Managing day to day service delivery in addition to the enormous workload burden of pandemic crisis management was simply exhausting
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Poor handling of redundancies and layoffs are classic examples of how HR can instantly be labelled as unfeeling, “two faced”, disrespectful and callous.
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....despite everyone’s claims of commercial savvy, we still see 2 very different camps of HR job seekers.
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The interim contract and consultant market is becoming an increasingly popular route for many senior-level professionals.
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HR has an unrivalled view across the organisation and regularly deals with serious and complex issues that have an impact at all levels.
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Mental Health Awareness week - cue a plethora of posts across social media channels and company websites showing support and pledging activism within that week.
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...job seekers talk of getting lots of love from recruiters when they’re in a hiring process, and getting silence from their agencies or TA specialists otherwise.
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We’ve seen an increasing trend for internal TA teams better addressing both “candidate experience” and “employer of choice” branding
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Whilst not considered a mental illness, employee burnout should be treated as mental health issue - and should not be allowed to go unchecked.
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“if you could find us a tall, slim, blonde woman for some office eye candy that’d be great”.
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If you’re not having face to face meetings, not wangling an invite to adhoc discussions and not having those corridor or “water cooler” moments, how do you get noticed?
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Consumer appetites and buying practices change. Government legislation changes. And with little warning, work practices have just changed.
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Certainly as a single parent, I want my children to know they are worth every bit of time and energy that I put in for them. However, I have often felt a dreaded guilt.
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We've lost count of the number of conversations with Business and HR executives about their need to staff up their TA functions after a period of downsizing. When we ask “why don’t you just hire back past TA team members?” we are told “no, they weren’t that good anyway”.
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…a deluge of cutesy posts on social media, and invites flying about to join social chat rooms - all from folks whom we wouldn’t usually hear from in the day whilst they’re busy in their company offices…
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We all know “bosses” who have a firmly rooted belief that all workers should be physically present onsite, at work. But with swathes of employees now forced into a remote work arrangement, HR teams are needing to target those managers with immediate coaching and support
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The stereotypes would have you believe these were venues for "secret mens business" where the chaps could cuss, burp, smoke like chimneys, drink whiskey in the morning and tell ribald stories at will whilst turning the wheels of power
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No running away and escaping. No crouching and hiding. The clock is ticking. The bell is tolling. It means standing your ground and fighting the good fight. You stand up and show your courage because you, your colleagues, your organisation, your community and the ones you love are very much dependent on the success of the Change Programme for your and their survival.
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