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HR in 2012: Adapt or be left behind A panel of industry experts in Sydney yesterday warned that Australia is entering the ‘new world of work’ and as yet, the challenges are not being met by the majority of organisations.
$50,000 Five Year Loyalty Bonus One small business owner is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to valuing his employees.
How to tell a newly hired employee may not cut it Every small business owner who makes hiring decisions makes mistakes. No matter how rigorous your screening and interviewing process, what you thought you saw is not always what you eventually get.
Ten ways to create a mentally healthy workplace Maintaining a healthy office environment involves more than simply providing benefits and fitness programs. The emotional well-being of your employees is just as important. Here are ten suggestions to help create a mentally healthy workplace:
Good start vital for boss as well as worker A properly thought-out induction process helps new staff members feel they fit in and is a foundation for understanding how their job should be performed.
Are we giving our MBA talent away? Who is the client of an MBA programme? The budding chief executives and entrepreneurs who fork out the best part of $30,000 to be drilled in accountancy, law and marketing 101? Or their potential employers?
Bring Your Own.... phone? For some time trends have shown employers need to think beyond the dollar value of a salary when bringing on new staff, and it would seem allowing employees to select their tools of trade – or even bring their own – is becoming increasingly important.
Source of Hire & Candidate Touchpoints A single source of hire is unrealistic in today’s recruiting environment. A candidate today can interact with your company, employer brand and recruiting content in a number of different locations across the web and will do so when looking for a new job opportunity.
Right Net Snares Best After running Heaven Sent Cleaning for seven years, Hagen Wallach has decided it is time to expand the business but is having trouble finding the right person. Frog Recruitment suggests thinking outside the recruiting box to get the perfect candidate.
A Truly Great Place to Work More than 100 studies have now found that the most engaged employees are significantly more productive, drive higher customer satisfaction and outperform those who are less engaged. But with only 20% of employees around the world reporting that they're fully engaged at work, what's the solution?
The Surprising Science of Motivation Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward.
Women Poised to Transform Economies
One of the most exciting global developments is the emergence of a new age of high-growth women entrepreneurs. This trend has the potential to transform economies around the world, creating literally millions of jobs. Right, let’s begin with the basics: What are brands and how are they different to each other? Branding expert, Kevin Keller, defines a corporate brand as the sum of associations concerning product attributes, benefits, attitudes. These associations are held in memory, and are subject to change over time as different associations are formed.
Liability of Employers for Employee's Illegal File Sharing Most people, whether or not employers or employees, will be aware that there is now new copyright law intended to curb illegal file sharing. What many employers have not yet realised is that they could be penalised by the actions of their employees. Employers who rely on significant use of computer systems need to have an appropriate policy in place dealing with employee computer use. A policy could be important not only from the point of view of ensuring that employees know what is expected of them but the existence or not of a policy and the content of any policy could be important in the employer establishing a defence if they are prosecuted or run the risk of losing their internet connection.
4 Ways to Learn if Candidates Fit Your Culture Have you ever hired that dream candidate who met every criteria of the position, was courted by the hiring manager, and who negotiated that huge sign-on bonus and then crashed and burned within a few months?
The Quiet New Zealander ...who’s taking aim at a USD $100 billion recruitment industry. Jason Kerr has always been attracted to industries where things just aren’t working correctly – and at the moment he’s helping some of the biggest US corporations tweak the way they hire.
Frog Opens Their Doors to 50 Students As our nation's youth made an exodus from the classrooms and into the workplaces of New Zealand on May 17th, Frog Recruitment was thrilled to welcome students into our office Workchoice Day 2011. Around 50 students from three high schools made a tour of our offices, and we hope they had as a good a time in the process as we did!
Why People Leave Organizations Whether the economy is strong or weak, no matter the time of year, and no matter how much they are paid, many of our best employees decide to leave. The question we all grapple with is why.
Plan Your Way to Less Stress, More Happiness A recent survey by psychologist and self-help author Robert Epstein found that 25% of our happiness hinges on how well we're able to manage stress. The next logical question is, of course, how best can we reduce our stress?
16 Smarter Ways to Use LinkedIn to Build Your Business While most people think of LinkedIn as a glorified job search board, this social media site is actually an amazing business-to-business marketing tool. If, that is, you know what you’re doing.
Let me explain, for anyone who is still confused about it, how to properly think about the integration of social media measurement into business measurement. This applies to the way social media measurement is applied to every business activity social media touches, from short-term product awareness campaigns to long term customer retention programs.
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Five Mindsets for Today and Tomorrow This whitepaper investigates the impact of the recent economic downturn on the mindset of the global workforce. Based on the paper’s findings we recommend leaders promote five specific cognitive abilities in their people to drive success during the next phase of the economic cycle.
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Helpful tips for iPhone users by Kevin Wheeler, March 3, 2011 I spoke at the Global Learning Summit in Singapore last week where I listed the trends that I see emerging around the world that will have wide-ranging effects on corporate learning. I was controversial and tried to offer a different slant on what is emerging as best practice in learning. 7 Tips for Hiring as the Recession Winds Down By Kay McFadden With so much at stake nowadays, owners may want to speed up the staffing process so they can "get back to work." But hiring is among the most important, high-impact aspects of that work. Here are some important steps to consider as the businesses start to crawl out of the recession. Recruitment Trends 2011 and beyond… By Jane Kennelly 2011 and beyond sees an emphasis on hiring the right talent who will have a very real impact on a business’s future success. In 2011 the smart outfits will continue to cautiously identify the parts of the business that need a ‘talent-oomph’ and then dip into the company purse to pay the right salary to attract such an employee. 100 Trends - SLIDESHOW by Ken Burgin Take a few minutes to flick through this fascinating collection of video slides – much more stimulating than the endless ’2011 Trends’ lists. If they don’t apply directly to your menu, they are influencing your customers and the way you’ll do business… Looking to hire? Don't ask for the impossible By Stephenie Overman With more job candidates out there, employers are getting picky, sending their recruiters out on endless (and fruitless) missions. Here are a few ways to get the best out of a recruiter. What Career? Helping Teenagers Figure It Out By Kathy McCombe, CEO Workchoice Trust Do you remember when you were in school making career decisions? This is the question the Workchoice Trust has been asking companies when inviting them to participate in Workchoice Day on Tuesday 17 May. What the Universe and CEO’s have in Common by Wynand Brand The small business website Under30CEO has recently released a list of the top 30 CEO’s under the age of 30. The list is filled with a plethora of truly inspirational stories of entrepreneurial success, but if you look past the billions of dollars shared between the 30, what can the rest of us draw from their success? Get Tooled Up in Social Media by Linda Coles There are so many different social media sites to choose from and they each seem to do something different. I thought I would put a list together of a whole bunch of different resources that you can use in your own social media world. They range from some great tools you can add in to your website, or simply other websites of value that you can make use of in your efforts to promote your business. How to... Get the most out of Twitter by Twitter.com Our resolution is to help you get the most of out of Twitter this year. To start, here are four simple suggestions. KPMG NZ Project management survey 2010 The latest KPMG report on New Zealand project management has discouraging results. The overall feeling was that directors need to take a stronger interest in how projects are run in their organization, as up to 70% of companies experienced project failure in a 12 month period, and that nearly 60% of companies did not align projects with corporate strategy. As a result, projects often fail to perform on measures of time, costs and deliverables. Flight Centre abandons the CV By David Olsen on Friday, 10 December 2010 Flight Centre is asking job seekers to submit LinkedIn, Blog and Twitter details – rather than traditional resumes/CVs when applying for jobs, despite a survey out today revealing 60 percent of job seekers don’t use social media to find employment. Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2011 As seen in NBR Nov 12 2010 (abridged) 1. Cloud computing 2. Mobile applications and media tablets 3. Social communications and collaboration a. social networking (social profile management) b. social collaboration (e.g. wikis, blogs, instant messaging crowed sourcing) c. social feedback (feedback and opinion from the community) 4. Video - for commonplace content and interaction 5. Next generations analytics 6. Social analytics 7. Context-aware computing 8. Storage class memory 9. Ubiquitous computing 10. Fabric-based infrastructure and computers |
