Talent Acquisition, HR & Leadership Skills
- March 28, 2025
Compliance Challenges in Remote and Hybrid Work
If you have employees working in other jurisdictions, there is a major dilemma on how to employ them while giving them all their rights and making them legally responsible for their obligations,” explains Iqbal Ahmad, Founder & CEO of Britannia School of Academics.
- March 23, 2025
Is Conversational AI in Recruitment the Key to Automating Hiring and Screening?
A few years back, the recruitment process was manual and it used to require a lot of time to sort resumes and shortlist them. Now, introducing chatbots with customised questions filter out those who do not meet the basic requirements such as experience, education, and relocation
- February 16, 2025
AI in Hiring: 30+ Experts Across Industries Share Their Top Insights
AI-powered recruitment platforms can significantly accelerate the hiring process for standard roles. However, for niche roles, the accuracy of matches can vary. While we successfully recruited for roles like “Health & Social Care Assessor
- February 13, 2025
16 great job opportunities for business administration majors
If you have majored in business administration, you have an advantage of potentially working in a very wide range of positions, as all organizations rely on workforce skills that are covered by business administration programs—such as receptionist work, most clerical jobs, most semi-skilled office-based jobs, customer service jobs and so on.
- February 10, 2025
Why Building Trust is Necessary to 'Contend with Conflict'
Malicious compliance when resolving conflicts will never lead to sustainable positive results” says Iqbal Ahmad, an entrepreneur and director at the Britannia School of Academics, an online training course company,
- February 2, 2025
The 'Real Shame' from Leadership Errors
I don’t see this as simply a choice between admitting our errors or covering them up,” says Iqbal Ahmad, the director at the Britannia School of Academics, a training provider company.
- January 28, 2025
Presidential Transition-Type Letters for Your Organization
It shows a positive attitude, high level of professionalism, loyalty and sincerity of the departing leader to care enough about the organization and its cause
- January 27, 2025
How to Get Into Finance With No Experience
It’s all about the money when it comes to payday, too. Finance is typically a highly lucrative career path — even in entry-level roles. Yet it can also be stressful and demanding, requiring long hours, late nights, and fast-paced work.
- January 20, 2025
Ethical Conflict Responses
Manipulation is the biggest red flag and shows an unethical or immoral conflict response,” contends Iqbal Ahmad, the director at the Britannia School of Academics, a UK-based training provider, focusing on delivering courses for education professionals.
- January 16, 2025
Developing the Mindset and Habit of "Pointing the Thumb"
Admitting one’s own fault, when it truly is the case, is very difficult because we tend to make the decision all about choosing between admitting the fault or shifting the blame to someone else,” says Iqbal Ahmad, founder and CEO at the Britannia School of Academics.
- December 26, 2024
How to support a person in a difficult situation: advice from psychologists
When we feel bad and hard, we need support and understanding from our loved ones and friends. But sometimes attempts to help only make the situation worse. In order not to harm, but to really help, you need to know how to do it.
- December 16, 2024
Unlocking HR Efficiency: A Quick Guide to Must-Have HR Tools
The HR stack is more than just a powerful collection of tools that can automate tasks; these tools come together to form the foundations of an HR team’s work, enabling them to work with efficiency and focus on employee experience.
- October 8, 2024
How to Respond to Someone Resigning (With 15+ Examples)
Provide HR’s contact details, including email and phone details of the exact person they should contact should they have any questions regarding their final paycheck and the benefits they are entitled to.
- October 3, 2024
15+ Good LinkedIn Summary Examples for Students (With Tips)
I can do many different things and master new ones quickly. Fluency in English, good analytical and organizational skills, creativity, and kindness are just a few examples of what I can offer you.
- September 30, 2024
How to Help Someone With Anxiety (According to 30+ Experts)
It shows a positive attitude, high level of professionalism, loyalty and sincerity of the departing leader to care enough about the organization and its cause
- August 26, 2024
How to Overcome Fear of the Future (30 Ways + Expert Insights)
Carry out your SWOT analysis. It is often the case that we want to achieve specific goals in life but don’t know how to achieve these goals. A very good starting point is to carry out a critical analysis of your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT).
- July 17, 2024
Importance of HR in Today’s Growing Organization
Covid-19 has expanded the scope of HR as managing, training and developing a remote team is relatively more difficult. Consequently, HR has moved away from its traditional tactical role to a more strategic one, where growth, success and failure of an organization relies heavily on its effectiveness.
- February 20, 2023
Leadership Softskills
In my experience of interviewing potential managers and leaders for a range of positions, the ability to handle pressure is a key soft skill to have.
- February 8, 2023
Online Interview Tips From Career Coach/Recruiter/Hr Pro
Iqbal Ahmad (SFHEA) is the founder & CEO of Britannia Education Group, the umbrella brand for a range of online schools to include Britannia School of Leadership and Management — www.schoolofleadership.co.uk and Britannia School of Academics — www.schoolofacademics.co.uk.
- February 2, 2023
Benefits Of Respectful Communication In The Workplace With Immediate Tips
My name is Iqbal Ahmad (SFHEA) and I am the founder & CEO of Britannia School of Academics — www.schoolofacademics.co.uk I hold various postgraduate qualifications myself including but not limited to CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) and MBA (Master of Business Administration).
- November 7, 2022
Why Many Workers Still Fear Automation
The most obvious impact of the pandemic on the workplace has probably been the widespread pivot to new work models. What has been less talked about, however, is companies’ push toward the deployment of new technologies that enable these models.
- October 21, 2022
100 Tips From Experts on Retaining and Recruiting Talented Employees
Iqbal Ahmad from Britannia School of Leadership and Management “It is imperative to understand what exactly motivates each staff member individually, rather than adopting a generic one-strategy-serves-all approach.
- October 21, 2022
100 Tips From Experts on Retaining and Recruiting Talented Employees
Some employees are motivated by financial rewards and some by appreciation; you have got to meet their individual motivational needs to be able to have a highly effective team.
- October 20, 2022
100 Tips From Experts on Retaining and Recruiting Talented Employees
Iqbal Ahmad from Britannia School of Leadership and Management “It is imperative to understand what exactly motivates each staff member individually, rather than adopting a generic one-strategy-serves-all approach.
- October 1, 2024
Does School Prepare Us for Life? (According to Education Experts)
For many students, going to school is an essential aspect of life. It helps us prepare for experiences in the future by putting us through countless hours of challenging exercises and experiences in the classroom.