The people you employ are your primary assets, and no matter what business you're in, investing in your people is critical. While a lot of organizations have a training budget and they recognize that there is value in training and...
Have you ever started a job with high hopes and expectations and then found that you are not treated fairly? Perhaps your superior discriminates against you because of your gender, race, or age. There are many forms of workplace discrimination....
Staff absence can be a significant drain on businesses, with lots of working hours lost to employee sickness and medical appointments. Finding ways to reduce staff absence is a priority for many HR managers, but is often taken from an...
Whenever you have to think about hiring people as part of working in HR, there is a lot that you have to consider to make sure that you get it right. You need to have a good sense of the...
As more and more marketing moves online, all industries need to be hot on Search Engine Optimisation. In Human Resources, there are some simple SEO tips and tricks to help you attract the right employees when you’re recruiting. Searching for job...
It’s likely that the reason you’re on this site is that you have some work to be done, or you need a specific service, and you would rather pay a professional than attempt to do it yourself. This makes absolute sense, and will often...
HR departments need to be aware of various compliance issues related to employees. HR staff might not be lawyers, but they often have to be aware of various pieces of legislation to do their jobs properly. The rules will vary...
These days, everyone is pressed for time. This is certainly true of the HR department. As well as dealing with a long list of day to day tasks they need to attend to all kinds of ad-hoc jobs. Many of...
There are few things that make a business run smoother than having the right people onboard. It may not seem like a difficult task but it can be quite the process and that’s why we’re here to help. When you...
Observing a 35-hour work week in France is the law. In 1999, the cap was introduced, and since then many companies around the world have begun adopting non-traditional work weeks to their benefit. It might seem like a big dramatic change for your...
Running a successful business means thinking carefully about what your employees need and how you are going to be treating them. This is why you need to make sure you are focused on improving the process, and doing as much...
The Kanban method is now used to support agile workflows and rapid operations. Many companies, big and small, turn to Kanban and digital Kanban boards to operate more efficiently. In IT development, for instance, the Kanban board is regularly used...
It certainly pays to be a great business leader, guiding the company and the employees to a better way of working, but there is one fundamental flaw in this process, that it's all about the leader, and not necessarily the...
As an employer, you are always going to need to make sure that you treat everyone who works for you as fairly as possible. Of course, that is something which can be very hard to make sure of at all...
We all become a new starter at one point or another. While it’s exciting to start a new job, it can also be very daunting. For those first few months or even weeks, it can take time to settle in...