Mark Woffenden

About Mark Woffenden

Mark Woffenden is a Director at Lucy Walker Recruitment and has an extensive knowledge of the issues and workings of the West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester Commercial markets developed over the last 20 years in the Industry

Top Tips for Getting New Employees through Virtual Onboarding

After the induction process and any initial training, an essential part of every onboarding process is finding a compromise between the working style that suits the organisation, and that which works for the new employee. This, of course, is proving[...]

Cultureboarding - How to Communicate Culture in a Virtual Setting

Your company culture is a critical component of what your business stands for and how it operates. That is why the term Cultureboarding is now used extensively in HR circles, with organisations focusing on promoting work culture as a key component[...]

8 Top Tips for Job Seekers during a Pandemic

The Pandemic has seriously disrupted the job market on a global scale. Countless staff have been made redundant, millions of employees furloughed, while others have had job offers rescinded or been forced to take pay cuts, creating previously unseen[...]

The 7 Job Skills likely to be in Highest Demand after the Pandemic!

Even before the current crisis, changing technologies and new ways of working were disrupting jobs and the skills employees needed to do those jobs. The McKinsey Global Institute (2017) estimated that as many as 375 million workers (14 % of the[...]

6 Top Tips for Helping Your Employees be Productive Working From Home

Working from home can feel unusual, and like a change from the norm. It may cause the working day to feel disrupted, which can affect an employee's ability to work to their usual standard.

7 Tips for Managing a Virtual Team For the First Time

It can be enough of a challenge to manage your own working from home arrangements during this period of lockdown. Added to that now is the task of managing a team who are all working remotely – something that many managers may not have had an[...]

Tips For Hiring and Retention during and After the Coronavirus Crisis

Hiring, staff productivity and retention are challenging for most organisation during a global pandemic. But what will it look like afterwards and what can you do now?

Coronavirus Advice for Job Seekers

Despite the Coronavirus pandemic having severe short-term implications for the UK Job market, one thing we do know in this period of massive uncertainty is that this will be a finite period of time. If you are a job seeker how is this likely to[...]