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Veronica Carrera

This portfolio showcases samples of my work, including blog articles I wrote as well as ads, visual materials, emails, and whitepapers in English and Spanish.

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Impact of Leadership and Organisational Purpose on Employee Engagement


The recognition of the growing impact of organisational purpose on employee engagement has not just risen significantly over the last few years but has become a key trend shaping the future of work. It is no longer new for Top Employers to have clear commitments to a ‘positive impact’ on the world. In our World of Work Trends Report 2023, we identified that the importance of a ‘lived’ purpose—one that comes straight from the heart of those within the organisation—would become a constant in ev...
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Maximising the Employee Experience

The employee experience has been a preoccupation of HR leaders and departments for a long time. Still, especially now, as the world of work undergoes rapid transformation in the light of technological changes, cultural changes and more – it has never been more critical. In 2023, employee experience has emerged as a driving force behind successful, innovative organisations for its impact on an organisation’s competitiveness, especially when it comes to the engagement and retention of existing emp...
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The Benefits of Crafting an Employee-Led Employer Branding Strategy

People want to work for organisations that are known to be good employers. While it may sound obvious, many companies still neglect their employer brand to focus on other parts of their business strategy. Employer branding might not be the most exciting topic around the office, but it is one of the most underrated parts of an organisation’s strategy.
It helps attract new employees as well as retain existing talent. As organisations begin to invest in building an effective and genuine employer br...
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Artificial Intelligence Decisions in the Workplace | TEI

How it is Impacting Decision Making in the Workplace 
The world of work is constantly being moulded by new technologies and changing demands from employees and employers. Artificial Intelligence is one of the latest and possibly, most impactful technologies shifting the global landscape.
As AI systems become increasingly more common in production lines, offices, prediction models and workplace decisions, it is critical to explore how adopting AI will impact economic activity and professional...
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Changing the Game: New Rules at Work


If there is one topic on the agenda in all organisations, it is undoubtedly to need to design – and implement – a new working model. While it is a priority it is also the topic that raises the most questions amongst HR leaders and decision makers.
Hybrid, flexible, personalised, digital we are all familiar these terms. But as we incorporate these terms into our organisations strategic objectives, we continue to look around us at the most cutting-edge businesses, to find ideas that work, initi...

Food First Blog | Is Your Food a Fraud? Has the Pandemic Made Foo

With supply chain disruptions and economic factors at play during and following the pandemic, opportunities for food fraud may be on the rise. That means products and ingredients, like alcoholic beverages, oils and fats, honey, maple syrup, coffee and many others that are historically known to be at an increased risk for fraud, may be even more susceptible. During a recent webinar and blog, we asked “How Do I Assess Whether My Supply Chain is at Risk of Food Fraud?”

Our own Alma Delia Hernández...

Food First Blog | Tip of the Week: If My Product Has Never Been R

During our Monday, May 4 “Food Safety and COVID-19: What Businesses Need to Know” webinar, Earl Arnold, Food Safety Professional, highlighted the need for a strong traceability and recall plan. You can start development by downloading our free “Getting Started Guide: Traceability & Recall” to learn top traceability issues facing food plants, four steps to be recall ready, and important questions for your recall team members.

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Recalls in the U.S. are...

Food First Blog | Pandemic Prepared? Five Problems You Need to So

Recent facility shutdowns due to COVID-19 cases and the resulting supply chain disruption has shown the food industry that being prepared for pandemics is increasingly vital to business resiliency. While COVID-19 is certainly the most impactful, it is the third pandemic in 18 years, the others being SARS and H1N1. This history makes it clear these types of diseases and the resulting impacts aren’t going away, so being prepared for them is essential.

To help companies support worker health, buil...

Food First Blog | Six Steps to Effective Sanitation– and How Inno

The goal of any sanitation program is to achieve and maintain a sanitary environment, a vital component for the production of safe and wholesome products. In this webinar, we were joined by Nexcor Food Safety Solutions to discuss the six steps to an effective sanitation program, as they offered insights into how technology and innovation can simplify the sanitation process.

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Consolidated Standards  GMP/Sanitation Workshop

Foremost, management support is critic...

Food First Blog | 10 Key People to Add to Your Food Defense Team

One of the most important decisions related to your food defense program is who you'll include on your Food Defense Team. Personnel representing different departments should be included because the team will work together to review policies and complete a vulnerability assessment to prevent intentional adulteration and protect employees, assets, and brand. A team comprised of different departments within an operation ensures that your assessment considers all areas and procedures inside the faci...

Food First Blog | Tip of the Week: Naming Your Flavored Products

It seems everywhere you look companies are coming out with new flavored products - pumpkin, eggnog, peppermint, the possibilities are endless. Whether the flavor of your product is pumpkin or something else, be sure you are correctly naming your flavored products.

Using pumpkin as an example, the name of the food on the label will include the characterizing flavor of pumpkin. Whether “pumpkin” in the product name needs to be qualified as “flavored”, “naturally flavored”, or “artificially flavor...

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