HR professionals who are outstanding communicators and can illustrate past success with measurable results are the ones receiving multiple job offers and higher pay this year, according to the manager of HR and recruitment for Robert Walters in Melbourne, Steven Burrows.
Do your organisation's policies focus on what employees shouldn't do? Embedding positive language in all HR processes improves productivity, engagement and employee health, according to a psychologist.
Accountability is one of seven disciplines leaders must foster to improve their effectiveness in a way that lasts, according to HR experts Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood.
In the last 12 months, HR salaries have risen from below the national average to slightly above, according to the latest Australian Salary Movement Index Report.
A report investigating the key trends driving business and human capital decisions has found boards are increasingly eager to work with HR experts to ensure talent-related issues are central to organisational strategy.
Employers are wasting their money on engagement surveys that ask about organisational strategy instead of how workers are feeling, according to wellbeing expert Nic Marks.
HR leaders often plan initiatives, then work on aligning them with the business, when they should be working "the other way around", says Hay Group director of Australian consulting, Jane Fraser.
One of the biggest barriers to successful telework arrangements is not the productivity of staff members working remotely, but their managers, says Macquarie University researcher Dr Yvette Blount.
Most organisations have no way of demonstrating whether their recruitment methods result in good hiring decisions, but those that do measure quality of hire report significantly improved employee performance and retention as a result, according to Hudson RPO global leader, Kimberley Hubble.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
