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How To Avoid Employee Burnout

How To Avoid Employee Burnout

Employee Burnout Burnout is something that the majority, if not all, of employees will experience at some point in their working lives. As much as we’d like to, it is impossible to give 100% of effort to everything at all times. Especially when you factor in...

Recruitment – The Gold Level Standard

Recruitment – The Gold Level Standard

In case you missed it – Novak Djokovic finally won gold at The Olympics. First things first, well done Novak! (Although Andy Murray is by far the better player!). Here’s how we can help you achieve the gold standard, through recruitment. An essential part of human...

The HR Booth supporting the Career Ready programme

The HR Booth supporting the Career Ready programme

For the last four weeks, we have had Abby working with us in the office. Abby is part of the Career Ready programme.   What is the Career Ready programme? Career Ready are an organisation who provide young people with skills, knowledge and experience in a working...

Promoting Self-Care in the Workplace

Promoting Self-Care in the Workplace

Today marks International Self-Care day, highlighting the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, through the form of self-care. How does this, as an employer, relate to you? The standard workplace shift pattern is 9am to 5pm, which is eight hours long. Work this shift five...

Why an end-of-quarter review is vital

Why an end-of-quarter review is vital

End-of-quarter reviews are important. The end of June / start of July not only represented the end of Q2 / start of Q3. It is also the first quarterly review since the end of the financial year. Scotland and England take note! It is always important to review your...

The Importance of Developing the Younger Generation

The Importance of Developing the Younger Generation

Share Your Knowledge & Experience  You can positively benefit the younger generation through sharing your expertise, knowledge and experience with them, with long – lasting positive effects on the future success of your workforce. As a professional in your line of...

Labour Government & HR Changes

Labour Government & HR Changes

The election is a hot topic currently, with many businesses wondering how a Labour Government will impact their business operations. Having recently attended the excellent Breathe HR post-election webinar, we’ve put together an article on this subject. Capturing some...

Ask The Expert – Chloe & Breathe HR

Ask The Expert – Chloe & Breathe HR

Welcome to the latest edition of our Ask The Expert series. We sat down with our HR Advisor and in-house Breathe HR expert, Chloe, to go over what Breathe HR is, the latest features and why you should consider using it. A brief overview of Breathe HR Breathe HR is a...

The Importance of Team Building

The Importance of Team Building

At The HR Booth, we are dedicated to creating a happy workplace culture where mutual respect, enthusiasm and positivity is encouraged. A team that enjoy working with one another, more often than not, will tend to be more productive and more innovative. To help...

Meet The Team: Rachel

Meet The Team: Rachel

If you're looking for a beach, we'd recommend the nearby Seafield Beach - but we suppose The Maldives may just edge it! Rachel recently celebrated one full year with The HR Booth. To mark this, we asked Rachel a few questions, which you can check out below.   1....

Summer of Sport: How to manage holiday requests in the Workplace

Summer of Sport: How to manage holiday requests in the Workplace

With a Summer of Sport ahead, namely Euro 2024 and The Olympics. Couple this up with the general holiday season during June, July and August, it is fair to say that employers and line managers across the country should expect a significant rise in holiday requests...

Men’s Mental Health Awareness Week: Men Matter Scotland

Men’s Mental Health Awareness Week: Men Matter Scotland

This week is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Week. Therefore, we’re taking this opportunity to highlight the importance of Men’s Mental Health, and what you, as an employer or employee, can do to support your workforce on this matter. We spoke to Martin Melly, who works...