January 2008 - Posts

• Interim management | trends and daily rate comparisons
  	Thursday, 31 January 2008   Editor The demand for interim managers in the UK is continuing to grow to record levels according to a six month snapshot survey from interim provider, Russam GMS, who polled its database of over 7,500 in December 2007. The poll revealed that demand had eased...

• Quit smoking? | stay on track
  	Wednesday, 30 January 2008   Editor You're nearing the end of January - how are you faring on your New Year Resolutions? Did you promise to quit smoking? Clinical hypnotist Georgia Foster offers her wisdom to help you stay on track. If you're a smoker or there are colleagues who...

• Training | employee thirst for development
  	Tuesday, 29 January 2008   Editor Make a splash by investing in the development of your staff through training. Research from the Learning and Skills Council's Train to Gain service found that out of 1000 employees, 54% wanted to improve their skills through training and development...

• HR salary averages in UK | wage comparisons
  	Monday, 28 January 2008   Editor Further evidence that employers need to focus on staff retention in 2008 comes from Reed Human Resources. According to its annual salary survey of HR professionals there was a 65% rise in the number of vacancies for permanent HR professionals compared...

• In the event of a recession | sink or swim?
  	Friday, 25 January 2008   Editor Are you likely to crash and burn if a recession is likely to hit? Or are you on course to ride the storm and use it as an opportunity to clear out the driftwood, pursue a different course, and continue to test the strength of your top talent? Taleo ,...

• Retention strategy | time to invest
  	Thursday, 24 January 2008   Editor According to a recent survey, employers are not doing enough to track the reasons why staff leave and don't have a watertight retention strategy. Employee engagement and retention consultancy TalentDrain, which carried out the Employee Retention Survey...

• Work cycle schemes | on yer bike
  	Tuesday, 22 January 2008   Editor In London alone, there was a 10% increase in the number of cyclists on the road between April and September 2007 compared with last year and an estimated half a million people are now cycling every day. Rising public transport and fuel costs, the desire...

• Croner research | are you offering the right benefits?
  	Monday, 21 January 2008   Editor Over half of UK employers are out of sync with their staff by failing to match their benefits packages with the needs of their employees, according to business consultancy Croner . Research from Croner showed that although many employers offer perks,...

• HR | get on board
  	Monday, 21 January 2008   Editor Times are changing - aren’t they always? For HR professionals, it's no different. With a brief to support organisational change, they must also change themselves to deliver what the board says it wants (and probably needs) comments Hilary Jeanes ...

• Healthier you | are you sticking to your resolutions?
  	Thursday, 17 January 2008   Editor So, how are you doing on your new year resolutions? I'm feeling smug, I've lost 7lbs since the 2 January after making an effort to cook from scratch every evening and bring in leftovers for lunch using fresh, organic vegetables. I'm now sidelining...

• Poorly trained coaches | there's no Kleenex in the coaching room
  	Thursday, 17 January 2008   Editor Have you ever gotten tired of the amount of coaches out there who are offering semi-counselling solutions to coaching needs? Seán Weafer , expert on 'R-evolutionary business', leadership and performance: I blame this on the plethora of counsellors...

• Do you catch-up? | planting seeds for innovation
  	Wednesday, 16 January 2008   Editor Since joining HR Circles, I have daily morning 'catch-ups' with my team - an informal meeting to make sure everyone knows what each other is doing in our team. Prior to my appointment with HR Circles, I would have regular 'catch-ups' with...

• Employee feedback | Adecco keeps eye on recruitment trends
  	Wednesday, 16 January 2008   Editor According to research out today by Adecco , 70% of employees have considered leaving their jobs in the past year, with one in five FTSE employees registering with a recruiter, compared to 1 in 10 non-listed respondents. Despite gloomy forecasts of the...

• Alcholism in the workplace | how to deal with it
  	Tuesday, 15 January 2008   Editor Alcohol consumption for a lot of business people is a natural part of the social inter-business interaction: business lunches/dinners/networking functions etc. Many people suffer from difficult, even a little dysfunctional relationships within work and...

• New year job blues? | take control of your career
  	Tuesday, 15 January 2008   Editor There's a simple test for the New Year job blues. Fast forward to Sunday night when a working week awaits you. Do you go to bed depressed, or looking forward to the excitement of the week ahead? What really motivates you to set your alarm clock for...