Whether you’re pivoting your existing business to going remote, or start with having a virtual workplace right of the bat: there’s quite a lot to take care of. The benefits of going remote often outweigh the extensive list of to-do’s to check off.

Social distancing, telecommunicating, and reductions in travel will remain with office workers even if after restrictions related to COVID-19 crisis ease and more people can return to work. Various efforts are being made to adopt to the new situation.

During a crisis managers need to give their healthcare and other essential services specialists the physical and digitals tools they need in very difficult circumstances.

The current labour shortage has placed a premium on hiring the right people for both today’s slowly but steadily growing economy and for tomorrow, when times may not be as good.

Leadership is perhaps an overused word but on the other hand, the more it is talked about the scarcer true leaders seem to become.

In-housing is a general trend across sectors that has finally caught on in the hospitality industry. Likewise, the emergence of digital solutions like PARiM, our own workforce software, allow management to cut the army of consultant middle men down in size by enabling easier ways of generating data and insights needed to make better management decisions and to increase long-term p

If you are looking for a straightforward way to increase your team´s performance then just 15 minutes of using our workforce software can make a radical long-term impact on your bottom-line. How? Simply follow this guide.

Whether just managing staff, their rota, their shifts or scheduling them, there are always those members of staff that are difficult to manage. Some are just BAD EGGS and it doesn’t matter what we do, they will always be difficult. Here are 9 tips to help you deal with them and a possible workforce management solution that could take some of the burden off you by removing some contentious areas where there is ofte

A very important part of business communication is “Feedback”. According to Business Dictionary feedback is defined as the “process in which the effect or output of an action is “returned” (or fed-back) to

In my first blog, ‘7 Great benefits of engaging your staff’ I defined employee engagement and explained some of the benefits that can come to a business that puts the effort in and manages to engage with its staff. It isn’t easy and requires quite a lot of work to start and initiate but it’s worth it as the benefits to an organisation can be considerable. So below isn’t really a “How to engage employees guide” more of a list of how you can improve your employee engagement

In this, my first blog about staff engagement I want to look at the benefits for a company that actively seeks to better engage with its staff. In the second blog I will then discuss ways you can go about achieving a better engagement level with your employees.

The ethos behind the development of PARiM is to help managers free up time from the repetitive, boring or mundane aspects of their work s

If the phrase “mobile workforce management software” doesn’t get you salivating the same way it does me, that’s understandable, you’

Subcontracting is when, as a company or individual, you enter into a contractual agreement with a third party to perform a task, shift or job of work. This third party may be a person or corporate body. In an arrangement like this the third party is known as a subcontrac

In May 2014, we wrote a blog all about how exceptionally excited our PARiM team members were. That time it was because Paul, one of our developers, had started building the PARiM mobile Android application! Well, as lots of you will know, he did a brilliant job and it’s fantastic! Now in January 2015, we are all back on the edge of our seats AGAIN! Why?

These days there are all types of events and marketing including corpor

In 2015, time will be an even more valuable and scarce resource for directors and managers of SME’s and I expect many more to utilise staff management software having understood the opportunities that staff management software provides them to improve their business and management style.

You don’t have to be a communication guru to be good at communicating but it helps when dealing with some of the stakeholders in your business; management, staff or clients. You can reduce the sheer volume of information you communicate by sharing some of it online rather than face to face. Either way many things need to be considered when improving the efficiency of your communication. Being a good and effective communicator is one of the most valuable skills to have

The UK is now one of the fastest growing western economies. Unemployment in the 3 months to the end of May has fallen to a 5 year low. This is good news, especially if these new jobs are good, long term sustainable jobs in growing profitable industries. However, latest labour market reports suggest that plans for job creation are tentative and that there is a ‘productivity hangover’ affecting the UK economy. Tore Haggren, Senior Vice President at Confirmit, explains what’s going on and gives advice on how to motivate and keep yo

Committing to being more transparent in your company operations and communication is becoming more important. It’s one thing for a company to celebrate their wins in public, but it takes a lot more to show and tell clients and employees how things are really being done and admit if something hasn’t gone as planned. Why is it important and what should we k