Marketing skills trends: Rise of in-housing ‘helps businesses through a difficult year’
Nearly three quarters (73%) of marketers have moved at least part of their digital marketing in-house over the last year, according to new research.
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5 reasons why major businesses are adopting agile across their organisation
Louis Georgiou, Managing Director of Code Computerlove, explains why agile transformation is a key trend, benefits of this methodology and how digital native/digital first organisations are shaping their teams.
Tribepad Ventures launches new entrepreneurship platform for work tech start-ups
Recruitment software provider Tribepad has announced plans to place Sheffield at the centre of work-tech innovation, with the launch of Tribepad Ventures and a new £1m fund.
Recruitment trends: Media and comms hiring spiked in October
Hiring in the media and communications industry spiked in October compared with the previous month, but there is still a significant lag behind other professional services sectors such as finance and legal, according to new research.
Half of office staff to continue to work from home over summer despite lockdown easing
More than half of office workers will continue to work from home for the rest of the summer despite the government’s efforts to get them to return, according to new research.
Working from home ‘saves London commuters 24 days per year in travel time’
Commuters journeying into the UK capital spend nearly two and a half hours per day travelling door-to-door, an average of £10,020 worth of unpaid time, according to new research looking into the costs and savings of remote working.
Fujitsu cuts office space by 50% as remote working becomes the new ‘standard’
Technology firm Fujitsu is to halve its office space in Japan as it adapts to the coronavirus pandemic, letting staff work flexible hours and working from home will be standard wherever possible.
Remote work forever? 40% of managers considering staff home working ‘beyond pandemic’
The study, from Hoxton Mix, indicates that attitude towards permanent remote work varies between industries. For example, more than 3 in 5 (64%) of respondents who work in the Sales, Media and Marketing industries agree that this would be a positive change, but only less than 1 in 5 (16% of workers in the Arts … [Read more…]
Top tips: Developing a more diverse and inclusive workforce through cognitive diversity
The digital marketing industry has taken strides to encourage demographic diversity, but cognitive diversity – which refers to the plurality of mindsets and perspectives within an organisation – has often been overlooked. Vijayanta Gupta, Global VP of Product Marketing at Sitecore discusses steps that the tech industry can take to become more cognitively diverse.
Twitter allows employees to work from home ‘forever’
Twitter will let its employees work from home permanently following the COVID-19 pandemic, and won’t reopen until September 2020 with few exceptions.