According to a recent survey, there are three areas where human resource departments feel they need to focus their efforts the most – succession planning, employee engagement and culture management. More than two-fifths of the companies surveyed said succession planning was a primary concern. This is an outgrowth of the difficulty companies are having in… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Human Resources
Social Media Use in the Workplace 2012
Many more employees are using social media in the workplace, something that employers are now accepting as part of doing business in the 21st century. But business practices haven’t caught up yet with the technology. Companies are still working out policies and procedures for using social media. In a recent survey of 250 multinational businesses,… Read more »
Tips to Improve Your Company’s Jobs Website
To help attract qualified job applicants, many companies now have career sites online, which advertise vacancies and give other information about the emplooyer. But often these sites are not organized as well as they could be. There are some simple changes that could go a long way toward making these websites more user friendly, according… Read more »
When the CEO Goes
When the CEO of a company steps down for whatever reason, that usually makes news. What you don’t hear much about is how this affects the company and the employees. When the CEO leaves, human resources needs to step up to help to keep things on an even keel. When the CEO leaves, employees naturally… Read more »
Handling Recruiting Problems
Is your company having trouble recruiting new job candidates? Are you repeating job searches? Are your candidates all being rejected by hiring managers? If this is the case, recruiting specialist Lou Adler has some advice. First off, he says, don’t repeat job searches. Doing them one time is enough. If you have three for four… Read more »
Job Applicants and Company Culture
Sometimes during the hiring process, those doing the interviewing focus almost exclusively on a candidate’s knowledge, skills and experience. These are all important, naturally. But they ignore another very important aspect of making a good hire – how well the candidate will fit in with the company’s culture. This is a little bit more difficult… Read more »
Selling Your Company to Top Job Candidates
When a company interviews job candidates, hiring managers have certain requirements in mind for the job opening. Their focus is on finding out whether the job candidate is going to meet their requirements. This attitude, according to business executive Anthony Tjan, is in many respects looking at things backwards. Yes, it is important to determine… Read more »
Innovations in Retention
Companies are always concerned about keeping their talent. As the economy continues to inch along, surveys show that many employees are restless – more than two-thirds want to move on. In this atmosphere you may be wondering if there are any innovative ways of keeping your talent, especially on a tight budget. It’s good to… Read more »
Streamlining the Interview Process
When your company advertises a job opening, you know that there will be a ton of resumes coming in, maybe in the hundreds. As a human resource staffer, you know that working your way through all of these to find your best candidates can be time consuming. You might be wondering if there is a… Read more »
Procurement and Temporary Workers
In many companies, the common practice has been to have the procurement department handle contingent workers. Procurement, otherwise known as the purchasing department, is the division responsible for ordering supplies for a company. In handling contingent workers, the department has been effective at controlling costs and improving the efficiency of the operation. But some business… Read more »