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Do your staff demand training?
In 2010 22 million workers could have the legal right to demand training time. This could lead to an extra 300,000 people being given skills training. About 40% of employers provide no training whatsoever, which might cut costs but, in some cases, hobbles their performance.
3 ways to hire the perfect candidate
Traditionally, organisations have taken on new staff by using a three-step method:
- Evaluate the CV
- Interview
- ‘Gut feel’ about the candidate
This can be right but more often than not, leads to taking on a new member of staff based on their appearance, hand shake and the ‘editied highlights of their career so far’, otherwise known as a CV.
So how can you reduce your risk and refine the interview process to find the ‘perfect candidate‘?
3 Levels of Appraisal
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Successful leaders require a few skills…
Cognisco surveyed 400 companies in the UK and US and on this basis estimated that employee misunderstandings cost companies at least £18.7 billion.
Risky Business
According to research by Common Purpose 50% of adults consider themselves to be risk takers and 43% of this group believing the downturn will demand more risk–taking behaviour in organisations.
How do you get the Truth from Leavers?
I read recently about an organisation spending 600 HR hours a year on face to face exit interviews. The end result, however, was that they had no hard data and really didn’t know accurately why people were leaving.
Recruitment
3 ways to hire the perfect candidate
Traditionally, organisations have taken on new staff by using a three-step method: Evaluate the CV Interview ‘Gut...
How do you get the Truth from Leavers?
I read recently about an organisation spending 600 HR hours a year on face to face exit interviews. ...
Level playing field
The CIPD’s annual Recruitment, Retention and Turnover Survey (2008) reports a number of key findings. “Appointing...
Development
Successful leaders require a few skills…
Cognisco surveyed 400 companies in the UK and US and on this basis estimated that employee misunderstandings...
Level playing field
The CIPD’s annual Recruitment, Retention and Turnover Survey (2008) reports a number of key findings. “Appointing...
Put your money where you mouth is…
The Holst Group were contacted by TrainingZone.co.uk - the UK’s most popular site for corporate training...
Management
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