“Around the world stock markets have fallen, large financial institutions have collapsed or been bought out, and governments in even the wealthiest nations have had to come up with rescue packages to bail out their financial systems” by Anup Shah on 9th December 2008 from http://www.globalissues.org/article/768/global-financial-crisis The global financial crisis has impacted and continues to...
Month: December 2008
Is HR Recession-Proof?
In this time of cutbacks and layoffs occurring globally, any HR professional worth their salt must have asked this question: Am I recession-proof? An online search may reveal that HR is not included in lists of recession proof jobs and careers. If an organization reviewing its labor pool and determines that the human resource department...
Engaging Staff at Year-End
Managing productivity is a challenge on a good day, through in the Christmas season and employees can spend more time planning their outfits for the season’s parties than on the work at hand. Absenteeism may also increase. Don’t get me wrong, there are also several positives that can be derived from the festivities. So the...