Working Overtime. What it means for you.
As anyone in retail will tell you at this time of year, IT. IS. BUSY! It doesn't matter if you’re working in a physical store or for an online business, there is plenty to do, lots of customers to be helped and stock moving faster than you can repack the shelves or post the orders. So ...
Is it ever OK to Lie for a Sale?
“Oh my goodness, that looks AMAZING on you!” Customers have heard all it before and sometimes they believe it, but more often than not, they don’t. So, is it really ok for retail employees to tell a customer something looks fabulous when it quite obviously does not, just to secure a sale?
Consumers get it. Retail staff ...
Say Yes to Saying No at Work
We all know how hard it is to say “No” in today's workplace culture. We’re constantly being asked to attend events, complete tasks and make decisions that may not benefit us or our career. So, how do we say no in a productive and positive way to ensure that our career or workload isn’t going to ...
Maintaining Staff Motivation over the Christmas Rush
December is fast approaching and your local shopping centre is already starting to transform into a Christmas wonderland. There's no doubt in retail, December can be one of the most challenging and stressful months of the whole working year. Due to this retail employers often find it hard to maintain staff motivation and focus on work.
During ...
5 Steps to Effective Time Management
From the second we land our very first job we are constantly told that we need to manage our time effectively. No matter whether we are waitressing, packing shelves, inputting data or answering phones and emails and no matter if we are at the bottom of the hierarchy or the CEO, time management is one of ...
Christmas Staff: How to find (and keep) the perfect team!
We’ve all been there, at the counter of a retail outlet, in peak holiday shopping hour, just waiting to be served. It’s frustrating, frustrating for the consumer, frustrating for the staff and of course, frustrating for the business owner. So, what steps can you take to ensure this is not the case this Christmas in your ...
Why should you hire Recruit Career Consult when recruiting for your company?
As a recruitment agency, we often get asked “Why would a company hire you to do their hiring?” and the answer can be as simple or as complicated as you would like to make it.
Let’s start with what Recruit Career Consult does for our clients. Recruitment agencies are external companies who advertise, search, network, physically get ...
Creating an Inspirational Workspace
We often hear the phrase ‘dream job’, but it seems rare that we actually find it. For some, there is endless inspiration and motivation to find a job we love but as soon as we find a job, we settle, even if it’s not the right one. So, why is this so often the case? Are ...
Visualising Your Way to Success
Visualisation is an extremely strong tool for success when implemented correctly. Many people don’t realise that they are visualising in everyday life and that harnessing and nurturing their visualisations or manifestations, as some people refer to them, is the key to success.
So how does manifesting your goals actually work? Visualising success activates our creative subconscious to ...
5 Tips to Better Your Staff Performance Management
Implementing a performance management system that is easy to adhere too means workers are far more likely to embrace and incorporate them to reach their work goals efficiently.
To see how you can get the best from your workers and how they can achieve positive results, check out our Performance Management checklist below:
Give Positive and Constructive ...
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