Following the recent launch of the four-day week trial for UK employees, it’s clear the recruitment landscape and candidates’ expectations are changing following the pandemic. But what else can we do to attract top talent to our industry? Polly Barnes, commercial director at Riskhub, explores how having a clear purpose that improves people’s lives can…
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Untangling risk management
Risk management should be part of all housing providers’ ongoing business operations; after all, taking risks and mitigating those risks is part and parcel of everyone’s daily lives. However, in the context of risk management, it’s worth being a little more specific about what we mean, first to avoid confusion, and second as a way…
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The technologist’s apprentice…
There was a time in my career when I had a ‘downer’ on apprenticeships, which was counter-intuitive because when I left school, I did a four-year Ministry of Defence apprenticeship. I’d become stuck in a rut, thinking that modern apprenticeships were not ‘real’ apprenticeships and they were more trouble than they were worth, so I…
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Bad housing data, or how much is ‘Lodnon’ costing you?
This edition of Housing Technology is heavier on ‘data’ than normal, in part owing to our main feature article on data integration and straight-through processing as well as numerous contributed articles from data experts in our sector. In much the same way that a philosophical construct or mathematical theorem is only as strong as its…
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Proptechs and IT start-ups in housing
Following our last overview of the start-up IT companies in our sector (see Housing Technology magazine, January 2020), we return again for 2021 with a selection of ‘proptech’ companies and IT start-ups that are devoting either all or most of their focus on developing exciting new technologies for social housing, based on the recommendations we…
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Video killed the interview star…
Video interviews have become commonplace since the start of the pandemic and will remain a popular hiring tool in the future. Preparing for a virtual interview is similar to getting ready for a face-to-face one because the questions you will be asked and the ways you should conduct yourself are the same. There are a…
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