Tips for Employers
Be Savvy or Be Vain – CV Reading
Reading a resume is literally just reading a piece of marketing material that has been created by the applicant to convince you to interview them. This is the part of the entire hiring process where you have the least amount of data and have to...
HR Wisdom – March 2012
We hope you enjoy this month's edition of our newsletter, which provides you with HR, OHS and employment advice. Click here to view Newsletter online In this month's edition: WHS - Safety Induction Program Legal Wisdom with Travis Sturgeon...
7 Key Traits of an Aspiring Leader.
Strong leaders tend to comprise of certain personality traits which allow them to rise through challenges, bring back a drowning company, or instil a sense of confidence and energy among employees. There seem to be seven personality traits are...
Gen Y – Strike the note
There has been a lot of discussion that Generation Y, the newest generation to enter the workforce, are difficult to work with and please, yet by just understanding their different values, goals and ideas of the workplace will help you and your...
The importance of inducting new employees into your workplace
It is important that all new employees receive induction training at the beginning of their employment and that they are provided with all the equipment and information necessary to carry out their jobs effectively. Induction programs can vary from training or mentoring, can be conducted by HR and/or the department manager
How to Structure a Killer Interview
A well structured interview is the most effective way to judge the potential worth of a candidate. It is your opportunity to determine if the applicant is going to be the right person for the position. An unstructured interview, where you have...
Job Description – The Working Document
Effectively developed, employee job descriptions are communication tools that are significant in your organization's success. Poorly written employee job descriptions, on the other hand, add to workplace confusion, hurt communication, and make...
Exit Interviews -Important?
Many employers consider it useful to conduct exit interviews with departing employees. It is often conducted in an obligatory but disorganized manner. The interview is of utmost importance because these last words of an employee can give...
Employee Appraisals – Mistakes to Avoid
Performance appraisal is defined as a prearranged formal communication between a subordinate and supervisor which usually incurs as a periodic interview on an annual or semiannual basis. In such an interaction, the performance of the subordinate...
How to Control Absenteeism?
Absenteeism at the workplace is a universal problem. While some organizations have undertaken sufficient steps to control it, many fail to address the issue. The major reason is the lack of understanding of the correlation between employees and...