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Tread carefully when checking civil litigation history 11:00am Wednesday 18 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine Checking publicly available civil litigation information may ensure organisations safeguard themselves against hiring people found negligent or liable by a civil court, but involves a whole host of limitations and risks. |
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The three dimensions of redundancy 11:00am Wednesday 18 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine Increased economic volatility has put redundancies back on the agenda and Australian companies need to avoid repeating the mistakes of three years ago, warns Jeremy Nichols. |
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Employment expectations remain positive in spite of volatility 11:00am Wednesday 18 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine Despite international market volatility, Australian organisations intend to increase permanent headcount over the course of the next three months, according to new data released today. |
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Non-resource states lag for Michael Page; Temp growing, perm flat in Australia: Hays; plus more  10:29am Wednesday 18 January 2012 - Shortlist News The big global professional recruitment companies say the uncertainty in Europe is now clearly impacting Australia, and they've warned that further reductions in recruiter headcount are likely. |
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White-collar drug testing on the rise 11:01am Tuesday 17 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine The long boozy lunch may be a thing of the past for employees in some white-collar industries as many Australian businesses, including law firms, IT companies and medical clinics, introduce workplace drug testing. |
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Become an HR leader in 2012 11:00am Tuesday 17 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine Whether your organisation needs to focus on improving its employee value proposition, adapting its talent sourcing strategy to the current environment or investing in online learning, it’s clear that HR needs to step up and take the lead. |
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Fair Work Act reviews: have your voice heard 11:00am Tuesday 17 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine Employer groups are urging organisations to make submissions and complete online surveys about modern awards and wages as part of the upcoming series of reviews conducted by Fair Work Australia which are touted to involve significant changes to the Fair Work Act. |
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Do weird interview questions really work? 11:00am Tuesday 17 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine HR directors at the world’s biggest firms are getting back to basics in the interview room by asking simple questions about the company and its business. |
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Case highlights lines of appropriate conduct 11:00am Tuesday 17 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine The case currently underway in the UK of an HR manager who is claiming he was forced out of his job after being disciplined over his conduct on LinkedIn has set tongues wagging. |
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Weird interview questions that work 11:00am Tuesday 17 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine HR directors at the world’s biggest firms are using left-of-centre tactics in the interview room by asking simple questions about the company and its business. |
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Are you a victim of your own perspective? 9:03am Tuesday 17 January 2012 - CareerMums By Emma Grey from WorkLifeBlissThere was news last week that a family who had lived through the ravages of last year's Queensland floods had won $5million in the lottery. This time last year, the newsagent where the ticket was bought was submerged.What a difference a year makes. Bad things happen. [...] |
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How CEOs are approaching talent issues in 2012 5:48pm Monday 16 January 2012 - Ross Clennett [...] |
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SEEK's new 'executive' pricing: smart or monopolistic? 1:08pm Monday 16 January 2012 - Ross Clennett [...] |
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New addition to the C-Suite: the CDO 11:00am Monday 16 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine In order to show that workplaces are really walking the talk in terms of ensuring diversity, adding a new member to the C-Suite – the chief diversity officer (CDO) – is becoming all the rage. |
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Why employee relations are hotter than you think 11:00am Monday 16 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine Managing poor performance crops up as one of those well-worn HR topics that is bandied around the minute someone starts a sentence with “I have a problem with one of my staff …” |
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HR manager smoked out for posting CV on LinkedIn 11:00am Monday 16 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine A HR manager was forced out of his job after posting his CV on LinkedIn and ticking the ‘interested in career opportunities’ box, a tribunal in the UK has heard. |
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Business Clean Up Day a team exercise with a difference 11:00am Monday 16 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine If you’ve been in search of a different kind of team bonding exercise with a long list of benefits to boot, the official 2012 Business Clean Up Day may be just what you’ve been looking for. |
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Remote bosses: recipe for lower employee engagement? 11:00am Monday 16 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine Managers who work remotely are likely to give less feedback, make their employees feel less empowered, and create employees who are less satisfied with their employment than those in the office full-time, according to a new study. |
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Prevent employee resignations this New Year 11:00am Thursday 12 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine The beginning of the New Year often spells resolutions, and for employees who felt unappreciated and disengaged in 2012, top of their list may be “new year, new career”. |
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Young workers break the rules 11:00am Thursday 12 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine The employment of young and future employees is the single biggest challenge facing the workplace, a recent Cisco report has revealed. |
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Disclosure of civil law breaches in question 11:00am Thursday 12 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine The latest public gaffe by Queensland’s troubled Department of Health has raised questions over whether civil law breaches should be more closely scrutinised in the pre-employment screening stage. |
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Double-check you’re not underpaying staff or risk FWO wrath 11:00am Thursday 12 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine An official audit conducted by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has found that more than a quarter of Australian retailers have been underpaying their staff by failing to record their hours and rate of pay correctly. |
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Workplace depression: Awareness better but stigma persists 11:00am Wednesday 11 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine Australian workers have a high level of awareness about depression and anxiety disorders but insufficient training is provided on how to help or identify a colleague who is experiencing depression, according to a recent survey. |
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Employees need top-down policies to resist tech deluge 11:00am Wednesday 11 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine The mountain of inefficiently handled data received by corporate information systems is silently killing productivity and comes at a cost of $3bn a year, a new report has found. |
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Do your 2012 grads seem like aliens? 11:00am Wednesday 11 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine The beginning of the New Year brings the annual class of graduates starting in programs throughout Australia – but industry professionals have warned employers not to be surprised by Gen Y’s struggle to separate their professional and social lives. |
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Start the clock! T minus 12 months to engage staff 11:00am Wednesday 11 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine Employers have an increasingly short amount of time to engage their new employees before the novelty factor of the new role wears off, and the grace period may even be less than one year. |
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How will you manage your energy in 2012? 10:48am Wednesday 11 January 2012 - CareerMums By Emma grey from WorkLifeBlissLining up at the starting gates of 2012, how would you rate your energy level on a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high)?If you've been able to properly switch off over the holiday season, perhaps you're still floating on a blissful combination of high energy and low stress. M [...] |
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The Steve Jobs Way: Seven lessons in business leadership 4:53pm Tuesday 10 January 2012 - Ross Clennett [...] |
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New jobs site enters the market 11:00am Tuesday 10 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine A new recruitment website has launched up against the big boys Seek and CareerOne, with the aim of streamlining recruitment processes and helping HR managers save time, money and resources when finding staff. |
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How to make job sharing a success 7:03pm Monday 09 January 2012 - CareerMums CareerMums spoke to Angela from Canberra about her successful negotiation to job share a full time high school teaching role. This case study will give you confidence to explore and negotiate an opportunity, despite the position being advertised as a full time role.What do you do? I am a high-school [...] |
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Shift focus to quality, not quantity 11:00am Monday 09 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine In recent years, economic instability both offshore and closer to home has forced businesses to trim budgets and cut costs however possible. HR managers have often felt the biggest impacts of these decisions, as in the wake of the GFC, redundancies, downsizing and pay freezes became the norm. |
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HR tools that should go mobile 11:00am Monday 09 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine With smartphones and tablets now hardwired with enough power and performance to act as mini laptops on the go, the question is no longer a matter of if HR should capitalise on this medium to better support the workforce, but how. |
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Coping with skills shortages 11:00am Monday 09 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine HR managers will have one major hurdle to overcome in 2012, experts warn: coping with the increasing skills shortage in a noticeably shallower talent pool. |
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| The aim of a resume 10:53pm Thursday 05 January 2012 - UniGrad Before we seek to find out the real aim of a resume, we need to define exactly what a resume is. Many definitions exist but the commonality seen is that “a resume is a document used by individuals to present their background and skill set, and can be used for a variety of reasons but most o [...] |
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Skilled volunteering a win-win 11:00am Thursday 05 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine Skilled volunteering is the latest trend to sweep corporate Australia, with benefits that filter through every level of the organisation. |
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Managers urged to get personal 11:00am Thursday 05 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine Managers are being urged to get to know their staff better, or they risk losing their best and brightest talent in 2012. |
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The Motherhood Merry-Go-Round 1:06pm Wednesday 04 January 2012 - CareerMums Every 6 months, WD and I have the same fight discussion. It normally starts when I am so exhausted I turn into Snappy Tom Tuna lady and he finally bites back after ignoring the tantrum I have had about the state of the kitchen drawer (the second one down....it's always the second one down).Our conve [...] |
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Innovation the key to success 11:00am Wednesday 04 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine The pressure is on for businesses to embrace innovative in the workplace, with new statistics showing that only half of all HR professionals and leaders believe they have the creativity and innovation skills required to drive business success. |
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Lockdown on employee email access 11:00am Wednesday 04 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine In a move that bucks the trend of smartphone-induced 24-hour employee connectivity, German carmaker Volkswagen has agreed to deactivate emails on staff smartphone devices out of office hours, to give them a genuine break from work. |
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Aussies “uninspired” at work 11:00am Tuesday 03 January 2012 - Human Capital Magazine New research* shows that Australians are largely uninspired at work, and with new year’s day behind us, those feeling least motivated are likely on the lookout for a new job already. |
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