Search results
How to find a business mentor
Experienced business mentors can be found through local business networks and dedicated support organisations.
Online business mentoring
Online business mentoring lets mentors and mentees work together wherever they are located at times which suit.
Business mentoring in Northern Ireland
Information on organisations that provide mentoring opportunities for local businesses in Northern Ireland.
Universal Credit
Employer guidance on Universal Credit - a payment for working-age people who are on a low income or are out of work.
Tips for creating an LGBTQIA+ inclusive workplace
Practical steps to help employers make lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and/or asexual (LGBTQIA+) staff feel included and respected in the workplace.
What is sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace?
How to identify different types of workplace sexual orientation discrimination and some examples of these.
LGBT staff: employer legal duties
The legal responsibilities to ensure that employers do not discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans staff.
Supporting trans staff
How employers can support trans employees by ensuring the unique challenges they face are minimised.
Employing and supporting LGBTQIA+ workers
How employers can develop an inclusive workplace environment and support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and/or asexual (LGBTQIA+) staff.
Advantages of employing and retaining older workers
Key benefits that employing and retaining older workers can bring to businesses.
Employment rights of older workers
How employers can meet the legal rights of older workers including retirement age, age discrimination, and caring for dependants including grandchildren and parents.
Employing and supporting older workers
How employers can embrace the benefits of employing older workers and meet their legal obligations and challenges of an ageing workforce.
Five top tips to promote an age-diverse workforce
How employers can create a workplace that is inclusive to workers of all ages to give them a competitive advantage in recruitment and retention.
Ageing workforce: challenges for staff and employers
How employers can identify and address the challenges of an ageing workforce.
Online recruitment of new staff
How online recruitment differs from traditional hiring practices, the advantages of online recruitment, and how to get the most from recruiting new staff using virtual processes.
How to make online recruitment work for your business
How to ensure virtual recruitment processes fit with your business strategy and deliver the best possible candidates.
Advantages and disadvantages of online recruitment
The many business benefits that virtual recruitment processes can bring for employers hiring new staff and some potential drawbacks.
What is online recruitment?
Recruiting staff using online processes and how this differs from more traditional face-to-face recruitment practices.
Support for women in business
Support programmes available to business women and potential women entrepreneurs in Northern Ireland
Preventing communication breakdowns with family employees
How communicating with family employees may differ from communicating with non-family ones.