Enjoy the Christmas party however...
Certainly the party cannot get out of control. Like the Christmas event when Sam took full advantage of the free booze to the extent she was carted off in an ambulance after just 2 hours to get her stomach pumped. Or when police had to break up the fight that ensued between 20 colleagues – for a whole year their management teams had been vying them against each other in “healthy” competition and slanging matches (so it was just a matter of time till that much warring testosterone resulted in fisticuffs)
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Recruitment agency fees
I'm an advocate for cost containment when you do need to utilise the experience/support/expertise of a 3rd party recruitment service. I'm also aware that there are still some recruitment providers who haven't changed their fee ratios or champagne and long lunch lifestyles since the nineties, and I know that that exorbitant fees do not guarantee the best service and results from any agency.
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Pregnancy – how do HR professionals vary their ethics?
.....two of the three HR leaders proceeded to receive a job offer with full transparency of their situations to the employer companies; and of these, one wound up accepting the job. One of the three HR leaders will not be welcome to work with our firm in any capacity again.
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Discrimination is rife within HR
Those of us the in HR profession are quick to stomp on business leaders when we see/hear of them undertaking discriminatory behaviours and actions.
But let me tell you. HR is absolutely just as culpable when hiring for its own.
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Workday - the new kid on the block
Workday have come from "out of the blue" having only been established in 2005 (just like an "overnight" pop sensation) but it is markedly noticeable how many of our multinational clients are moving their human resource information and management systems (or Excel spreadsheets) to this solution.
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What to expect when you resign from your HR job?
72% of people we talk to have not forewarned their employers of the extent of their work concerns at the time they commence their job search process – no wonder employers are surprised upon receiving resignations!
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Quit with class from your HR job
There may be short term satisfaction in telling your bosses or colleagues what you really think about them, and emphasising this with some colourful insults, but there is nothing to gain in the mid to long term. This is also a good reason to avoid last day drinks – in the emotions that practically everyone feels on their last day, it’s too easy to say the wrong thing with a little artificial courage…
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Supply and demand
He went so far as to suggest that we'd made up the role, that we didn't know what we were doing, and that the employer would be furious at us for not having effected the introduction. He demanded to know who the other candidates were, and who the employer was so he could check into the validity of a/ the job existing and b/introduce himself to the company directly since we didn't know what we were doing.
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Discrimination in the recruitment process - there's got to be a better way
Interviewing is a minefield. So many stakeholders dancing around, and not actually finding out what they really want to know, and second guessing and presuming as a result, all because they're terrified of setting off the bomb of an anti discrimination claim.
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Is HR harder to hire for than the Finance and Legal Professions?
In fact, too many of the HR professionals we meet with daily, just don’t understand how many elements they need to master to be great in their roles. Too often a HR professional with a "perfect on paper" CV, is anything but high performance.
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Competency Based Interviews
Competency based interviews (CBI) are a trend that is not slowing down. Many of our HR community will be familiar with the CBI approach and may well have used this format to conduct interviews in the past. However the experience of being on the “other side” of a CBI process is likely to be quite different, and to help your interviewing success, it is useful to understand the reasoning behind use of CBI as a screening and selection tool.
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Executive search recruitment secrets for better quality hires
And here it is. One of the most powerful tips for success as an interviewer.
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Michael Jordan
When HR professionals are contemplating culture change and talent management strategies, lessons can be learnt from unlikely sources
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Employment process – individual vs company
If a disciplinary hearing is about how a company deals with an individual then why do we ignore what we already know about that person and their circumstances in order to satisfy the demands of a standard process? What is the cost of appearing to deliberately ignore the individual?
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Tip for homeworkers
What do you do when the IT help desk isn’t picking up your call? When the explanation over the phone from the support team just isn’t making sense? When you are struggling to translate the description of a thingy-me-jig to someone on the phone, who only talks tech? When you cannot continue effectively with your work until the tech issue is fixed?
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Leon C. Megginson
Wise words from Leon Megginson or was it Charles Darwin?
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