The Equalities Bill
June 27, 2008
It's now 12 months since vampire Gordon Brown stepped up as the UK's PM. He's had a difficult 12 months, one of the main criticisms being that he's not been able to explain his vision for the country, and even less to align the government's actions to... Read more...
McKinsey: Multinational talent
June 26, 2008
First, the findings:There is a surprisingly tight relationship between financial performance, as measured by profit per employee and ten dimensions of global talent management (see graph).Companies scoring in the top third of the survey (when all ten... Read more...
Carnival #36
June 26, 2008
The carnival is out again, back with its originator, Evil HR Lady.My favourite post: Amit Avasthi's Talent Glocalisation on HR Bytes. Not as fun as some posts, but then you don't come to my blog for entertainment, do you? And it includes some great information... Read more...
Wednesday Links: Tim Russert, ADEA
June 26, 2008
Perfect Labor Storm takes the opportunity to go over what leadership lessons can be learned from Tim Russert’s work. I am not a big fan of capitalizing on death, but it’s interesting nontheless. Read it here. HR Tests goes over the clarifications... Read more...
Cover Letters are Important
June 26, 2008
It’s easy to get fooled into thinking that the old rules of job applications — cover letters, thank you notes and all — are history. But the fact is that they are not. At all. In fact, according to a recent survey by OfficeTeam, 86 percent... Read more...
Internet Interviews
June 26, 2008
Can’t seem to schedule that interview for a convenient time? What about trying a web interview? Some experts say that web interviews are the wave of the future. John C. Sudds, the founder of LeafsOfTalent.com, Inc., is in the web interview business. According... Read more...
Nick Jefferson guest post
June 25, 2008
Thanks to Nick Jefferson from Couraud for his guest post.Couraud is a no-nonsense developer of HR architectures and provider of tools and training, and employs some particularly bright and sparky consultants. It is also one of very few UK based HR consultancies... Read more...
What’s the Point of HR?
June 25, 2008
Written by Nick Jefferson, Director, Couraud. I laughed when Jon told me he was the other blogger who had almost instantly responded to Matthew Gwyther's piece in Management Today, 'What's the Point of HR?'.I could equally have cried.What is it with... Read more...
Productivity Guy guest post
June 25, 2008
Thanks to Erik Samdahl and Jay Jamrog at i4cp (the Institute for Corporate Productivity) for their guest post outlining 5 challenges for HR.It's great to have them contribute to this blog, partly I think the social nature of web 2.0 means that this sort... Read more...
Keep Up With That Resume
June 25, 2008
Remember those workplace achievements! That’s the message from new research by iProfile.org. Apparently failing to recall workplace wins is a big turnoff among hiring professionals. In fact, 73 percent said that candidates have been rejected for... Read more...
