Anyone who has been involved in a management course or further
education programme will have seen and possibly taken any number of
aptitude or psychometric tests. For example, Belbin’s Team Inventory,
which seeks to identify your role within a team or Strengthfinder.20,
which identifies an individual’s strengths.
Recruitment firm CML was awarded Top Employer of the Year in the small
business category, at the top employer awards, held earlier this year
and organised by the Cayman Islands Society for Human Resource
Professionals. The Journal speaks with employees at the firm to
appreciate why CML is worth the top spot.
The Cayman Islands Society of Human Resource Professionals held its
annual conference on 10 June. Speaking with the Journal after his talk
on the role of internal consultants, Steff Pamukoff, president of
Pamukoff and Associates Inc., whose clients include CUC...
There are two major influences which are likely to impact our ability to
hire and retain staff within the next two to five years. First, the
recession has provided a larger talent pool to employers, resulting in
lower salaries, whilst jobseekers have increasingly flexible salary
expectations.
Nailing the interview, whether it is for a job or a place in further
education, is the first step toward a great career and therefore a
prosperous and hopefully happy future.
Organisations that continue to use across-the-board raises as an easy
and effective way to control compensation costs and reward employees
soon find out the truth.
The generation gap is nothing new. It has been studied, discussed and
written about for the past 40 years. In fact, if you Google ‘Generation
Gap’, Wikipedia offers the following definition; ‘a term popularised in
Western countries during the 1960s referring...
Organisations that continue to use across-the-board raises as an easy
and effective way to control compensation costs and reward employees
soon find out the truth. Yes, it may be easy- but it is not an effective
means of controlling costs and rewarding employees...
The interest in this topic has become more prevalent as the demand for
up-to-date information has intensified with the economic downturn.
Human Resource professionals are striving to ensure performance is
assessed against fair and relevant measures and are focusing on issues
that really matter for their business.
I would never say that learning more and increasing your range of skills is not important. On the contrary, it is a vital part of building your career and can help businesses in these challenging times. Equally important, though, is learning about YOU the individual ...