Victoria Stokes

How fair are your hiring practices?
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‘Five interviews, five months and I still didn’t know if I got the job’

Companies claim they need multi-stage interviews to find the right 'fit', while prospective employees find them, at times,…

By Victoria Stokes

Discrimination of working mothers
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‘My pregnancy was an inconvenience to my boss…’

More than half of mothers in the workforce have faced a form of discrimination, according to new research.…

By Victoria Stokes

Negativity bias: are doom loops impacting your workplace?
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Is your negativity bias impacting your workplace?

In a world where we are all overexposed to real and imagined threats, managing negativity in a workplace…

By Victoria Stokes

Four-day work week
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Four-day workweeks: this is what new research shows after 12-months

New findings based on global (including Ireland) year-long, four-day-week pilot projects have busted some of the myths about…

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Careers and chronic illness: The real impact on Irish businesswomen

Living and working with a chronic illness has many seen and unseen impacts on one’s career and earning…

By Victoria Stokes

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Why I’m looking forward to moving home as a 35-year-old newly-wed

Two-thirds of Irish adults aged between 25 and 29 live at home with their parents but moving home…

By Victoria Stokes

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Building a business from her son’s hospital bed in Temple Street

From the family accommodation of Temple Street Children’s Hospital, former pilot Susan Furniss-Radley added a new strand to…

By Victoria Stokes

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Golden Assets: why hiring or retaining them is good for business

Golden Assets are employees of seasoned tenure, be they senior workers approaching retirement or parents returning to the…

By Victoria Stokes

Overconfidence is impacting the gender pay gap
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Overconfidence is widening the gender pay gap…again

New reports have found that ‘overconfidence’ is a key driving force in the gender gap in leadership by…

By Victoria Stokes

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Irish workplace wellbeing research makes for ‘grim reading’

New research shows workplace wellbeing has a long way to go in Ireland. We talk to one of…

By Victoria Stokes

The era of the Big Stay in business
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The era of ‘The Big Stay’ in business has arrived

'The Great Resignation' is over and the era of ‘The Big Stay’ era has arrived. Here's what that…

By Victoria Stokes

Employee engagement is falling. What can you do about it?
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How can you tackle low employee engagement in your organisation?

Calling all business leaders: Low employee engagement cannot be written off as laziness or a generational issue. Research…

By Victoria Stokes