Jess Bailes, HR Consultant
Jess is a CIPD qualified human resources generalist with over 20 years’ human resources experience. She and has enjoyed working in HR in a variety of organisations in different sectors – including investment banking, education, healthcare, and conferencing and events.
Her roles have given her valuable insight into the following key areas of expertise:
- Compensation and benefits
- Reward management
- Talent acquisition
- Employee relations including union interaction
- Change management and restructuring
- Expatriate compensation and management
- Performance management
- Policy review and development
Jess always tailors her advice according to her clients’ needs and aims to delivers high quality, concise solutions in a user–friendly format. She enjoys building strong relationships with clients who often feed back that she is approachable and easy to work with.
Outside work Jess enjoys looking after her two lively spaniels, socialising and open water swimming.
Take a look at some of our latest blogs…
Companies often face the challenge of scaling their workforce and hiring at pace to meet growing demands. Teams wait for months to get the budget signed off, then rush to get someone in as quickly as possible to take the ‘work weight’ off. Speed in hiring should never come at the expense of quality, [...]
In today’s fast-paced business environment, organisational culture is a critical factor that influences success. Our clients often ask us to work with them as they undergo a cultural shift which they see as critical to stay competitive and relevant. There are many external drivers of organisational change, these include: growth opportunities, economic downturns, challenging [...]
In July 2023 Gartner surveyed 520 HR leaders to gauge their top priorities for 2024 - change management ranked in the top five, so let’s delve into some of the details. A few issues that were mentioned by Gartner included: Managers are not fully equipped to manage change successfully The change process isn’t measured [...]
We all like a good joke, and office banter is great for developing bonds between staff, especially over the festive period. A relaxed environment increases morale, which improves productivity and increased well-being of staff. However, something that one person finds humorous can be humiliating or harassing to others. The impact of not treating others [...]
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