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Recent HR News Releases

March 2012

UK - CIPD People Management Awards open for entry with two new categories
Canada - Planora selected to join the Microsoft BizSpark One program
USA - Leading Manufacturing Company Selects CRG emPerform for Strategic Succession Planning and Goal Management

February 2012

Europe - - ADP Publishes a New Edition of the HR Atlas "Europe at Work"

January 2012

UK - HR practice renews long-term relationships as clients call for in-house support for their personnel departments
UK - Unorganised and inconsistent hiring processes are stinging large organisations like Twitter, according to a leading recruitment expert.

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Human Resource Management Articles

 Should You Be Sharing That?
May 14 2012 - Managing employee information on a global scale when data privacy rules differ by country

 The Transformational Power of HR Software
May 14 2012 - HR software has for many years been revolutionising the processes and procedures of HR departments. But the growing power of intuitive technologies means the opportunities for forward-thinking HR professionals are ever-increasing.

 Canadian Unemployment Rate At 7.3%
May 11 2012 - Statistics Canada reported that the unemployment rate rose by 0.1% to 7.3% in April despite employment increasing by 58,000 mostly full-time jobs.

 US Unemployment At 8.1%
May 4 2012 - Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 115,000 in April, and the unemployment rate fell by 0.1% to 8.1%.

 It’s All About Engagement
April 26 2012 - Millennials (also known as Generation Y) are actively doing something at all times and if you don’t want that something to be aimlessly browsing or looking at online job boards, engagement at work is key.

 Help yourself to a thriving business
April 26 2012 - It's All About You is specifically for you, the entrepreneur, the lone adventurer, who is relentlessly driving forward business, focusing more on achieving business objectives, but possibly to the detriment of your personal wellbeing and basic health.

 Surface Diversity: Some Employees Subvert Diversity Programs
April 24 2012 - There is evidence to suggest that organizations are only achieving 'surface diversity' while key customer-facing staff such as servers are behaving in a racist way towards diners.

 How to Help Your Staff Going Through Divorce
April 19 2012 - Often at times being caught up in all the distractions of HR, many people don't make the time to create a crisis or advice centre for struggling employees and this is SO needed within the workplace.

 UK Employment Statistics
April 18 2012 - The unemployment rate stands at 8.3% - down 0.1% over the quarter but up 0.5% over the year.

 Use more intuition during the Recruitment & Selection process
April 18 2012 - Richard van der Lee argues that we need to use a bit more intuition to find talent

 Australian Employment Statistics
April 12 2012 - Seasonally adjusted, unemployment remained at 5.2% and the number of people in employment rose by 44,000 to 11,491,200

 The Advantages and Drawbacks of Learning Management Systems
April 10 2012 - A LMS is a tool used for documenting, tracking and reporting on training programs in a bid to increase employee efficiency and productivity.

 HR and Spotting Fraud
March 25 2012 - It’s surprisingly easy to take on someone who isn’t who they say they are, especially when your focus is on can they do the job in question, not who they say they might be.

 HR as a Business Partner
March 16 2012 - The term 'business partner' is often highlighted as an important aspect in discussions about the role of the human resource manager but being a 'business partner' needs wide business knowledge.

 Employee Engagement
March 2 2012 - Employees need to feel like they are progressing. If you think about a time when you did something extraordinary at work, most likely you accomplished a difficult goal that was important to the organization.

 Healthy Eating Key to Workplace Productivity
March 2 2012 - It has been claimed that one in three office employees skips a proper lunch, and instead snacks on unhealthy options, which can lead to lethargy, irritability and decreased productivity.

 Vision on Talent, a 'must' for organizations
March 1 2012 - There are many organizations which, for various reasons, do not put much energy into developing a 'Vision on talent'

Global - Power Collaboration Profile blurs Hofstede´s research on national cultural dimensions
February 22 2012 - This article presents data that for the first time examines the collaboration and power structure dimensions of management.

 Scotland overtakes London as worst region in the UK for unemployment
February 16 2012 - An analysis of UK local authority areas by claimant to vacancies ratio in January 2012 shows that a number of Scottish areas have passed the inner London boroughs to become the UK's worst employment blackspots.

 Management Training Programs - In-House or External?
February 10 2012 - Do organizations task an outside company with the training of their charges, or do they do it themselves?

 Monitoring Job Satisfaction
February 10 2012 - Employee satisfaction is a key indicator for defining staff rewards and benefits and over 70% of businesses have taken steps to monitor it.

 Top 5 Best Practices for Successful Workforce Analytics
February 10 2012 - Workforce analytics has become the hottest topic in the HR technology arena.

 High-Potential Entrepreneurs
February 3 2012 - Today's business founders and CEOs are much more likely to have advanced engineering degrees than MBAs.

 Technology Matters
February 2 2012 - Hyland Software director, Mark Greatorex, explores how combining strategy with technology can help maximise HR capability and contribution

 'Computer says no': Are you unwittingly discriminating with personality testing? (Part 1)
January 25 2012 - There are strong, well-rehearsed arguments both for and against the use of personality testing, but we have identified a particular, and thus far potentially overlooked, risk of discrimination against disabled participants.

 'Limited thinking': an obstruction for employees and organizations!
January 23 2012 - Richard van der Lee asks if the way organizations deal with some HRD methodologies can lead to the right moves.

 How do you find that dream job?
January 11 2012 - Some Do's and Don'ts for job hunting

 Hiring and managing in the cloud - a guide for SMEs
December 19 2011 - One of the most exciting new trends in recent years has been the emergence of the human cloud, as more and more businesses go online to hire and manage talented staff on an hourly or project basis.

 Basic Skills Need Improvement
December 13 2011 - Graduate unemployment is at a record level but many organizations say they cannot find the right talent.

Global - Recruiting Practices and Employer Branding
December 13 2011 - Recruiting practices need to be consistent with branding strategies or organizations risk missing out on top talent and potential revenue. More recuiting organizations are likely to turn to social media in 2012.

 Five Steps to New Thinking
December 10 2011 - Excerpt from Now You’re Thinking: Change Your Thinking, Revolutionize Your Career, Transform Your Life (FT Press),

 Underemployment
December 8 2011 - 1.7 million Australians over 18 are prevented from working as much as they want for a variety of reasons, according to a new Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) study.

 Internet job-hunting is effective
December 7 2011 - Using the Internet for job-hunting reduced time spent unemployed by an average of 25%.

 Workplace Flexibility Improves Employees' Health Behavior
December 6 2011 - Employees who have flexibility in the workplace tend to sustain healthier lifestyle habits.

 The mismatch between customers' needs and the development of talent in organizations
December 6 2011 - Richard van der Lee wonders if organizations lose track of (potential) customers or have ‘too much internal focus’?

 Technology and work/life balance
December 1 2011 - Smartphones, tablets and other types of 24-7 technology can make life easier for many people but they make it harder to switch off even when at home and also keep us at work longer.

 Reforming UK Employment Legislation
November 25 2011 - Changes to come for UK employment law.

 Trust is not a 'soft' basis for business
November 5 2011 - In these uncertain times no word is used more often than 'trust'. This creates some beautiful discussions but all the more misunderstandings.

 Qantas Dispute Stopped
October 31 2011 - A tribunal of judges appointed by Fair Work Australia has determined that the industrial dispute called by three unions that triggered the airline's lockout must end.

Global - Wasting Talent Reduces Profit
October 21 2011 - When organizations actively want to participate in the changing environment a question arises: why is available talent not being fully utilized. Of course employees who are classified as a "young and high potential" are important to these organizations but beyond these individuals a complete scenario is obscured: the individual talents of every single employee.

 Stress is number one cause of long-term absences
October 5 2011 - Stress has been identified as the most significant cause of long-term absence according to this year's CIPD/Simplyhealth Absence Management survey.

 Changes to Unfair Dismissal Rules
October 5 2011 - The announcement that the qualification period for the right to claim unfair dismissal will be extended from one year to two years has attracted mixed responses.

 HRM = Business Partner. Is building a bridge over the 'Grand Canyon' possible?
September 23 2011 - Do Business and HR Managers speak the same language?

Global - A Students guide to Human Resources
September 7 2011 - Every business needs effective HR (human resources) to retain a happy, motivated and productive workforce.

 Charisma and Leadership Strengths
July 18 2011 - Research findings reported in the Journal of Management shows that we consider some leaders to be charismatic because we attribute 'magical thinking' to them.

 Integrating and Engaging New Recruits is a Key Element of Employee Retention
July 18 2011 - A new Canadian study published in the Journal of Managerial Psychology shows the value of structured approaches to orientation (induction) training and mentoring.

 Australians a Happy Lot
July 13 2011 - Australian workers have a low-pressure, stress-free working life, and are not worried about losing their jobs, according to findings from ORC International’s perspectives database.

 U.S. Employee Trust Still Low
July 12 2011 - Employees still do not trust company management, nearly three years after the beginning of the economic downturn, according to results from a Maritz© Poll conducted by Maritz Research.

 Strong Growth in New Zealand Employment
July 11 2011 - An analysis of over 39,000 jobs listed on Trade Me Jobs between April and June shows that the New Zealand job market is strong, with listings up by 27 per cent on the same period in 2010.

 New Zealand Facing Skill-shortage 'Epidemic'
July 11 2011 - People with skills, qualifications and experience can pick and choose the country in which to live and work and this is leading to an international battle for skills with New Zealand losing out.

 Hoarding Knowledge
May 16 2011 - Knowledge transfer may not be happening as often as organizations would like because staff don't always want to share.

 Employment Tribunals Survey
April 23 2011 - Employers are concerned that they are vulnerable to frivolous or unjustified employment tribunal claims according to a Conflict Management survey published prior to a recent CIPD conference.

 Employee Performance Reviews
April 22 2011 - A half of the participants in an online survey conducted for Globoforce think that employee performance reviews do not provide accurate appraisals of their work.

 Unions Want Job Security At Qantas
April 22 2011 - Qantas has been threatened with 'a strong industrial campaign' if it does not take workers' demands seriously.

 Discrimination and Job Loss
April 20 2011 - New research shows that jobless Americans face discrimination unrelated to their skills or to ways in which they lost their previous jobs.

 Bad Jobs Harm Mental Health
March 16 2011 - Badly paid, poorly supported, or short term jobs can be as harmful as being without a job.

 Youth Unemployment Overstated
March 16 2011 - The notion of a 'lost generation' of young jobless people is simplistic, according to the latest Work Audit report on official labour market statistics "Getting the measure of youth unemployment" from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

 Honesty is best for job-seekers
March 12 2011 - A recently published study indicates that honesty pays off for job applicants.

 The HR Role in Public Sector Reform
January 19 2011 - Successive Governments have seen public sector HR as either a cost to be managed or a means of dealing with redundancies, but not as a crucial strategic function, according to a recent CIPD report.


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