Rennie has successfully completed his Digital Marketing Apprenticeship with The HR Booth! Over the past 10 months, Rennie has been working through his portfolio and has completed a Diploma in Digital Marketing. Not only that, Rennie has been working with us as a...
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How Many Sick Days Per Year UK – What You Can Do About It
One of the common topics we are asked about is around absence management and how many sick days per year an employee can take in the UK. While there isn’t a fixed number of sick days allowed by law, there are clear guidelines on Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) and best...
Highlights of the Month | August 2024
Let's take a look at our Highlights of the Month for August 2024. In Conversation with DYW Scotland We spoke to Michelle from DYW Scotland on who they are, what they do and what they can offer to young people within Scotland. It was a pleasure to embrace their No...
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...
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...
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...
Highlights of the Month | September 2024
It has been a busy September for The HR Booth team! There has been various highlights as we have been out & about at events as well as appearing on podcasts, and you can read all about it below. We attended the Fife Business Expo in Dunfermline. It was great to...
Upcoming Events at The HR Booth
We have some upcoming events that we would like to share with you. To make this easier, we've put all the links and information that you need for these events, into one short article. All of the following events will be held in-person at our Glenrothes office in...
Managing Performance and Difficult Conversations
Latest Podcast Episode Check out the latest episode of our podcast which covers managing performance through having regular feedback sessions with your employees. Alistair also covers the topic of difficult conversations in the workplace.The Importance of Performance...
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...
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...
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...