Updating Hofstede´s research on national cultural dimensions

This article presents data that for the first time examines the collaboration and power structure dimensions of management.

Power Collaboration Profile blurs Hofstede´s research on national cultural dimensions

Australia - Unemployment At 5.1%

Seasonally adjusted, unemployment fell by 0.1% to 5.1% and the number of people in employment rose by 46,300 to 11,463,900.

Australian Employment Statistics

UK - Unemployment Blackspots

An analysis of UK local authority areas by claimant to vacancies ratio in January 2012 shows that a number of Scottish areas have passed the inner London boroughs to become the UK's worst employment blackspots.


Scotland overtakes London as worst region in the UK for unemployment

UK - Unemployment At 8.4%

The unemployment rate stands at 8.4% - up 0.1% over the quarter and 0.5% over the year.

29.13 million people were in work in October to December 2011 according to the labour force survey (LFS). The number of people employed was 60,000 higher this quarter and 7,000 higher than last year.


UK Employment Statistics

UK - Employee Satisfaction

Employee satisfaction is a key indicator for defining staff rewards and benefits and
over 70% of businesses have taken steps to monitor it.

Monitoring Job Satisfaction

Canada - Management Training

Companies large and small have a very important decision to make when seeking out management training programs for their employees. Do they task an outside company with the training of their charges, or do they do it themselves? Each option comes with its own strengths and weaknesses. Knowing what these are, and being able to weigh them against each other should allow a company to choose the one that suits them best.

Management Training Programs - In-House or External?

Canada - Workforce Analytics

Complexity in today’s workforce, new technology investments, economic pressures, talent as a competitive edge, aligning the people strategy with the business strategy and many other reasons are driving a change in HR to be more information-savvy. This has turned workforce analytics into the hottest topic in the HR technology arena.


Top 5 Best Practices for Successful Workforce Analytics

USA - Unemployment At 8.3%

The unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent in January and nonfarm payroll employment rose by 243,000. (News Release)

US Unemployment At 8.3%

Canada - Unemployment Rate At 7.6%

Statistics Canada reported that the unemployment rate edged up to 7.6% in January as more people joined the jobs market.


Canadian Unemployment Rate At 7.6%

USA - High-Potential Entrepreneurs

Today's business founders and CEOs are much more likely to have advanced engineering degrees than MBAs.


High-Potential Entrepreneurs

Europe at Work

Now that the benchmark has become a must-have instrument, the "Europe at Work" Atlas is the invaluable tool for discovery and thought for multinationals’ HR managers as well as managers of local companies who want to compare their social and economic environment with that of other countries in Europe in terms of legislation, training, labour costs and productivity. (News Release)

ADP Publishes a New Edition of the HR Atlas "Europe at Work"

UK - Technology Matters

Hyland Software director, Mark Greatorex, explores how combining strategy with technology can help maximise HR capability and contribution.

Technology Matters

UK - Inconsistent Hiring Practices

Twitter’s high staffing turnover has recently been revealed following the high profile departures of a number of top executives and engineers over a short space of time. (News Release)

Unorganised and inconsistent hiring processes are stinging large organisations like Twitter, according to a leading recruitment expert.

UK - HR Management Practice

SAGEGREEN is seeing returning demand for outsourced HR in support of in-house teams as it picks up two clients in 2012. (News Release)

HR practice renews long-term relationships as clients call for in-house support for their personnel departments

UK - Unwitting Discrimination

There are strong, well-rehearsed arguments both for and against the use of
personality testing, but we have identified a particular, and thus far potentially overlooked, risk of discrimination against disabled participants.

'Computer says no': Are you unwittingly discriminating with personality testing? (Part 1)

Global - Limited Thinking in HRD

Richard van der Lee asks if the way organizations deal with these methodologies can lead to the right moves.

'Limited thinking': an obstruction for employees and organizations!

Canada - Ideas for job hunting

Some Do's and Don'ts for job hunting

How do you find that dream job?

UK - Hiring and managing in the cloud

One of the most exciting new trends in recent years has been the emergence of the human cloud, as more and more businesses go online to hire and manage talented staff on an hourly or project basis.

Hiring and managing in the cloud - a guide for SMEs

Global - Recruitment and Employer Branding

Recruiting practices need to be consistent with branding strategies or organizations risk missing out on top talent and potential revenue and social media amplify the consequences with more recuiting organizations likely to turn to social media in 2012.

Recruiting Practices and Employer Branding

UK - Basic Skills Need Improvement

Graduate unemployment is at a record level but many organizations say they cannot
find the right talent.

Basic Skills Need Improvement

Five Steps to New Thinking

An expert in any field learns to organize and group information around principles. That allows the expert to quickly draw information when he or she needs it. Doctors see a symptom, scan through a database in their heads, and ask a series of questions to quickly winnow down the possible causes. Peyton Manning can scan a football field, see opportunities and risks, and make snap decisions with great success. A novice organizes information in a more random and error-prone fashion. By putting a thinking model in your head, you are organizing important steps and information, which helps you learn more quickly and efficiently. A model, like a recipe, helps you see the ingredients and steps for success. So, let’s look at five steps of a model that can become a valuable part of your own thinking.

More at: Five Steps to New Thinking

Expense Management App

The ExpenseAnywhere Mobile App empowers users to instantly add expense details and capture receipt images from anywhere at any time. With the ExpenseAnywhere App available for Blackberry, iPhone, and Android, users will never miss submitting another expense or receipt. Now they can capture it, track it, and submit it, all from the convenience of their smart phones.

ExpenseAnywhere Announces Mobile Apps for Expense Management

UK - Certification for MJ Church

MJ Church has gained certification for quality, environmental & health and safety standards through Certification International.

MJ Church reaches new standards

Australia - Underemployment

1.7 million Australians over 18 are prevented from working as much as they want for a variety of reasons, according to a new Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) study.


Underemployment

Using Social Media To Improve Job Chances

Today’s job seekers rely more heavily on social networking and referrals to find a job.


Using Social Media To Improve Job Chances

Internet job-hunting is effective

Using the Internet for job-hunting reduces time spent unemployed by an average of 25%.

Internet job-hunting is effective

Customer Needs and Talent Development

Richard van der Lee wonders if organizations lose track of (potential) customers or have ‘too much internal focus’?

The mismatch between customers' needs and the development of talent in organizations

USA - Workplace Flexibility Improves Employees' Health Behavior

Employees who believe they have flexibility in the workplace tend to sustain healthier lifestyle habits.

Workplace Flexibility Improves Employees' Health Behavior

Australia

Smartphones, tablets and other types of 24-7 technology can make life easier for many people but they make it harder to switch off even when at home and also keep us at work longer.


Technology and work/life balance

Reforming UK Employment Legislation

Vince Cable, Business Secretary, announced on Wednesday a package of measures intended to modify the way employers recruit, manage disputes and dismiss staff - while retaining key protections for employees.

Reforming UK Employment Legislation

USA - Why Universities End Up in Scandalous Hot Water

Penn State’s troubles are far from over and universities and colleges nationwide are likely scrambling to make sure their own processes are in place. What they are apt to find is that their employee misconduct response policies are either under defined or under enforced - both of which can land them in hot water. (News Release)

Why Universities End Up in Scandalous Hot Water

Trust is not a 'soft' basis for business

In these uncertain times no word is used more often than 'trust'. This creates some beautiful discussions but all the more misunderstandings.

Trust and its derivatives in business are frequently seen as 'soft' and impossible to explain in concrete terms. The outcome is that organizations find it is easier to talk about financial results, good or bad percentages and other information in figures than to talk about the most important subject in the relationship between people and organizations and that is trust.

Trust is not a 'soft' basis for business

Australia - Qantas Dispute Suspended

A tribunal of judges appointed by Fair Work Australia has determined that the industrial dispute called by three unions that triggered the airline's lockout must end.

Qantas Dispute Suspended

Wasting Talent Reduces Profit

When organizations actively want to participate in the changing environment a question arises: why is available talent not being fully utilized? Of course employees who are classified as a "young and high potential" are important to these organizations but beyond these individuals a complete scenario is obscured: the individual talents of every single employee.

Wasting Talent Reduces Profit

Canada (Alberta) - Healthy Workplaces

The Premier's Award for Healthy Workplaces is open to all employers in Alberta and recognizes Alberta employers with healthy workplace programs.

Alberta - Premier's Award for Healthy Workplaces

Australia - World Day for Decent Work

World Day for Decent Work is a poignant reminder of the number of workers who do not have secure employment across the globe and in Australia’s own backyard. (News Release)

World Day for Decent Work highlights plight of insecure workers

HR Glossary

The HR Glossary on HRM Guide UK is complete (220 pages) giving short definitions of human resource terms.

Based on the glossary section of Human Resource Management, 4th edition.

HR Glossary A
HR Glossary B
HR Glossary C
HR Glossary D
HR Glossary E
HR Glossary F
HR Glossary G
HR Glossary H
HR Glossary I
HR Glossary J
HR Glossary K-L
HR Glossary M-N
HR Glossary O
HR Glossary P
HR Glossary R
HR Glossary S
HR Glossary T
HR Glossary U-W

UK - Stress is number one cause of long-term absences

Stress has been identified as the most significant cause of long-term absence according to this year's CIPD/Simplyhealth Absence Management survey.

Stress is number one cause of long-term absences

UK - Changes to Unfair Dismissal Rules

The announcement by Business Secretary Vince Cable and Chancellor George Osborne that the qualification period for the right to claim unfair dismissal will be extended from one year to two years has attracted mixed responses.

Changes to Unfair Dismissal Rules

Global - HRM = Business Partner

Look at job descriptions for HR manager or HR consultant positions and you will often find the term "HRM as Business Partner". The same expression is frequently used in organizations' HRM policy statements. Richard van der Lee, Manager Retail Clients from Rabobank finds this a fascinating phenomenon and asks whether HRM really wants to be a Business Partner.

HRM = Business Partner. Is building a bridge over the 'Grand Canyon' possible?

UK - Improving Women's Chances

Women can further their careers more quickly by understanding how men communicate and by adapting their style in order to be heard in the boardroom. (News Release)

Women can increase boardroom chances by understanding male speak

Australia - Ansett 10 Years On

Australian unions will today reflect on a 10 year journey alongside thousands of former employees of Ansett airlines to ensure they received as close to 100% of their entitlements as was possible.

The Ansett fleet was grounded by administrators on 14 September 2001, leading to the demise of the 65-year-old airline and one of the largest corporate collapses in Australian history, impacting on the lives of 15,000 employees. (News Release)

Ansett: a 10 year journey by workers and unions comes to an end

Australia - Online Recruitment Site

Endeavour Learning Group has launched an online recruitment site resulting in record interest from the natural health and education job market both domestically and overseas to join Australia’s leading provider of health, fitness and beauty
education. (News Release)

Innovative campaign helps Endeavour Learning Group attract record interest from job market

UK - Integrated Welsh Language Recruitment System

Powys County Council is the first Welsh authority to implement a Welsh language recruitment system that is completely integrated with its HR and payroll system.


iTrent enables Powys County Council to launch first integrated Welsh language recruitment system

UK - Balfour Beatty Degrees

Balfour Beatty Engineering Service’s (BBES) award winning academic programme has received a double seal of approval from two of the construction industry’s leading bodies. The programme, run in partnership with Liverpool Community College and Liverpool John Moores University , has just been formally accredited for the next five years by the Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers (CIBSE). (News release)

Double Honours for Balfour Beatty's Degree Programme

UK - Dinamiks - Job Roles

Dinamiks Ltd has announced that the new Job Roles module for its online employee performance management tool, Dinamiks, went live on July 7th. Job Roles allows the Dinamiks administrator to add specific competencies to a job role, which helps with talent management and compliance requirements. (News release)

Dinamiks, the online employee performance management tool, announces its new Job Roles module that helps with talent management and compliance requirements. New customer customisation feature also announced.

Canada - Integrating and Engaging New Recruits

A new Canadian study published in the Journal of Managerial Psychology shows the value of structured approaches to orientation (induction) training and mentoring.


Integrating and Engaging New Recruits is a Key Element of Employee Retention

USA - Charisma and Leadership Skills

Research findings reported in the Journal of Management shows that we consider some leaders to be charismatic because we attribute 'magical thinking' to them.

Charisma and Leadership Strengths

Asia-Pacific - Older employees

TMS Asia-Pacific General Manager Australia/NZ, Fujio Shibata has urged local industry employers to take a leaf out of their Singaporean counterparts’ book and start looking beyond the Gen Y factor as their prime source of employees. (News release)

TMS - Age No Barrier

Australians a Happy Lot

Australian workers have a low-pressure, stress-free working life, and are not worried about losing their jobs, according to findings from ORC International’s perspectives database.
Australians a Happy Lot

U.S. Employee Trust Still Low

Employees still do not trust company management, nearly three years after the
beginning of the economic downturn, according to results from a Maritz© Poll conducted by Maritz Research.

U.S. Employee Trust Still Low

New Zealand Facing Skill-shortage 'Epidemic'

People with skills, qualifications and experience can pick and choose the country in which to live and work and this is leading to an international battle for skills with New Zealand losing out.

New Zealand Facing Skill-shortage 'Epidemic'

NZ - Strong Growth in New Zealand Employment

An analysis of over 39,000 jobs listed on Trade Me Jobs between April and June
shows that the New Zealand job market is strong, with listings up by 27 per cent on the same period in 2010.

Strong Growth in New Zealand Employment

Canada - Omega Optimization gets the honor at Microsoft Blue Sky Award

Omega Optimization was named one of just 3 national winners in Microsoft Canada's Blue Sky competition for its optimal workforce SaaS solution. The prestigious annual award is designed to recognize 'the most disruptively innovative ISV solutions' and was held at Microsoft headquarters. (News release)

Omega Optimization gets the honor at Microsoft Blue Sky Award

USA - Free Employee Timesheet Templates

Redcort Software is providing free employee timesheet templates to help workers record their regular hours and overtime. The templates are available in several popular document formats, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Apple Pages, so time cards can be easily customized for any business. (News release)

Free Employee Timesheet Templates From Redcort Software

USA - Healthcare Application

Adjudica, LLC announced today the launch of its HealthSight financial transparency and engagement platform for employer-funded group health plans. A Facebook-like social networking application, the HealthSight platform provides critical financial and engagement tools that help employers and plan sponsors control healthcare spending and improve the health of their members/employees. (News release)

Adjudica Launches HealthSight, a Social Networking Platform for Financial Transparency and Engagement in Group Healthcare Plans

UK - Measuring HRM

Hay Group, the global management consultancy, today launches Hay Group Spectrum, a solution designed to meet the needs of today’s organizations for efficient and measurable human resource management. (News release)

Hay Group Launches Next Generation HR Solution

USA - Sales Development Tool

The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), Chally Group Worldwide, and Richardson have combined their expertise to broaden ASTD’s sales force improvement portfolio. ASTD’s Sales Training Drivers, a community of practice focusing on Sales performance Improvement, today announced its newest offering - The Sales Development Analysis (SDA) tool, a combination of integrated measurement, diagnostics, and targeted sales training. (News release)

New Sales Development Tool Launched that Integrates Measurement, Diagnostics and Training

UK - Netherlands’ leading portal for HR professionals launches in the UK

Only 6 weeks after its launch in the United Kingdom, over 7,000 courses and education programmes can be compared at Springest.co.uk. The market leading Dutch company compares itself to the likes of Booking.com and PriceRunner, but focuses on the Learning & Development sector.

Netherlands’ leading portal for HR professionals launches in the UK

Canada - Knowledge Hoarding

Knowledge transfer may not be happening as often as organizations would like because staff don't always want to share.

Hoarding Knowledge

USA - Social Goals

WorkSimple, The Social Goals Management Company, today announced the public
availability of Social Goals, empowering every company to create a free, private social network to publish, share, and track goals. With Social Goals, any company can collaborate on goals to drive greater team productivity. Any employee can register their company for a free Social Goals account at GetWorkSimple.com. (News release)

WorkSimple Social Goals is Free

Australia - IR Course

Human Resource practitioners can now fast track a career in industrial relations thanks to ‘Industrial Relations 101’, a new training course that combines the theory required in day to day industrial relations (IR) challenges with practical activity based learning. (News release)

New Industrial Relations Course Offers Practical Training Solution

UK - Employment Tribunals Survey

Employers are concerned that they are vulnerable to frivolous or unjustified employment tribunal claims according to a Conflict Management survey published prior to a recent CIPD conference.


Employment Tribunals Survey

USA - Performance Reviews

A half of the participants in an online survey conducted for Globoforce think that employee performance reviews do not provide accurate appraisals of their work.


Employee Performance Reviews

Asia - Tourism and the Next Generation

Addressing some of the most senior tourism industry officials in the Asia-Pacific region gathered in Beijing last week, TMS Asia-Pacific CEO Andrew Chan has warned of the pressing need to develop the strategies required if the sector is to attract and engage the 'next generation' of employees.

"A Grim Reality" - new strategies critical if tourism sector to engage 'next generation'

USA - Discrimination and Job Loss

It has been known for some time that there is bias against the unemployed in the job market. Research at UCLA and the State University of New York-Stony Brook now shows that jobless Americans face discrimination unrelated to their skills or to ways in which they lost their previous jobs.

Discrimination and Job Loss

Asia - Sportswear Supply Chain Report

The Global Union representing workers in the garment industry has today released a damning report on working conditions in Asian sportswear supply chains.

ITGLWF releases damning report on working conditions in sportswear supply chains

UK - Youth Unemployment Overstated

The notion of a 'lost generation' of young jobless people is simplistic, according to the latest Work Audit report on official labour market statistics "Getting the measure of youth unemployment" from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Youth Unemployment Overstated

Australia - Bad Jobs Harm Mental Health

A bad job can be as harmful to mental health as being unemployed, according to
results from a longitudinal Australian household panel survey.

Bad Jobs Harm Mental Health

USA - Human Capital Book

KnowledgeAdvisors, a learning measurement software and solutions company that improves the effectiveness of learning, today announced the publication of a brand new book titled "Human Capital Analytics: Measuring and Improving Talent Development - 2nd Edition" (ISBN-13: 978-1595716446) by its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Kent Barnett and Jeffrey Berk respectively. (News release)


KnowledgeAdvisors Publishes a Brand New Book for Human Capital Libraries Worldwide

USA - Honesty is best for job-seekers

A recently published study indicates that honesty pays off for job applicants. Job-seekers in the study were warned that a pre-employment test could detect fake responses. Consequently, their answers were more honest than average - possibly improving their chances of being hired.

Honesty is best for job-seekers

Canada - PEI Minimum Wage Increases

Prince Edward Island minimum wage rates will be increased in three phases from June 2011 to April 2012 to $10.00.

PEI Annual Review of Minimum Wage

UK - CIPD Recruitment Marketing Awards

Entries are now open for the CIPD’s annual Recruitment Marketing Awards, the industry awards for innovative recruitment marketing campaigns. (News release)

CIPD Recruitment Marketing Awards

UK - Cullen Scholefield launch top coaching programme

HR and Management Consultants, Cullen Scholefield, will be the first in South East England to offer a top level programme leading to the Diploma for Professional Executive Coaches and Leadership Mentors from the Institute of Leadership and
Management (ILM). The programme is aimed at candidates who will be significantly involved in executive coaching and leadership mentoring - within an organisation or a consultant. (News release)

Cullen Scholefield launch top coaching programme

Canada - Ontario Minimum WageFrozen

Ontario's minimum wage frozen at $10.25 for 2011.

No Increase For Ontario Minimum Wage

UK - Public Sector HR

Successive Governments have seen public sector HR as either a cost to be managed or a means of dealing with redundancies, but not as a crucial strategic function, according to a recent CIPD report.

The HR Role in Public Sector Reform

USA - Top Needs for Relocating Families

IMPACT Group, a woman-owned global career management firm, released today the latest statistics on the top needs for relocating families in 2010. (News release)

IMPACT Group Releases Top 10 Needs from Relocating Employees/Families in 2010

NZ - Fire-at-will

Government orders from the State Services Commission that public servants and government-employed workers should be forced to accept 90 day fire-at-will provisions are bizarre says TEU national secretary, Sharn Riggs.

90 day fire-at-will laws even for workplaces that don't want them

USA - Hold the Champagne

Ur Union of Unemployed today welcomed news of reduced unemployment for the month of December but warned that without a strategy to create at least 450,000 jobs each month, the U.S. economy will continue to struggle and stutter. (News Release)

Union of Unemployed: Hold the Champagne

USA - Working Remotely Less Stressful

Employees who spend most of their working week as telecommuters have greater job satisfaction than people who are primarily office workers.

Working Remotely Alleviates More Stress Than It Creates

Canada - Linking Pay and Performance

Employee incentives such as variable pay, performance bonuses, and annual incentives are offered by four out of five Canadian organizations surveyed by The Conference Board of Canada. They are intended to motivate employees to achieve performance goals but it seems that most organizations do not measure their effectiveness.

Linking Pay and Performance

Canada - Smart Commute

At the annual Smart Commute Awards last evening, it was clear that the Smart Commute program, established in 2004, is transforming the culture of commuting across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). (News Release)

Employers reap rewards of "Smart Commuting"

UK - Limits on Non-EU Migrant Workers

As a first step towards a reduction in non-EU migration, the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has published the required limits on skilled and highly skilled migrant workers to be admitted to the United Kingdom under Tiers 1 and 2 of the Points Based System in 2011/12.

Limits on Non-EU Migrant Workers Entering the UK

USA - Multiple Language Resume/CV Parser

The Sovren Group Inc, a recruitment intelligence software components company, announces version 6.3 of its flagship Sovren Resume/CV Parser and a newly updated web site which provides much more information about Sovren, its products, and its customers. (News release)

Sovren Group Inc, Announces Version 6.3 of its industry-leading Résumé/CV Parser and a re-launch of the sovren.com web site, now viewable in multiple languages.

USA - Web-based Drug Testing

Global employment screening provider EmployeeScreenIQ announced today a new Web-based drug testing solution that eliminates chain-of-custody paperwork, enables online scheduling and provides real-time analysis and reporting. The new solution is the result of a partnership with eScreen, a pioneering provider of employment screening technology and Web-based applications. (News Release)

EmployeeScreenIQ Partners with eScreen, Introduces Online Drug Screening Solution

Australia - Job Interviews

Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) enquiries and complaints in Western Australia show some potential employers are asking the wrong questions during job interviews. (News Release)

Job interviews can be stressful for potential employers too

Intercultural Communication Training

VisionPoint®, a developer of video-based training solutions, and ECCO International, an internationally-recognized global communications consulting firm, announce the release of the global communications training program, Open Mind, Open
World: Improving Intercultural Interactions™. Open Mind, Open World equips individuals in multinational organizations with quick tools to anticipate and resolve key issues arising from cultural conflicts.

New Off-the-Shelf Training Program Helps Multinational Organizations Overcome Intercultural Communication Conflicts

Leading Australia-based Recruitment Company BTA Chooses Bullhorn

Bullhorn ® , the global leader in on demand recruitment agency software, today announced that BTA, the longest running specialist sales recruiter in Australia, has selected Bullhorn's applicant tracking and customer relationship management system. Bullhorn seamlessly bridges the recruiting and sales operations of BTA's four offices, while providing anywhere, anytime mobility to its staff members. (News release)

Leading Australia-based Recruitment Company BTA Chooses Bullhorn

UK - Equality Report

The first triennial report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published in October 2010 concludes that while Britain has made good progress in addressing inequalities and tolerating diversity, significant barriers to a fairer society remain.

How fair is Britain? gives insight into opportunities and outcomes for people in Britain according to age, gender, disability, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation and transgender status. It considers fundamental areas such as life expectancy, health, education and employment as well as security, support and power.

Equality Report

USA - Why CEO Pay Keeps Going UP

Unjustified increases for a few CEOs can lead to "legitimate" salary increases for others.

Why CEO Pay Keeps Going UP

Recession Impacts on Jobs, Incomes and Employee Engagement

Most European businesses are finding it difficult to attract and motivate the skilled individuals needed to recover from the economic crisis, according to research from global professional services company Towers Watson. Cost-cutting has also had a negative impact on existing employees and organizations are looking afresh at how they attract, motivate and engage their workforces.

Recession Impacts on Jobs, Incomes and Employee Engagement

USA - Managing Workplace Negativity

Employees who get on badly with their supervisors are more likely to be envious of those with more positive relationships.

Managing Workplace Negativity

USA - CEO Performance and Education

CEOs with top college degrees do no better at improving their organization's long-term performance than average and are as liable to be blamed for poor results.

CEO Performance and Education

UK - Women do Better in Broadcasting Top Jobs

Women make up 25 per cent of board members in broadcasting companies surveyed, more than double the national average of 12 per cent for FTSE 100 companies.

Women do Better in Broadcasting Top Jobs

Canada - Blurring the Boundaries of Work and Home

Employees with flexible schedules tend to experience greater blurring of boundaries between work and other parts of their lives, especially family-related roles.

Blurring the Boundaries of Work and Home

USA - Integrating HR Technology

The 13th Annual HR Technology® Conference and Expo that took place in Chicago from September 29 to October 1 2010 saw a number of new and award-winning products on show.

Integrating HR Technology

Outsourcing to Latin America

A survey by Harris Interactive on behalf of Capgemini, a leading provider of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, found that Latin America is a significant emerging outsourcing destination for U.S. companies. India remains the most popular, chosen by 60 per cent of respondents, followed by China (27 per cent) with Latin America selected by 25 per cent.

Outsourcing to Latin America

UK - Career Change

Top five tips on managing a successful career change by Jane Barrett, author of 'If Not Now, When? How to Take Charge of your Career'.


Are you on career suicide watch?

Australia - Paid Parental Leave

Today marks an important milestone on the path to delivering an Australian national paid parental leave scheme next year.

It is the first day that expectant parents can make an application to the Family Assistance Office for coverage from the paid parental leave scheme, which begins on 1 January. (News Release)

National paid parental leave scheme now only three months away; applications start today

UK - Tips Law Not Working

Unite the union has described as a 'total failure' the reaction of the hospitality sector to implement a fair tips system.

Unite has today (Friday 1 October) marked the first anniversary of the change in the tips’ law to demonstrate that waiters and waitresses are still not getting fair tips.
(News Release)

Waiting staff anger on first anniversary of tips law change

Asia-Pacific - Recruiting for Attitude

While many hospitality and tourism industry employers now concur they increasingly need to look beyond the sector in order to recruit new staff, TMS Asia-Pacific CEO Andrew Chan has cautioned that while many companies may be open to hiring from other
sectors, in practice most are still continuing to hire from within the industry. (News Release)

TMS underlines importance of hiring on attributes - and not just skills

UK - Workplace Health

The British Heart Foundation has today revealed new survey results which show that more than one in three (35%) workers avoid exercise during their working day because they don’t want to be seen getting hot and sweaty in front of colleagues. Over half (55%) spend more than half their working day sitting or standing still. Nearly as many (48%) eat lunch at their desks, while just over one in six workers (16%) feel the pressure to take a shorter break. (News Release)

More than 1 in 3 workers too embarrassed to be seen breaking a sweat

UK - Generation Y Survey

Sodexo Motivation Solutions, one of the world’s largest motivation solutions providers, today releases the results of its new survey highlighting Generation Y's (employees aged 16 to 28) perceptions of working. The survey finds that more than half of Generation Y employees are looking to leave their jobs within a year. (News Release)

56% of Gen Y’s will leave their current job within a year

Emotional Intelligence and Job Satisfaction

Employees with high levels of emotional intelligence are more dedicated and satisfied at work.

Emotional Intelligence and Job Satisfaction

Australia - Telstra Collective Agreement

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has described a recently negotiated collective agreement covering 10 000 employees of telecommunications and media company Telstra as a major achievement for union members and the Fair Work Act. The new
agreement is designed to last for two years, providing guaranteed pay rises of 8 per cent in addition to the 2 per cent awarded in October 2009. It preserves existing terms and conditions of employment, and restores access to arbitration by Fair Work Australia.


Telstra Collective Agreement

Canada - Mental Illness Costs Economy More Than Physical Ailments

Mental illness is associated with more lost working days than any other chronic condition and costs the Canadian economy C$51 billion annually in lost productivity.

Mental Illness Costs Economy More Than Physical Ailments

USA - Gender Segregation

A recent study assesses the state of gender segregation in U.S. employment since the early 1970s.

Gender Segregation

USA - New Trends In Hiring

Organizations are planning to increase hiring as the economy recovers but are making significant changes to their recruitment strategies according to research from Job Search Television Network (JSTN).

New Trends In Hiring

Global Trends

The majority of organizations are experiencing difficulty attracting employees with
critical skills as economic conditions improve according to research by global professional services company Towers Watson and WorldatWork, an international association of human resource professionals. However, there is considerable regional variation in both the extent of recruitment problems and the pace of recovery.

Global Trends

Australia - Employer Change Survey

Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that about one in six workers started work with a new employer/business in the year to February 2010.

Employer Change Survey

UK - Professional Support For Coaches And Mentors

15 per cent of UK organizations have no measures in place to assess the impact of coaching or mentoring programmes and 68 per cent do not use this approach to address corporate objectives.

Professional Support For Coaches And Mentors

USA - Involuntary Part-timers

A record number of U.S. employees are involuntarily working part-time as a result of a reduction in their hours or being unable to find a full-time job.

Involuntary Part-timers

UK Workers Have Little Trust in Bosses

Nearly one-third of young professionals lack trust in their employer according to research from recruitment consultants Badenoch & Clark.

UK Workers Have Little Trust in Bosses

UK - Working Mums Rely On Grandparents For Childcare

Nearly half of working parents (44 per cent) in the UK are reliant upon their own parents to help with childcare.

Working Mums Rely On Grandparents For Childcare

Australia - Widening Gender Pay Gap

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) marked Equal Pay Day in September 2010 by highlighting a widening gender pay gap.

Widening Gender Pay Gap

HRIS Revised

Revised page on Human Resource Information Systems:

Human Resource Information Systems

See also - North American HR executives are increasing their commitment to talent management and the HR technology supporting it at:

HR Executives Making More Of Technology

USA - Volunteers Disliked

Employees who readily volunteer even for unwanted tasks tend to be disliked by less selfless colleagues.

Volunteers Disliked

USA - Failure Is A Learning Opportunity

Companies responding to high profile failures tend to learn from the experience and ultimately prove more successful.

Failure Is A Learning Opportunity

UK - No Plans To Retire

10 per cent of the UK working population (the equivalent of 3.5 million) have no plans to retire and 42 per cent are unable to say at what age they plan to stop working.

No Plans To Retire

USA - Cultural Capital And Teen Ambitions

Low-income or minority status students prepare for college in a different way to their more privileged counterparts, regardless of academic ability or future plans.

Cultural Capital And Teen Ambitions

USA - Women, Networks And Negotiation

Informal support networks in the workplace are less advantageous to women employees in terms of career progression..

Women, Networks And Negotiation

Australia - Australians Most Likely To Leave

Australian workers are more likely to change employers over the next 12 months compared to staff in 16 other countries, according to research by employee engagement consultants Infogroup/ORC.


Australians Most Likely To Leave

UK - Technology...the biggest distraction in the workplace?

Businesses are being warned to ensure they have guidelines in place for misuse of technology in the workplace after reports that people are spending more than half the day using technology.


Technology...the biggest distraction in the workplace?

USA - Overcoming Top Myths in HR

What makes the best in HR really the best? Human resources is a complex, multifaceted field that requires professionals to have the ability to juggle priorities and excel at a number of tasks-from the sometimes tedious to the often strategic.

Overcoming Top Myths in HR

Canada - References Can Be Decisive

Despite the emphasis placed on strong resumes and interview performance, the results
of a reference check can be decisive in determining the outcome of a job application.

References Can Be Decisive

UK - Recruiters Wary Of Social Media

65 per cent of graduate recruiters are wary of using social media and one in seven perceives it as 'dangerous'.

Recruiters Wary Of Social Media

UK - Internet Use At Work

More than half of British workers access social media websites while at work.

Internet Use At Work