Human Resource Management Articles
September 2 2010 - 10 per cent of the UK working population (the equivalent of 3.5 million) have no plans to retire and 42 per cent are unable to say at what
age they plan to stop working.
September 1 2010 - Informal support networks in the workplace are less advantageous to women employees in terms of career progression..
September 1 2010 - Low-income or minority status students prepare for
college in a different way to their more privileged counterparts, regardless of academic ability or future plans.
August 31 2010 - Australian workers are more likely to change employers over the next 12 months compared to staff in 16 other countries,
according to research by employee engagement consultants Infogroup/ORC.
August 30 2010 - What makes the best in HR really the best? Human resources is a complex, multifaceted field that requires
professionals to have the ability to juggle priorities and excel at a number of tasks-from the sometimes tedious to the often strategic.
August 30 2010 - Businesses are being warned to ensure they have guidelines in place for misuse of technology in the workplace
after reports that people are spending more than half the day using technology.
August 27 2010 - Employees' perceptions of work conditions have a significant impact on the performance of their organizations,
according to research from Gallup, Inc.
August 27 2010 - Despite the emphasis placed on strong resumes and interview performance, the results
of a reference check can be decisive in determining the outcome of a job application.
August 26 2010 - 65 per cent of graduate recruiters are wary of using social media and one in seven perceives it as
'dangerous'.
August 26 2010 - More than half of British workers access social media websites while at work.
August 26 2010 - Age UK welcomed the Government's decision to consult on abolishing the
default retirement age (DRA) from October 2011.
August 20 2010 - How
potential employees can best respond to increased use of recruiters as the economy recovers.
August 20 2010 - Today's competitive market requires considerably more effort than in recent years
August 20 2010 - A survey conducted among 228 Canadian hiring managers identified body language mistakes in interviews that are likely to reduce chances of recruitment.
August 20 2010 - A report from Canadian staffing firm Accountemps corrects common misconceptions about
temporary work and its role in the current job market.
August 19 2010 - 40 years after the 1970 Equal Pay Act, male and female salaries are converging so slowly in the UK that it will take more than another
five decades to reach equality, according to a report from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and XpertHR.
August 19 2010 - Are You Making These 3 Mistakes Most Organizations Unknowingly Make?
August 19 2010 - Canada’s fastest growing companies reveal their HR practices
August 18 2010 - Employees of all ages are placing greater emphasis on company stability when making career decisions but
four out of ten surveyed said they are more likely to consider moving to new organizations as a result of the recession.
August 18 2010 - Employers are failing to provide enough places on schemes that provide on-the-job training, according to the TUC.
August 17 2010 - Trusting others may be indicative of good judgement of honest behaviour rather than gullibility according to
University of Toronto research.
August 16 2010 - The experience of being stereotyped has a lasting negative impact according to research from the
University of Toronto.
August 16 2010 - Cautioning against a 'one size fits all' approach to business and management styles, the authors suggest a cross-cultural perspective can
facilitate co-working in an era of globalization.
August 14 2010 - Organizations that only consider age when addressing generational divisions in the workforce risk
losing knowledge to retirements and higher staff turnover.
August 14 2010 - Modest responses from men in job interviews tend to be associated with weakness and low status.
August 12 2010 - Gender harassment in the workplace has a negative impact on women’s physical and emotional health
irrespective of whether it includes unwanted sexual attention..
August 12 2010 - Seasonally adjusted, unemployment rose by 0.2% to 5.3% and the number of people in employment
also rose by 23,500 to 11,235,700.
Useful tips to adapt job seekers' messages so they are more likely to
'go viral'.
August 11 2010 - The unemployment rate stands at 7.8% - down 0.2% over the quarter and unchanged over the year.
Superficially encouraging figures but wait for the cuts in public service jobs...
August 11 2010 - Attractive women may experience discrimination when applying for jobs traditionally considered "masculine" and
where appearance is not considered important.
August 8 2010 - Unemployment rose from 6.0% to 6.8% - seasonally adjusted - during the June 2010 quarter, according to Statistics
New Zealand. The result is that the drop in unemployment seen in the March 2010 quarter has been largely unwound,
indicating a period of volatility in the job market.
August 8 2010 - Following the bad results for Pacific Islanders in the latest the New Zealand Government has announced a million-dollar
package for Pacific job seekers, including targeted work programmes.
August 6 2010 - Statistics Canada reported that the unemployment rate edged back up 0.1% to 8.0% in
July as large gains in part-time jobs were offset by losses in long-term positions.
August 6 2010 - Nonfarm payroll employment declined by 131,000 in July, and
the unemployment rate remained at 9.5 percent.
August 5 2010 - Recent University of British Columbia research has found that job seekers with typical Anglophone names
are more likely to be invited for interview than applicants with Chinese, Indian or Pakistani names.
August 4 2010 - Highly skilled temporary immigrants to the U.S. contribute to technological innovation without detriment to native-born
workers.
August 1 2010 - Increased use of business practices such as outsourcing, hiring temporary workers and reliance on
project-based teams is having a detrimental effect on employees and may pose long-term problems for employers.
Safety in the workplace has been adversely affected by policy changes relating to health and safety over the last ten years, with reduced levels of
enforcement by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE).
August 1 2010 - Corporate directors responsible for internal whistle-blowing systems often take no action regarding anonymous allegations, even when they
involve grave accounting breaches.
July 16 2010 - Research led by University College, London and published in the
European Heart Journal found that working overtime is bad for the heart.
Junly 16 2010 - Skilled nurses in regions where private sector pay is better
tend to leave NHS hospitals to work in unregulated sectors such as nursing homes.
July 15, 2010 - A survey of 167 Canadian human resources leaders found that organizations are
facing an increased "flight risk" with employees considering new opportunities as the economy recovers.
July 15 2010 - Stress associated with creative work has a particular impact on the interface with family life.
July 15, 2010 - A recent survey of human resource managers found that performance reviews
are still considered a valuable element in staff assessment.
July 15 2010 - Most Quebec employees do not envy their bosses and over half would not trade places
if given the opportunity.
July 2 2010 - Three-quarters of employers offer paid time off programs in order to compete in the labor market.
July 1 2010 - Green Party Women's Affairs Spokesperson Catherine Delahunty said that
Pansy Wong, Minister of Women's Affairs had effectively conceded that the Government had taken no new steps in
the last year to reduce the pay gap between men and women.
June 28 2010 - Some 25 per cent plan to leave their current
employers in the next year compared to 10 per cent in 2006.
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June 28 2010 - A recent survey by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) identified a 30 per cent increase
in the number of trade unionists murdered in the preceding 12 months with 101 dying in 2009.
June 28 2010 - Telecommuters
experience a better work/life balance than office-based employees even when working significantly longer hours
June 17 2010 - Performance management should be much more than a process for documenting and delivering feedback, coaching
and ratings.
June 11 2010 - The most common causes of annoyance in the workplace are co-workers with poor time management skills and office gossip.
June 11 2010 - Language skills definitely improve chances of employment according to a survey by specialist
language recruiter, Euro London Appointments.
June 11 2010 - A mere 21 per cent of small business owners employing the fewest staff (between two and 10) are earning more than
they hoped for when starting their companies - despite working an average of 58 hours per week.
June 10 2010 - CIPD forecasts UK unemployment will peak at close to 3 million by 2012 as a result of the coalition government's deficit reduction measures.
June 10 2010 - The qualifications of visible minorities recruited under an
employment equity program are less likely to be questioned if situational interviews are used.
June 9 2010 - There is a strong association between appearance and success in business organizations.
June 9 2010 - UK unions are supporting economic recovery by helping to reduce stress and lack of motivation in the workplace according to a
recent report from the TUC.
June 9 2010 - U.S. organizations risk losing employees who feel under-valued and de-motivated as
the economy recovers.
May 20 2010 - Frequent interruptions experienced by hospital doctors result in less time and poorer care given to patients
and increase the potential for clinical error.
May 20 2010 - Three-quarters of nurses working in both the
private and public sectors had experienced violence at work, but only one in six incidents were officially reported.
May 20 2010 - Loss of employment can have significant long-term health consequences
May 19 2010 - Small businesses employing less than 100 workers account for 65 per cent of
new British jobs created in an average year.
May 19 2010 - Work-related Stress, Shift Work And Coronary Heart Disease
May 19 2010 - Connecting with employees' emotions and personal value systems could encourage whistle-blowing in relation
to to a range of work-related crimes and misconduct.
May 19 2010 - Attitudes and motivations expressed by new recruits to the probation service were inconsistent with the
UK government's current emphasis on probation as 'punishment in the community' and protection of the public rather
than rehabilitation for the individual offender.
April 29 2010 - Developing greater workforce commitment can be as simple as asking employees to reflect on their organization's
history.
April 29 2010 - A recent survey of Asian reward professionals by Thomsons Online Benefits
shows expectation of a return to the 'war for talent' amongst employers in the region.
April 17 2010 - A significant
number of women and under-represented minority chemists and chemical engineers have been discouraged from pursuing a career in science, technology,
engineering or mathematics (STEM).
April 17 2010 - Immigrants with disabilities are more likely to be employed than a comparable group
born in the USA.
April 17 2010 - U.S. employees use a variety of strategies such as calling in sick or using vacation time to survive the 'Holiday Hiatus' between public
holidays early in the year and Memorial Day on 31st May.
April 17 2010 - Women researchers in the life sciences still receive lower levels of compensation than their male equivalents,
including those at higher academic and professional levels.
April 1 2010 - Using all their internal resources at once and
concentrating intently on the immediate task they are less able to respond to unexpected challenges.
April 1 2010 - Members of Britain's ethnic minority communities, whether born abroad or in the UK, tend to be better
educated than their white British-born peers but are less likely to be employed.
March 31 2010 - Most of the projected 8.5 new jobs created in Europe over the next ten years will be in knowledge- and
skill-intensive occupations, including high level management and technical jobs.
March 26 2010 - A study by Allianz shows that in 2010 people between 60 and 65 will outnumber those between 15 and 20 in the
European Union.
March 26 2010 - The adult minimum wage rate will increase from £5.80 to £5.93 an
hour on October 1 2010.
March 25 2010 - Almost five million people participated in a Learning and Skills Council
funded Further Education course in 2008/09 according to figures released by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
(BIS).
March 20 2010 - What is required to convince people that their career aspirations are unrealistic?
Researchers found that informing participants they did not have high enough qualifications or appropriate skills was
insufficient. The negative consequences of failure also had to be made explicit.
March 20 2010 - The work environment may be a key factor deterring
women from careers in computer science.
February 1 2010 - Confidence among Australian employers has increased to
the highest level since September 2008 according to a recent Hudson survey
January 14 2010 - The current jobs outlook is better than at any time over the last two years,
but job security remains fragile as the New Zealand economy begins to come out of recession, according to Westpac Bank.
January 14 2010 - International workers are still good for
business and the economy, according to a recent survey.
January 5 2010 - People may believe that the global financial crisis (GFC) has made job-hunting
more difficult but a recent survey from Mercer suggests that the recruitment picture is better than it seems.
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