart Gateway programme and supports our clients with general HR matters. Find out how Claire's first 6 months at The HR Booth has gone. ''The last 6...

What is a Golden Hello or handshake?

What is a Golden Hello or handshake?

Discover how signing bonuses attract top talent during recruitment challenges. Learn why these financial incentives are making a comeback and how they help fill critical roles quickly

Are young people adversely affected by home working?

Are young people adversely affected by home working?

A generation of young employees have started their careers at home or through a hybrid system. Whether that be in a shared flat or an isolated space, budding professionals could be missing out on the benefits of the office environment. When starting out, experienced...

Do you offer ‘good’ work?

Do you offer ‘good’ work?

The CIPD’s annual Good Work Index report was published in June. It gave a clear indication of how employees feel about their working lives. The CIPD surveyed around 6,000 working in a wide range of sectors and found that job quality is falling short on several...

Meet James, Our New Marketing Assistant

We are delighted to welcome James to the team as our new Marketing Assistant. The team identified James via the government’s Kickstart Scheme. We will provide James with practical work experience within marketing. We also plan to give James experience in recruitment...

What are Fair Working Practices?

What are Fair Working Practices?

Every employee deserves to have access to fair working practices. The Scottish Government have launched a document that includes information on fair working practices and how this can benefit the workplace.   This document separates these practices into 5 different...