Give a Grad a Go talk mental health with iNews 🧠

Cary Curtis created Give a Grad a Go in 2009 and seeing the business grow year-on-year since and launching in Australia earlier this year, he had big plans for 2020, “our target for 2020 was 800-plus placements, thanks to lockdown, we’re on course to do about 500 and that now seems like a massive result”.

For many businesses, like Give a Grad a Go, expected targets will not be hit this year, however, in his discussion with iNews, Cary reinforces that smaller achievements are still a huge success and it’s important to celebrate these milestones, whether it’s your business staying open, retaining a certain amount of staff or hitting a smaller, more achievable target.

Celebrating new goals and showing appreciation to your staff is a great way to improve mental wellbeing in the workplace and give your employees a boost of motivation.

Make sure to visit our blog to find out more ways to improve mental, physical and social wellbeing in the workplace.

For many businesses this year, there has been a reduced workforce tasked with carrying out other employees’ roles and taking on more responsibility as many staff were furloughed and made redundant due to the pandemic, at Give A Grad A Go “our team shrunk from 32 to 20, but we have brought back nine people who we originally furloughed”.

With staff quickly having to adapt to new roles and many facing uncertainties around their future, it can take a huge toll on your employees’ mental health.

Likewise, many business owners have faced constant pressures and stress this year, having to make extremely difficult decisions such as redundancies.