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Exposure To Different Careers Can Help Overcome The Skills Gap

The Horizons Tracker

When we start out in our career we’re often placed in the perverse situation of expecting to know exactly what we want to do for the next 40/50 years while having no real experience of any career, let alone the multiple careers that might give us a realistic ability to appraise which one suits us best.

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Helping New Employees Into Healthcare

The Horizons Tracker

Individuals who enrolled in an eight-week pre-employment program have successfully transitioned to new careers within the NHS. The program, operated by Inspira in partnership with the North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, aims to provide job seekers with employability skills and practical work experience.

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Is Money More Important Than Meaning In Our Work?

The Horizons Tracker

Although having a job that means something to you is important, it seems that money talks louder when people consider their career options and their current jobs. This is what recent research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found.

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How do leaders make lasting change?

Lead on Purpose

His book The Innovators Dilemma has impacted the business world perhaps more than any other book in recent history. He has expanded his research and applied his theories to other industries like health care, higher education and even governments and tax systems. So how do leaders make lasting change?

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Should Virtual Therapists Come With A Health Warning?

The Horizons Tracker

With the cost of living crisis, these pressures haven’t been reduced, and research from Cambridge University highlights how this can have a knock-on effect on our careers. Indeed, clinical trials are underway to test whether such a service could become part of official mental health care.

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Male Employment Isn’t As Steady As We Think

The Horizons Tracker

.” Serious implications The research builds on previous studies that have shown that chronic unemployment can have significant health implications, both due to the loss of health care for the unemployed and also the stress involved. Stable work Out of these men, 41% had a stable work pattern.

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Fringe Benefits: What Are They and How Are They Helpful

HR Digest

These are some fringe benefits you generally must provide to your employees: Fringe benefits required by law The essential fringe benefits are intended to provide employees with medical care, help them in the event of job loss, and provide them with retirement income to sustain them during retirement.

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