By Linda Hollinshead - law.com In many organizations, the human resources function is handled by specialists who guide managers' decision-making to ensure consistency with myriad employment laws. It is not uncommon, however, for HR professionals to get involved in the decision-making process only after a manager has...
By Jeff Russell - GeniusHR Synopsis: A seat at the executive table requires a different mindset and a different approach to HR’s strategic role in business. A recent Forbes article is creating quite a stir in the HR community. In It’s Time for Companies to Fire Their...
By Jane Sunley - hrzone.co.uk Most of us have been there – a job offer is made, accepted and notice period worked. During this time the new employer sends a contract and details of where the new starter should go on day one. Then silence… very...
By Pocket Gamer Libby Wolfensperger is a global HR veteran with over 15 years experience in the rapidly changing wireless industry. Prior to GREE, she worked for Vodafone in Japan, managing the Asia Pacific territory for 5 years. Libby has been with GREE for 6 months and has an...
Unemployed people are told they risk losing benefits if they fail to carry out meaningless questionnaire By Shiv Malik - guardian.co.uk Jobseekers are being made to complete bogus psychometric tests by the Department for Work and Pensions – and told that in some cases they risk losing...
By David Vaughn - mylinkage.com Unlike other forms of capital (i.e. human, financial, physical, etc.)social capital refers to productive connections between people. It’s not formed out of a self-serving agenda, but rather a genuine interest in joining together to accomplish a goal. The basic currency is trust...
By Lisa Parker - mylinkage.com/blog We spend a lot of time brainstorming in our innovation simulation, Design Thinker. It was created by ExperiencePoint and IDEO, and features IDEO founder Tim Brown’s views on innovation that can be boiled down to two words. Serious Play. As you can see in...
By Sophie Vanhegan - hrmagazine.co.uk Cloud technology is the future for the business-world. According to KPMG, it’s now used by most organisations. However, with this new technology come new risks for company information security, and it is important for HR teams to ensure that they update...
By: Ned Smith - businessnewsdaily.com The next time you attend a management meeting and try to pick out the chief information officer (CIO), don't waste your time looking for someone wearing a beanie cap with a propeller. Chances are good that he or she looks —...
By Dona-Mirelle Battat - hrmagazine.co.uk Diversity continues to remain something of a luxury for some organisations at a time when companies have been very focused on critical change, restructuring and compliance and reward matters. As a consequence, building a diversity and inclusion team has not always been...