Why are you wasting your time with reference checking?
The declining value of reference checking is because it is badly done, rather than being of little value. The big challenge for recruiters is to develop a new and better way of conducting reference...
View ArticleUsing Social Media Strategically to Find Top Talent
Companies will be able to attract top talent more effectively by leveraging social media using four key strategies. Though many companies are keen to explore social media, there is an underlying...
View ArticleHow LinkedIn Can Help Your Job Search
LinkedIn is one of the best business networking sites around to help anyone searching for a new job opportunity to maximise their job search. An extraordinary large number of people are already using...
View ArticleHow To Increase Employee Engagement by 50%
Good people management is not difficult. However, research confirms that the large majority of employees are disengaged and increasingly cynical about the commitment of their employer to provide a...
View ArticleThe Good, The Bad and The Ugly of HR’s Journey to Becoming a Strategic Function
Over the past few decades the Human Resources discipline have matured into a fully-fledged corporate function. From a traditional Personnel function providing largely an administrative service, to...
View ArticleSocial Media and HR – Building Employee Engagement
Social Media has become an integral part of the way we live and work. It is hard to imagine that it is only twenty years since the Internet was created. According to Nielsen research, social network...
View ArticleBuilding HR Credibility by Avoiding HR Speak
The issue of HR speak is a real challenge, as it significantly impacts on the credibility of the HR function. It has become endemic to find a maelstrom of confusing terminology that does little to...
View ArticleUsing the HR Budget Process to Make the HR Function More Strategic
Soon, all across many companies in many countries, HR Directors will be completing the dreaded annual budget process. On such critical occasions, the experienced HR Director, as they look across the...
View ArticleIt’s time to change your recruitment ads to be “gender smart”
Many organisations in Australia, particularly listed companies, are focusing on gender equity at board and executive levels. A gender balanced organisation is not just an outcome by achieving gender...
View ArticleAchieving Organizational Alignment – Getting all employees to move in the...
Achieving organizational alignment is a strategic HR activity that can deliver significant benefits to an organization. Alignment is more than ideal state. It is imperative to ensure the organization...
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