By: Nathan Eddy - eWeek.com The rise of social media, particularly Facebook and LinkedIn, is changing the way businesses find new talent. Social media sites are changing the way businesses look for talent, according to a survey of more than 150 human resources and recruiting executives, directors...
By Martin Couzins - TrainingZone Leaders and managers prefer to learn informally, according to a study on leadership development carried out by GoodPractice. The GoodPractice research looked at the key challenges faced by managers in UK organisations today, where they go for support and to understand the...
Ceridian Corporation, a leading provider of human resources, payroll, benefits administration, tax filing and workforce management software and solutions, announced today the availability of early registration for its free webinar, Five Steps to Improving Your Existing Workforce Management Solution. The one-hour webinar presented by John...
By Susan M. Heathfield, Kenneth Moore and Robert Furlong - About.com The role of the Human Resources department is the subject of much discussion in recent years. I've often argued that HR staff belong at the executive table helping with strategy and the business. But, this argument...
By Duane Dike - Management Issues Change, especially change in organizations, progresses through small, almost imperceptible movement. Change is evolutionary in nature until it reaches what T.S. Kuhn labels a 'crisis moment', one that causes a paradigm shift. For the most part, this evolutionary view of...
By Halley Bock - Talentmgt.com Don’t just tell your employees they’re your most valuable asset — show them. And get your CEO involved in talent management efforts to drive home the message. Most organizations widely publicize the fact that talent is their most valuable asset — and...
Peoplefluent(TM), offering a unique combination of best-of-breed social, mobile and cloud-based suite solutions for Talent Management, Vendor Management and Workforce Compliance and Diversity WHAT: Will present a complimentary webinar titled "Knowledge to Action: Bridging the HR Gap between Learning and Performance." WHEN: Thursday, June 28, 2012 at...
By Jack Zenger - Contributor to Forbes.com When senior executives are asked in a casual conversation what they most value in a subordinate, the most frequent answer is “honesty” or “integrity.” Because of the consistency of this response from senior executives, as our leadership development firm...
By PATRICK WOOD - TheDailyAdvertiser.com.au A PERFORMANCE-based pay scale should be introduced for Wagga City councillors to sort the wheat from the chaff, according to a number of respondents to The Daily Advertiser’s public survey. A third of the 585 respondents said councillors should remain on their...
By Joe McKendrick - Smartplanet.comIn the three years since this site was first launched, we’ve talked about a range of industries being turned upside down, mainly due to the compelling economics of technology and the Internet — from healthcare to computers to education to manufacturing....