Human Resources Articles

1). 15FQ+ Personality Test has Working Edge in Predicting Performance in Chinese Workers By : Graham Tyler
A review of research conducted in Asia that found that psychometric tests based on an international model of personality had greater utility and reliability than locally developed tests.
article related to: psychometric test, personality test, performance, recruitment, selection, asia, china

2). A Basic And Simple Assessment For Bias In PsychometricTests: The 4/5 Rule By : Graham Tyler
How to assess for bias and adverse impact in psychometric tests.
article related to: psychometric tests, bias, adverse impact, psychological assessment

3). Are Your Employees Good Enough to Beat Your Competition? By : Jack Deal
Are your people good enough? How do you know? What do you do once you know? Why should you care?
article related to: employee, company, value, production, productive, productivity, customer, customer value, profitability

4). Ask Kathleen-Answers to the Most Asked Questions About Flexible Work Schedules By : Kathleen Wiant
Tired of working the 9-5 grind? Struggling to balance work and family? Why not look into alternative work schedules with your employer?
article related to: flextime, flexible schedule, alternative work schedule, work life balance, flexible hours

5). Assessment & Development Centers in Employee Selection & Development By : Graham Tyler
Defines assessment and development centers and their utility and explains why they are expensive. Argues that ultimately they are a good return on investment provided they are designed and run by competent professionals.
article related to: assessment center, development center, employee appraisal, assessment

6). Best Practices for Talent Management By : Wolfgang Jaegel
Talent management, also referred to as human capital management, has now been regarded as an essential segment of modern corporate HR and training. Talent management is a multifaceted idea that is practiced to recruit, retain, and promote right personnel in right place.
article related to: hr, human resoure, executive, hong kong, search, head hunter, management, board level, india, talent, asia

7). Breakthrough Employees or How Does Our Company Get To Where We Want To Go? By : Jack Deal
Breakthrough employees can take your company up to the next level. They are quirky and sometimes hard to please but if you can get them engaged and on your team watch out.
article related to: employee, breakthrough, company, business, productive, skills, skilled, superior, productivity, compliance

8). Business At Home Jobs- Dealing With Employees By : elias georgi
Many businesses that begin in the garage or a room in the home quickly expand and suddenly they have taken over the entire basement, hired employees and are dealing with expansion issues. This short article discusses several issues associated with hiring employees, contractors and casual workers.
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9). Business Employment Recruiting Techniques By : Aaron Crawford
Some pointers and food for thought for business owners in need of finding good help.
article related to: business recruiting

10). Can You Afford PowerPoint Training If Your Company Has a High Turnover? By : Rich Talbot
Some businesses have trouble keeping employees for a long period of time. It might reflect the management style, the current economy, or simply be a reality common to organizations in that industry.
article related to: powerpoint training

11). Challenges of Executive Recruitment in Asia By : Wolfgang Jaegel
Many Asian firms and business set ups face some key challenges for recruiting executives including mid as well as senior level managers. Executive recruitment is a specialized field dealing with recruitment of specialist or senior level personnel for a business firm.
article related to: hr, human resoure, executive, hong kong, search, head hunter, management, board level, india, china, asia

12). Choosing Good Employees For Your Business By : Obinna Heche
No matter what kind of business you have, hiring the right people is the key to making it successful. You need good employees and if you start out with the right group of people, your business will become successful much quicker
article related to: hiring, successful, business, allowances, agencies, learning, recruitment firm, employees, employment agency

13). Choosing the Right Psychometric Test By : Graham Tyler
This article addresses what human resource professionals should look for when evaluating a psychometric test for use in selection or development.
article related to: psychometric test, evaluation

14). Codes Of Conduct - How To Make Them Worth More Than The Paper They Are Written On By : Ingrid Cliff
Establishing Codes of Conduct with Employees that set clear behaviour expectations is vital for positive employment relationships.
article related to: code of conduct, employee relations

15). Comedy Hypnosis Shows - Are They Perfect For Your Next Corporate Party? By : Steve Meade
Comedy Hypnotist Shows... Are they a good bet for your next corporate holiday party? Have you ever seen one? Well, if not you owe it to yourself to see one someday. They are absolutely hilarious and can make a great form of entertainment for a corporate holiday party... But watch out!
article related to: hypnosis, comedy hypnotist, hypnosis show

16). Construction Executive Search Firms By : Wolfgang Jaegel
Construction is a highly competent sector in Asia, requiring qualified as well as professional workforce. In other words, construction field is continually looking for efficient candidates with the capability to shape the industry at its highest level.
article related to: hr, human resoure, executive, hong kong, search, head hunter, management, board level, india, china

17). Construction PEOs: What Does It Mean To Be a Leased Employee? By : Stewart Baker
How does leasing employees from a professional employer organization help a business? We find out in this article.
article related to: peo, construction peo, employee leasing, construction employee leasing, roofing employee leasing

18). Consultants Offer Flexibility, Hands-Off Productivity By : David Poulos
With staff sizes and budgets restricted or diminishing, and top executives up and down the ladder under pressure to do more with less each year, many savvy executives are seeking help among the seeming army of consultants of every stripe to get their companies on the profitability track. Are they finding success down that road?
article related to: consultants, corporate, business, freelance, temporary help, hr, employment, staffing

19). Continuous Recruitment or Why You Should Always Be Accepting Applications By : Jack Deal
Continuous recruitment is a valuable recruiting tool that improves overall recruiting results. Always accepting applications is a good first step.
article related to: recruit, recruitment, recruiting, continuous recruitment, employee, application, talent, competitive, resume

20). Correcting Employee Conflicts By : Obinna Heche
There are times when there are disagreements between employees that can get out of hand and end up in a physical confrontation. The key is to learn how to prevent this from escalating and how to resolve employee conflicts peacefully.
article related to: disagreement, employee conflicts, resolve, prevention, conflict resolution, work place, employee agreement

21). Danger...Never Hire Until You Profile! By : Stephen Steckly
When hiring, many employers set themselves up for failure because they do not understand how critical profiling is. Learn how profiling can significantly improve your hiring process
article related to: hiring, screening, interviewing, recruiting, finding good employees, employee morale

22). Dealing With Employee Insubordination By : Kevin Muir
Do you have trouble dealing with employee insubordination? We believe the best way to handle this problem is to react immediately. But a systematic, unbiased approach is necessary to uphold an orderly work environment.
article related to: employee insubordination, termination

23). Dealing With Rater Over-Confidence In Employee Performance Reviews By : Ingrid Cliff
What should you do if your employee rates themselves as exceptional and you believe they are borderline in an employee performance review?
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24). Diversity in Leadership By : Marcia Granger
What are the advantages to embracing Diversity in Leadership?
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25). Doing More Than the Numbers - How You Do Them is Important By : Paul Phillips
Someone once said "we often hire people for what they can do but fire them for how they do it." There is more to performance than just hitting the targets. Read how to put those other measures in place.
article related to: core competencies, performance, measuring behaviour, culture, values