Homecare company, Home Instead, wants to recruit 10,000 extra workers across Britain
Founded 12 years ago by husband-and-wife team Trevor and Sam Brocklebank, Home Instead's UK arm now provides 5million hours of homecare each year through 190 UK offices
COMPASSION is the key for Home Instead staff.
Over the next two years, the homecare company wants to recruit 10,000 extra workers across Britain.
Its UK arm was founded 12 years ago by husband-and-wife team Trevor and Sam Brocklebank.
At the time, they were trying to find help for Trevor’s grandfather and were disappointed by the care services on offer.
The company now provides 5million hours of homecare each year through 190 UK offices.
When mum-of-one Suraya Alvi was diagnosed with a brain tumour, she pledged to return to work if she survived.
After making a full recovery, Suraya joined Home Instead Senior Care in July 2016 and now helps to provide the care.
Suraya, 40, from Stockport, says: “My own experience gave me a deeper under-standing of the frustration people feel about losing their independence. It made me better at my job.”
For more details about the latest positions available, see .
You do not need existing qualifications in care to apply, as Home Instead says it looks for people with the right qualities then provides all necessary training.
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Full of purpose
MISERABLE at work? Simply swapping jobs may not help.
Author Richard Jacobs believes it is more important to find what really excites you while in your existing role.
His new book, The Seven Questions To Find Your Purpose, has a step-by-step guide and says the whole process can take only 90 minutes.
It is full of questions and exercises that make you think about your values, talents and what inspires you.
Once you have sussed all that out, you will be able to work out your purpose. According to the book, and that is the key to enjoying your job and knowing when you are in the right one.
The Seven Questions To Find Your Purpose, £8.99, Amazon. See .
How to get on at work
IF you have ever wanted to throttle a colleague, you are not alone.
The “big talker” is the workmate we find hardest to work alongside, according to a survey by Premier Inn. The “micromanager”, meanwhile, leaves staff feeling most in need of support.
To help keep things civil with your fellow workers, business psychologist Dr Lynda Shaw has the following advice.
❶Be calm and stay in control. People will then respect you as a voice of reason.
❷Get to know people. Building a rapport will help you handle all personalities.
❸Explain your intentions clearly. Your colleagues can’t read minds, so don’t assume you are understood. And be calm and assertive.
❹Make the effort to understand other people’s intentions. Ask them their thought processes in doing things. You may learn something and will definitely be showing respect.
❺Establish the terrain when you start a new job. Find out who the different personalities are so you can adapt your style to work best alongside them.
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B&Q needs a new Head of Store Development at its Southampton branch. Go to for details.
The interview room
AS well as being nerve-racking, interviews can be expensive.
On average, graduates spend £506.55 attending job interviews before they land a full-time role.
And half say they do not apply for a job they wanted because of the cost of attending the interview. To give uni leavers a helping hand, Barclays is offering those attending interviews in three of the UK’s largest cities the chance to apply for up to two nights’ free accommodation.
City centre apartments will be available until the end of this month for graduates being interviewed in London, Birmingham and Manchester.
The three apartments are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
To make a booking or find out more about the scheme, search Barclays Graduate Rooms on .
Watching your step
ONCE, your staff pass or badge was just for getting into the building and back out again.
You might also load money on to it for the canteen.
Not any more, according to a new book by James Bidwell.
In Disrupt! 100 Lessons In Business Innovation, he reveals thousands of US workers wear “smart” badges that track their every move.
Supporters claim the employee badge helps to improve staff efficiency and downplay the “Big Brother” aspects.
But it is effectively a tracking tool that combines a microphone, an accelerometer and other sensors.
The pass collects large amounts of behavioural data from employees, which businesses can use to analyse and improve the productivity of their workforce.
Each badge is worn by an individual employee and collects more than 40 pieces of data daily. This includes how much they move around, the tone of their voice and even if they leaned in when speaking to fellow workers.
Eeek! Best step away from the water cooler and get on with some work.
Disrupt! 100 Lessons in Business Innovation by James Bidwell (Nicholas Brealey, £20) is out now.