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The work-life balance agenda is becoming increasingly important to both graduates and company directors of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), new research shows.
According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), while both SMEs and larger companies are equally capable of enticing graduates, small businesses may be more inclined to offer flexible working.
SMEs can offer graduate employees a huge amount of informal learning and development by giving them a hands-on experience and allowing them to spend time with different people within the organisation, the CIPD added.
Victoria Winkler, an advisor for the CIPD, said: "Small businesses can look at things like flexible working and the whole work-life balance agenda which is increasingly important to the graduate.
"Thats something that theyre increasingly looking at and seeing how that works for them."
Ms Winkler advised graduate jobseekers to hone their communication skills and ability to make an immediate contribution, as that is critical to a small workforce.
Research by consumer group Which? shows that interviewees are still confused about what a potential employer can and cannot ask them during the recruitment process.
According to the Which? CV and Interview Handbook: "What were once standard questions on an application form or during an interview - such as age, length of experience and religious views - are now illegal under discrimination legislation."
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