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Low team morale is one of the biggest success killers in the workplace. Whilst everyone has to pull his or her weight together to maintain team morale, ultimately, maintaining morale lies heavily on the manager. So what are the most common mistakes managers make to shatter employee morale? Are you or someone you know guilty of any? They set staff up for employee burnout It’s not uncommon for ba...

I'm Catherine Campbell and I'm the Client Liaison Manager and Medical Imaging Specialist here at Projectus Consulting. We spend our week getting to know you and how you work, so I thought I’d share a bit of an insight into what it’s like on the flipside! So why did I choose recruitment? I came from a clinical background, working with a health screening team performing health checks for people a...

Resigning is a sticky business, isn’t it?! If you’re a person who has ever been employed there is a very likely chance you’ve wanted to leave a job before. Be it for positive reasons like a promotion elsewhere or simply because you’ve had enough of your current situation; the day you do it comes with a heavy feeling in the pit of your stomach. Getting it right can save you a spiral of unwanted ...

Be honest, did you have someone in mind when you opened this article? Don’t worry, most of us do at some point! It’s tempting to shy away from managing a negative employee. The challenge to overcome it can seem like a confrontation but it doesn’t have to be. Most people don’t leave bad jobs, they leave bad teams or managers, so managing negativity is key to reducing the cost of staff retention....

Medrobotics received FDA clearance to press ahead with its robotic surgical device designed for colorectal surgeries in America. Moving in a way that works a bit like the London Underground (!) the snake-like device is designed to be able to manoeuvre its way around the tunnels of the digestive tract. It will then perform procedures and aid diagnostics. It’s anticipated to give colorectal surge...

It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behaviour is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction. Warren Buffet It’s no secret that the key to success lies in the team we have behind us and surrounding yourself with people who have the same ambitions and values that you do is critical to your career performance and the speed at which you will reac...

We spend more time at work than we do with our friends and family and your career is important so it’s imperative you never lose out on an ill-fitting role. Moving jobs is harder said than done and above all, it’s nerve wracking with procrastination being one of the biggest contributors to a delay in doing so. As such, I thought I’d share 5 of the most common factors that made our candidates re...

Have you ever been completely convinced by a candidate at C.V and interview and realised after the first few weeks that they weren’t the match you hoped for? Perhaps they lacked momentum? Were difficult to manage or simply not a cultural fit? One of the biggest reasons behind a bad hiring decision is employers hiring on skills then being let down by employee behaviour. The employment market has...

U.S Medical technology company Becton, Dickinson and Co have acquired their competitor C.R. Bard Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal worth a handsome $24 billion. The deal sees Bard shares increase by up to 20%. Bard stockholders are expected to receive $223 in cash and a half share of BD stock for each Bard share they currently own. Bard stock closed last Friday at $253.07. Becton, Dickinson and Co ...

MeMed Ltd confirmed earlier this month that they had been awarded $9.2m by the US Department of Defence to develop its second-generation point-of-care test, to distinguish between bacterial and viral infections. The Israel-based start-up has called the device the ImmunoXpert, and it could play a key role in helping to alleviate the global misuse of antibiotics. The ImmunoXpert test works by mea...