Cath Everett
About Cath Everett
Cath has been a journalist and editor for more than 20 years, specialising in HR and technology issues.
Has coronavirus accelerated the future of work?
A recent McKinsey report suggests that there’s an overlap between those most vulnerable to losing their jobs to automation and...
What will shape the managers of the future?
Whether it’s having to manage unprecedented levels of remote working or the fact that increasing numbers of tasks are being...
Don’t believe the gig economy hype, says Matthew Taylor
The view that full-time employment is in retreat and will be subsumed by the gig economy is not borne out...
Could technology help to reduce conflict at work?
Conflicts at work cost money, but also damage engagement and productivity. Could an app where employees book time to talk...
Why engaging staff is about more than funky furniture and ‘faux fun’
Forget office slides and ping pong tables, employee engagement should be nurtured via long-term enrichment, according to the founder of...
Could an organisation work on a completely remote basis?
Most employers now embrace some form of flexible and remote working, but self-publishing company Reedsy has taken this to the...
Internal vacancy engines: Developing the SME talent you already have
Many smaller organisations are too fast to recruit externally. They look for new talent outside rather than considering the people...
Swipe right for the best candidate? Recruitment enters the Tinder age
Recruitment systems are evolving so candidates can use artificial intelligence to match themselves to roles in a similar way they...
HR tech: Virtual reality gives candidates a feel for culture at PwC
Could a virtual reality tour give candidates a better feel for an organisation’s culture before they apply? Cath Everett looks...
Automatic for the people: how HR brings robots and humans together
There have been numerous predictions about the impact of automation on certain jobs, but it need not all be bad...
Recruitment data: Is this the dawn of the biometric CV?
Wearable devices already measure metrics such as step count and heart rate. But could data generated from personal technology be...
Kronos CEO Aron Ain: “Management is not a spectator sport”
He’s one of the highest rated CEO’s on Glassdoor and engagement scores have shot up at his company. What can...
Workplace by Facebook: will platform familiarity spell success for business social network?
Industry watchers are divided as to whether Facebook’s new “Workplace social network for business” will prove a hit in the...
Tech to tackle temptation to tinker travel expenses
Although no one truly knows the full extent of fraud, it is estimated that it costs the country as much...
Scaled Networks: cutting out the middle men in recruitment?
There’s a general consensus that the amount of people who freelance, work part-time or take unguaranteed shift work is on...
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