Tag: HR

February 22, 2019

Written communication is essential in all business roles, but they’re particularly important for HR managers. As an HR manager, you often represent your company, and so it is vital that your written communication is up to scratch and ready to […]

February 21, 2019

According to research, 62% of executives stated that they needed to retrain or replace more than one-quarter of their workforce within the next 5 years because of automation and advanced robotics. Overall, it’s becoming imperative for companies across a multitude […]

February 20, 2019

Stakeholders have long known that HR has a diversity problem, but efforts to resolve the issue have been sporadic. General employment diversity took the top spot in LinkedIn’s “Global Recruiting Trends 2018” report. It was identified by 78% of the […]

February 18, 2019

How many of your employees work from home? A recent study by Amerisleep analyzed 1,001 remote employees across the United States. Among other things, this survey revealed both the sweeter and the more bitter sides of the increasingly popular remote […]

February 14, 2019

During the mid-1980’s, United Technologies Corporation (UTC) ran a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal with the headline: “Let’s get rid of Management.” At the time more and more employees were being classified as “knowledge workers,” a term coined […]

February 13, 2019

According to a recent survey conducted by Adobe, 58 percent of people feel that performance reviews “are a needless Human Resources (HR) requirement.” Adobe, in fact, no longer has an annual performance review process and instead, has adopted an approach […]

February 12, 2019

HR departments of one, in which a single person manages all aspects of a company’s HR processes, are often the first to say they need some kind of technology to do their jobs. However, many also say their business’s owners […]

February 11, 2019

Companies today are increasingly aware that the traditional annual performance review is ineffective when it comes to actually increasing employee performance. In fact, just 12% of respondents to a Deloitte survey indicated that this process was highly effective in driving […]

February 8, 2019

Ever since the ADA went into effect, employers have been warned that virtually any condition can now fit the definition of a disability. But the ADA laws have limits, as two recent court rulings illustrate. In Connelly v. WellStar Health […]

February 8, 2019

As with any department or business, optimizing communication is the key to success, perhaps especially in the Human Resources (HR) department. Because this department’s responsibilities include making sure the people of the business are well looked after, along with dealing […]