USA - Absenteeism

Playing Hooky

An absenteeism survey conducted for Hudson showed that nearly a third (30%) of US workers admitted to taking a 'sick' day when they were not ill.

Decision Making

You can view any decision making as solving a problem - in fact any kind of thinking task could be called problem solving.

More at: Decisions and Problem-Solving

Job Satisfaction

Women are more satisfied with their jobs

Recent research in Australia and New Zeakand by Human Synergistics, a specialist NZ leadership and culture company, shows that men tend to be more dissatisfied at work.

HR Glossary

Definitions of 60+ human resource terms are available at:

HR Glossary A

HR Glossary B

HR Glossary C

HR Glossary D

UK HRD Articles

An index page has been created for UK human resource development articles published on HRM Guide between 2003 and 2005 at:
UK Human Resource Development Articles

US Recruitment articles

An index page of articles published on HRM Guide USA 2003-2005 has been posted at US Recruitment Articles

UK Recruitment Articles

An index page for articles on recruitment published on hrmguide.co.uk has been posted at: UK Recruitment Articles

Applicant tracking

USA 90% vs. UK 10%

Only around 10 per cent of HR professionals in the UK within large organisations use applicant tracking systems, as opposed to approximately 90 per cent in the US.

Canada - Job market

An index page has been created for articles about the Canadian job market published on HRM Guide between 2001 and 2005.

See: Canadian Job Market Articles

5 Hot Resume Tips

5 Hot Resume Tips

The purpose of a resume is not to land you a job, but rather to get you in the door for an interview.

Australia - Retail Careers

Retail careers are rarely intentional

Retail is rarely a first choice of career, with most people who work in retail having 'fallen into it'.

UK - Age discrimination

Age discrimination proposals

The UK Government has published draft measures to give over 65s the same rights to unfair dismissal and redundancy payments as their younger counterparts under new measures to outlaw age discrimination in the workplace.

Career Networking

Build Your Rolodex of Networking Contacts

How important is networking in your job search? Take a look at the astonishing numbers surrounding how job hunters ultimately become gainfully employed.

Australia - Recruitment Ads

Newspaper Ads Down, Web Ads Down in June

Major Metropolitan newspaper job advertisements were down 1.9% in June and internet job advertisements fell by 2.5% according to an ANZ report.

Canada (Alberta) - Employment of minors

Restrictions on the Employment of Minors

(Alberta) Additional guidelines regarding hiring of employees between the ages of 12 to 14 in the Food and Restaurant industry