February 18th, 2010
When most people hear the word ‘outsource’, a negative connotation is attached to it. Whether you like it or not, outsourcing is a business strategy which must be considered. For Human Resource management, there’s the potential for saving a whole lot of money in outsourcing HR. There Continue Reading…
February 4th, 2010
Many people spend a lot of time on Facebook, and in many ways, spending time on Facebook is a great social interchange between friends, family, and people you know. What is well known is that employers, potential or actual also troll your Facebook account.
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January 21st, 2010
How much “human” involvement must be considered when planning Human Resource Management? That’s the question Oracle Corp. wants you to think of when discussing their human capital management solutions. Oracle Corp. creates tools to help increase efficiency in delivering human resource services. The question remains, how much of their services or any other should be used in your strategy?
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January 7th, 2010
Happy New Year to everyone. Hopefully you’re still sticking to your resolutions. Going into 2010, the human resource industry is bound to change and it’s important to prepare for coming trends. Luckily, CareerBuilder has issued a press release with a long list of trends to look out for in 2010. I don’t want to spoil it all for you, but things are looking up. The survey consisted of 2,700 hiring managers and human resource specialists across different industries.
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December 10th, 2009
The year 2009 is wrapping up and soon we’ll be transitioning into the last year of the decade. HR has changed the past ten years, and like other industries, will continue to evolve in the future. Instead of looking too far ahead, let’s have a peak at what 2010 has to offer and what variables could change for the HR industry.
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November 23rd, 2009
A little more than a week ago on Human Resource News, we talked about one way of ensuring that employees don’t search for inappropriate things. This time, let’s look at a rather contrary subject, as it seems that many companies require that employees use Twitter.
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November 12th, 2009
There are all sorts of ways to deal with people searching for inappropriate content while at work; it’s possible to buy monitoring software, have the IT department periodically dig through some files, or just peer over employees’ shoulders. But Google’s making things simpler with a feature that’ll let you lock SafeSearch on a strict setting.
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October 27th, 2009
A survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), called Labor Market Outlook (LMO), shows that hiring conditions going into the fourth quarter of 2009 are positive. Previous LMO surveys this year have been less optimistic, yet the numbers show a brighter future.
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October 8th, 2009
Employees who want to share news with Facebook friends and Twitter followers will need to wait until after work or risk violating company policy, according to a new survey by Robert Half Technology.
More than half (54%) of chief information officers (CIOs) said their firms do not allow employees to visit social networking sites for any reason while at work.
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