HR Glossary: Interview
A job interview is a formal face-to-face discussion between a company that is recruiting (employer) and a potential new employee. The employer wishes to find out as much as possible about the candidate's individual professional and interpersonal skills, to then make an informed decision regarding his or her suitability for employment in the company.
In large organisations, or when filling a leadership position
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HR Glossary: Human Resource Development
Human resource development (HRD) concerns the specific support, training and development of all staff and teams (human capital) working in a company. It includes all measures for improving workflows within the organisation. As a rule, these are planned, organised and evaluated by the HR department. They are important for both employee motivation, developing employees' skills, and, not least, for reaching
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HR Glossary: Gender Pay Gap
The gender pay gap refers to the average salary difference between male and female employees doing the same work (measured by gross hourly earnings). Women in Europe currently earn, on average, 16 percent less than men. This difference is even more acute for pensions: women receive, on average, 39 percent less than men. The UK is one of the countries in which the gender pay gap, currently around 19 percent, is still
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HR Glossary: Freelancers
Freelancers are self-employed workers that can be contracted by companies to provide various services or specific work. They work under their own name and on their own account. Since they are not integrated into the company's own organisation, different employment regulations apply.
Freelancers are often deployed in arts and cultural areas, but also in IT, coaching and consultancy. The use of freelance translators and
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HR Glossary: Employer Brand
An attractive and strong employer brand is the most important instrument that a company has in competing for skilled workers and managers.
Employer branding is a strategic issue that is at the top of the list of priorities for many large companies. Because, in the battle for top talent, if you want to be in a strong position, you need to present yourself attractively both externally and internally; and attract people by making
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HR Glossary: Dual-Career Programmes
Dual-career programmes are HR activities and initiatives for two people in a committed relationship, where both partners have a career but, at the same time, do not wish to forgo having a family.
Although this expectation of a relationship now goes without saying, in most cases one of the partners' careers often stalls when the couple start a family. Whilst one partner continues to climb the career ladder, the other remains behind and
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HR Glossary: Candidate Experience
Their decision in favour of one particular company is therefore increasingly dependent on the method of recruitment and their personal experience of the employer - the so-called candidate experience.
The candidate experience (CE) describes the sum of individual encounters that an applicant has with a potential employer and its representatives during the application process. It influences the candidate's opinion
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HR Glossary: Boolean Search
We now use search engines such as Google and Bing in all areas of life to quickly find the most relevant information online. So-called Boolean operators can be very helpful by allowing an even more accurate search - also ideal in recruitment. A Boolean search assists in the active sourcing of suitable candidates via search engines, in CV databases, business networks and company talent pools, based on specific keywords
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HR Glossary: Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is a powerful HR software tool that covers a company's entire recruitment workflow – from the job advertisement, through communication with applicants, to the signing of an employment contract with a new employee.
The software can be installed as a desktop version or, ideally, accessed via a web-based application. It enables quicker, simpler and more effective processing of
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