As the year draws to a close, we should take some time to review our achievements against plans for our organizations. We all know that we worked hard dealing with issues of productivity and leadership, but have our policies and procedures contributed to the successes or failures of the organizations for which we work so...
HR Opportunities During the Global Financial Crisis
“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...
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...