Does HR contribute to revenue to your business? Does HR contribute to profit? When you ask C-level executives these questions, you might get a few answering ‘yes’, most answering ‘maybe’, and some answering with a straightforward ‘no’.
Does HR contribute to revenue to your business? Does HR contribute to profit? When you ask C-level executives these questions, you might get a few answering ‘yes’, most answering ‘maybe’, and some answering with a straightforward ‘no’.
Topics: HR Manager, HR Strategy, HR Professionals
Posted by Mathew French on 21 February 2014
2013 was expected to be the year of social recruitment and from the numbers out there, that’s absolutely true. An international survey of over 120,000 employees in 31 countries conducted by Kelly Global Workforce Index (KGWI) late last year showed that Australia’s usage of social recruitment has reached an all-time high – with 38% of employees having been contacted about a potential job opportunity via a social network. Even better, 14% of employees were able to secure a new job opportunity through social media.
Topics: social recruiting, Social Media Recruitment, Social Media Tools for HR, HR Social Media
Posted by Mathew French on 6 January 2014
Subscribe-HR will launch a major update of the e-Recruitment Software application in the first half of 2014.
Read MoreIn their 2013 study on HR analytics effectiveness, HR InSights surveyed over 250 HR professionals on the use of analytics within the HR function to determine its impact on the rest of the organisation. The results of this survey were far from satisfactory, from a HR Manager’s perspective.
Topics: HR Metrics, hr reports format, human resources reports, human resources analytics
Posted by Mathew French on 23 November 2013
The recruitment industry has transformed significantly in the past few years and with so many businesses in the social space, the war for talent is even fiercer. It is therefore essential that HR Managers leverage social networks effectively to keep up with the competition. Here we detail the top 4 ways social media has changed recruitment, and the top 5 ways recruitment managers can leverage this.
Topics: erecruitment, Social Media, Linkedin Recruitment, social recruiting, Social Media Recruitment
Time and time again we hear the saying “people are your greatest asset”. It may be overused, but the statement remains true. An organisation’s success is largely dependent on the quality and performance of its people, making HR a risk-prone function in any organisation.The post explores an HR best practice approach for HR Managers to manage risk.
Topics: Talent Management, HR Manager, Training Management, HR Leadership, Recruitment, HR Culture, Top 100 HR Blogs, HR best practice, HR blog
An Economist Intelligence Unit survey commissioned by KPMG International revealed that 85% of the 418 global executives surveyed believe their HR team doesn’t excel at providing insightful and predictive analytics.
Topics: hr reports format, human resources reports, human resources analytics
An IDC report predicted that organisations will go on an accelerated Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) shopping spree and make over $25 billion SaaS acquisitions between November 2012 – July 2014. With the significant financial benefits that SaaS solutions offer, the above numbers are not surprising.
Topics: human resources analytics, hr system, hr recruitment software, hr software