Are they being served?
With HR’s attention well and truly focused on managing redundancies and pay cuts, has it taken its eye of the ball when it comes to employee engagement? HR certainly has its hands full at the moment. If it’s not calming the waters post redundancy it’s pacifying those who may have pay, benefits or training cuts. […]
Finding people that fit the organisation
It has never been more important to ensure you recruit the right person for the job. Ed Grimshaw explains how to find the ‘best fit’ when recruiting talent. One of the most difficult challenges facing a manager recruiting staff is finding people that fit the organisation and fit in with the other people in […]
‘Hands on’ HR is key to successful future recruiting
Keith Potts predicts what recruitment will look like in 2019, and suggests that a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to recruitment will become ineffective. The A&R man who passed over the Beatles. The nine publishers who turned down JK Rowling and Harry Potter. Sheffield United deciding that £200,000 was too much to sign a 17-year-old […]
Five things we learned at The Talent Management Conference
The Dorchester played host to The Economist Talent Management Conference on Friday, where attendees heard debate and analysis about one of the leading issues for HR departments during the recession. Neil Davey outlines some of the key points covered by the speakers. 1. The ‘war on talent’ has changed Ten years ago, McKinsey outlined what it described […]
Retaining the talent in a recession
John Pope explains how employers can best attract, retain and motivate the high performers in times which have become tough all round. Too many of us thought that the good times were here to stay. As a result, many organisations became sloppy in managing their talented people; some even thought that talent was an asset […]
Leaders urged to take their five-a-day in people management
Acas and the CIPD have teamed up to publish a ‘five-a-day’ manual in a bid to encourage business leaders to take a stand against poor people management – a significant factor in the UK’s productivity gap. The joint guidance covers management fundamentals developed from CIPD and Acas research and offers practical experience of management development grouped […]
Facebook-style talent management software
Talent management software provider SuccessFactors used its SuccessConnect event in San Francisco to claim the biggest ever enterprise application deployment, and to move talent management software closer to social networking functionality. In his keynote address at SuccessConnect, CEO Lars Dalgaard hailed what he claimed is not just the largest Cloud Computing contract ever, […]
The war for talent: Fiercer now than before?
The recession is an ideal opportunity to revisit your talent management strategies, but how should organisations be fighting the war on talent in this climate? Becky Midgley speaks to the CIPD’s Claire McCartney to find out. There isn’t one business out there at the moment that isn’t having to change the way it does […]
Women in the workplace: A career in interim management
This article forms part of our series on women in the workplace. Take a look at the full content series for more information, including insight into impostor syndrome, sick leave and much more. One reason why there is a lack of women in the boardroom is because many are becoming interim managers, which allows them to work at […]
Talent mapping: Navigating through the downturn
Having a clear understanding of the talents, skills and behaviours of every employee could be the difference between your organisation successfully emerging at the end of the downturn, or it failing, says Mark Hopkins, who recommends talent mapping as a means of ensuring success. It is important to recognise that the skills […]
It’s crunch time: How will the HR sector respond to the war for talent?
Gavin Ingham Brooke defines the now widely coined phrase 'Web 2.0' and offers some insight into why HR professionals should be harnessing the technology to attract the pioneers and innovators of the future's workforce. Increasingly, 'Web 2.0' is being touted as the next big thing for HR – but should we believe the hype? Recent […]
Ask the expert: Notification of job adverts during maternity
Is it a legal requirement to inform employees on maternity leave of any vacancies in the company? Esther Smith, partner at Thomas Eggar, and Martin Brewer, partner at Mills & Reeve, advise. The question: Do we legally have to inform employees on maternity leave of vacancies? Also, is there a […]
KISS — Easy Rules for Online Applications
In life and in business the every-day activities should be easy and simple. People like simple. I keep hearing horror stories about poor candidate experiences which tend to make me cringe. A couple of months ago I attended a networking event presented by Dan from Broadbean. He gave a painful demo of a bank’s online […]
Opinion: A ‘debate’ about Investors in People
HRZone.co.uk member Sue Harrison shares her experiences when researching Investors in People status as a business objective for her organisation. I meet regularly with a group of HR managers as part of a network for our sector. I had put Investors in People (IiP) as an agenda item, with the […]
Targeting costs in the online job hunt
The internet is one of the first places you look when trying to find a new job, but Louise Druce examines how HR can make sure its online presence is not only attractive but cost-effective. Most companies allow online jobseekers the option to apply for roles through their website but when it comes to […]
Female talent: Do we need different strategies?
How do we help manage female talent through the pipeline to executive level? Michelle Brailsford and Mary Ann Rettig-Zucchi discuss what strategies need to be implemented. 'The Pipeline to the Top', a study published in the Academy of Management Perspectives, found an acute shortage of female talent in the leadership pipeline of FORTUNE 1000 […]
Rising stars: Looking for the ‘x-factor’
A feeding frenzy for the best staff is being triggered by a war for talent that is testing even the most skilled talent management professionals. Annie Hayes discovers how to spot and keep talent. Managing talent is the most crucial challenge facing HR, according to a survey across 17 EU countries by the Boston Consulting […]
Green credentials attract top talent
Environmentally responsible employers are more likely to attract high quality candidates, a new survey has found. A poll by recruitment site jobs.ac.uk, which quizzed just over 200 jobseekers, found that 67 per cent believed a company's environmental policy would influence their choice of employer, while 45 per cent would be 'strongly' influenced by an employer's […]
Time out: Using sabbaticals to boost business
There is always the risk that workers taking sabbaticals may not want to come back to the fold. But, as Louise Druce finds out, if firms learn how to use time out from the office to their advantage, it can boost employee productivity and reinvigorate the team staying put. We could all do with […]
Diary of a job hunt: What happened to feedback?
HR Zone member Sue Harrison resigned from her job earlier this year and has experienced some difficulty in finding another – not to mention having her eyes opened to apparent age discrimination. In the second of a series of articles charting her search for new employment, Sue finds out that age is still an issue […]
