Hybrid onboarding – getting ready for the class of ‘22
September 2022 is fast approaching – with a whole new cohort of Early Career Professionals (ECPs) about to join our workforces. The shadows of the pandemic and the ramifications of the broader shift to hybrid working will hugely affect these new joiners. So, what can our People/HR Teams and line managers do to help these […]
NALP 2022 Annual Education Conference
The National Association of Law Placement Annual Education Conference took place April 5-7, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Due to the global pandemic, this premier event leveraged a virtual format for the past two years. However, attendees were eager to be back together in person for engaging plenaries, educational sessions, and networking. James Boyle, Director […]
“Collaboration and Inclusion – how we and our trainees make the most of hybrid working”
Celine Floyd, Co-Director of Cappfinity’s Talent Practice, recently chaired the closing session of the ISE Student Development Conference, to discuss early careers talent and hybrid working. She was joined on the panel by Bob Athwal, Culture and Belonging Lead at Skyscanner; Paul Dilley, Early Careers Manager at Mott MacDonald and Martha May Jones, a graduate […]
Soft skills and remote learning: Improving engagement for early career professionals
In our previous blog, we reflected on the early careers engagement research from Cappfinity Principal Learning Designer, Lucie Coudret. Coudret’s research has already considered some of the reasons for disconnect between early career professionals (ECPs) and their work environments and colleagues, such as perceived inequality due to age and concerns around mental health and wellbeing. […]
Research: Do early career professionals feel disconnected?
As 2022 kicks off in earnest and many continue to yo-yo between full time working from home, working in the office and hybrid working, we consider how this has affected and continues to impact early career professionals (ECPs) who have joined new teams remotely during the pandemic. In September 2021, Cappfinity Principal Learning Designer, Lucie Coudret […]
Humanizing Tech: Talent & Algorithms
Human Resources (HR) leaders are focused on organizational business goals, enhancing recruiting results, and employee engagement. In parallel (HR) technologies designed to attract, engage, assess, hire, and retain talent have evolved over the years. Social and economic uncertainty have accelerated innovations in virtual candidate engagement, new forms of assessment, and job simulations. Many of these […]
How to Land and Keep a Good Job by Focusing on Your Strengths
By Lindsey Pollak, Nicky Garcea Not long ago—even though it might seem that way—a tight employment market put job candidates in the driver’s seat, as companies pulled out all the stops to woo applicants. Although that dynamic shifted abruptly, no matter where you are in your career, it’s imperative to grasp both your realized and […]
Future Strong 2021: Driving positive change in early careers
In the first Future Strong LinkedIn Live session of the new year, Nicky Garcea and Lindsey Pollak were joined by early careers expert, Trudy Steinfeld, and Skyscanner’s Global Lead for Racial Diversity and Early Careers, Bob Athwal, to get their perspective on the key themes in early careers recruitment for 2021. Here we summarize our […]
Silver Linings: How great companies were able to thrive during the pandemic
As we sort through the lessons of 2020, a clear picture emerges of companies that thrived and those that floundered. Some industries and organizations succeeded by virtue of being in the right place at the right time, with a product or service uniquely suited to the situation. But the more engrossing story is those companies […]
Cappfinity and College Code help level the playing field for diverse early career candidates
Students and graduates from diverse backgrounds are being given access to tools, resources and coaching to help them kickstart their careers through a new partnership between HR tech company, Cappfinity and College Code. The program comprises of a guided learning journey using Cappfinity’s Virtual Experience and Engagement (VEE) platform involving strengths self-assessments, strengths development exercises […]
