It’s all about the attitude! (And we all have one!)
Last year Reed Recruitment Consultancies surveyed 1000 employers and found that 96% would hire on attitude over skills. That means that even with your fancy degree, 5 years work experience, and impressive repertoire of training courses – if you have the wrong attitude, you will always be on the back foot. Attitude matters because what [...]
New Year + New Challenge = New CV!
So we are steadily hurtling towards the Christmas holidays now (yippee!) and you’re daydreaming of long lie-ins, mince pies and Christmas specials – you’re a bit bored in your current role, don’t think it is challenging you anymore and if you’re honest just cannot wait for the next month to be over so you can [...]
Putting yourself in the driving seat of your career
Careers often happen to us, rather than for us, it’s a rare luxury to know from a young age what we think our ideal career is and sometimes we wake up and wonder how did we get here? The only person ultimately who can develop and drive your career in the right direction is you [...]
Meet Ben – Groupon’s Vice President of HR, International
“At first, I didn’t even want to meet them. But, I felt there was an interesting story to be heard, so I decided I’d ask the senior people the hardest questions I could about the future of the company. They answered them all, and I left convinced. Suddenly, I was Groupon’s VP, HR, international.” Read [...]
Remember Remember, It’s Nearly Movember!!
Power up your shavers, flex those upper lips, and eat all your bread crusts – yes that’s right my stubblesome friends, Movember is fast approaching and Groupon employees are ready to compete against each other for the third year running! What It’s All About: Responsible for the sprouting of little facial caterpillars on thousands [...]
How To Balance The Work-Life Balance
Ever wanted to learn how to juggle, decorate cupcakes or become a whizz on Photoshop? Ever thought of a workplace that would offer these things and more? Well look no further… Back in the depths of winter last year I spent an unhealthy amount of time speaking to people from around our head office, making [...]
No Need To Fear…..In-House Recruitment Is Here
Definition of recruitment noun 1 [mass noun] the action of enlisting new people in the armed forces: methods of military recruitment Oxford Dictionary 2012 edition Recruitment is a word that strikes up lots of different images for lots of different people. One thing I can pretty much guarantee however is that the image you are thinking [...]
Welcome to the People Blog
Well, we finally got round to it. We’ve wanted to do it for ages but somehow never managed to put fingers-to-keyboard until now….So, drum-roll please… welcome to the Groupon People Blog. Our intention is simple – to blog about pretty much anything we find interesting. Now, obviously it’ll have a broadly “People of Groupon” [...]
Joanna Chamberlain – Employment Brand Manager
Name: Joanna Chamberlain Job Title: Employment Brand Manager Time @ Groupon: Nearly 2 years (has it been that long!) Describe Yourself In A Tweet (140 Characters): Essex girl originally, now reside in Surrey. Love my food, even more so with wine, and will do pretty much anything to make others laugh! Fun Fact: My life [...]
Kate Roy – Learning and Development Executive
Job Title: Learning and Development Executive Time @ Groupon: 18 Months Describe Yourself In a Tweet (140 characters): I defiantly talk too much and sometimes too fast, but I am very enthusiastic about most things. I like things that make me laugh, good food and even better wine! Fun Fact: I only learnt to ride [...]
