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As cold weather bites and parts of the UK experience extreme weather conditions, businesses that rely on staff to function may be feeling nervous about falling staff attendance. Here are some top tips to help you and your company cope with the bad weather:

1. Share weather reports and updates with staff regularly to ensure everyone is well informed.

2. Support staff to take advanced driving courses to help them to drive safely in slippery or icy conditions.

When you look good - you feel good

When applying for jobs and attending interviews, its vital that you look good and feel good to make the best impression and stand the best chance of getting that job.

As the costs of conventional print advertising continue to soar, many smart HR professionals are looking for alternative methods of finding and recruiting good quality staff.

 Using a recruitment agency can offer a quick staff solution but associated costs are often high for the employer, limiting their application to only higher level positions.

To build a successful team of staff, its important to avoid the common mistakes in the recruitment process that can be made by managers.

Monday 16 January is statistically the most miserable day of the year for employees, according to an elaborate scientific calculation which takes into account a number of factors including debt levels, the number of days since Christmas, levels of motivation and even the weather.

So how can you ensure that your team is happy this January?

A little bit of preparation goes a long way in the job hunting process. Don’t get caught out by these classic queries that appear at many a job interview:

1. Tell me about yourself

Despite the continuing economic gloom, a number of companies have announced plans to enter a recruitment drive in 2012, opening up dozens of Norfolk job opportunities. We have found a number of good news stories about Norfolk jobs:

South Norfolk pest control company seeks new team member

So you have set your big New Year’s resolution to get a new job. Here are some top tips to ensure that you get that new job you want:

1. Read the job ad carefully – make sure that you understand what the job is about and the sort of person that they are looking for. You need to be able to fulfill all of the essential skills and at least some of the desirable skills set out in the advert if you want to stand a chance of getting the job.

Some of the most commonly broken New Year’s Resolutions are: