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Technology is enabling virtual events, but how can you blend the physical with digital to really capture your community’s imagination? To really make your mark and stand out from the crowd you’ll need to invest […]

And yes, one is alumni: hire boomerangs! Lots of ink has been spilled about the shortage of digital talent and how companies have to reengineer their recruitment and learning programs to attract and retrain staff […]

Lots of remarkable people – some of the very best talent – take a career break. But they still need help coming back. Here’s why we wrote a book to help them. Increasingly, people are […]

I’m useless at clubs. Here are just a few of the things I’ve failed to stick at: Majorettes. Girl Guides and Scouts. Hockey Club. Church. Book group. Ante-natal classes. Something in me bristles at the […]

HR has started to shift its focus toward the entire workforce, including their alumni. As the trends resulting from the fourth industrial revolution converge with the highly diverse global talent economy

Alumni Communications are often overlooked and undervalued when considering corporate reputation. Scott McKenzie, from Montfort Communications, explores the value of building stronger relationships with your former employees. I’m in my attic wading through old paperwork […]

The delivery of a successful Alumni network starts and ends with empathy; Asking yourself and your community “what is true value and how can we deliver it?”

Julianne Miles, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Women Returners, discusses the benefits of hiring senior professionals back into the workforce following a career break.

Social isolation is increasingly common as individuals mix with ever-growing numbers of people. It’s critically helpful for people to be able to foster ties to groups that they already know and can maintain links with. Being part of an alumni group – where individuals are aligned by a common set of experiences or shared characteristics – is a key part of this.

The war for talent has become the status quo and we know this is unlikely to change over the coming decade. According to the Office for National Statistics, unemployment in the UK is now the […]