International Day of Tolerance – Cultural diversity drives businesses forward
"Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human in all its and diversity. […] It means that one is free to adhere to one's own convictions and accepts that others adhere to theirs. […] Tolerance is not concession, condescension or indulgence. Tolerance is, above all, an active attitude prompted by recognition
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Ways to promote leadership amongst employees
When you’re the manager, your team looks to you for support, advice and direction in order to get the job done. And as the manager, you likely have strong leadership experience to help you succeed in that role. But part of being a great leader is empowering your employees to one day be leaders themselves. Not only does this help prepare your organisation for future leaders to step up
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How HR Tech can make small businesses big
I am a big believer that small business HR teams can do nearly everything that large business HR teams can do. The trick to emulating their larger counterparts rests in doing a few different things differently.
First, a small business must be able to scale. There are plenty of examples of what big businesses are doing with large recruiting budgets to attract talent.
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HR Glossary: BalancedScorecard
Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is an innovative concept for measuring, documenting and managing company activities with regard to vision and strategy. The BSC was developed in the early 1990s by Americans Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton.
BSC contains individual objectives derived from the company's vision statement and strategy. These goals are represented by a system of quantifiable performance metrics.
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How authentic should an employer brand be?
Showing yourself in the right light as an employer, ideally without a soft-focus lens whilst still being attractive to good applicants, is now part of basic business. Employer branding is not an elite discipline restricted to large corporations: an employer brand is now present by default, regardless of whether its contents and characteristics are managed or left to develop on their own – in a diluted and uncontrolled way.
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5 tips to fix common HR headaches
Talent is key to a successful business. While organisations rely on HR to attract and retain the best talent out there, most HR departments have limited resources and limited time in their hands.
High stakes and not a lot to work with – that’s a recipe for a real headache.
Sounds familiar? Here is the good news, you’re not alone. The majority of HR professionals face similar challenges.
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Best Practises for Rehiring Former Employees
Rehiring former employees can be a sticky and sensitive situation. Even if the circumstances around why the employee left were unexciting, there still are considerations that need to be made before saying, “You’re hired…again.”
Here are some best practises to follow when rehiring a former employee:
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CareerBuilder Webinar: Learn how to boost your business using Big (HR) Data… that you already have
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How to get the most out of your advertising budget
As far as the clever distribution of job adverts is concerned, most recruiters are faced with the problem that, although they would like to try new channels, they don't have time for it. Even when they do, they still have difficulty identifying where the best candidates come from. Because the performance of the various channels often also depends on the type of vacancy to be filled.
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3 Ways to justify your recruiting spend in 2015 and beyond!
I have been blessed to have the opportunity to travel the world for the last several years speaking with talent advisors and business leaders about improving talent strategies, leadership development programs and their own careers.
In conversations with leaders in both small and large companies who work in a variety of industries, one common challenge is voiced to me again and again
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