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5 Best Practices for Hiring the Best Talent in a Global Economy
Technology and rapid globalisation have had a dramatic impact on the workplace. Effective practices for hiring the best talent worldwide have changed, and modern Chief Human Resource Officers (CHROs) must shift their talent acquisition strategies accordingly. Sixty-seven percent of modern workers feel positively about a future where "companies will search globally for the best talent," according to ADP's report, The Evolution of Work: The Changing Nature of the Global Workplace (1). Forty-nine percent of employees feel that a future in…
Posted by: ADP 25 Jul 2016 | 0 Comments
Workplace Diversity: Leveraging the Benefits of Difference
Workplace diversity can be viewed in any number of dimensions, as HR leaders well know. Diversity isn't only about race, ethnicity and gender, but can also encompass secondary characteristics such as working and communication styles, differences in career experience and more.Whatever the parameters, diversity is a fairness issue. Providing equal employment opportunity is also a legal obligation; failing to provide it may subject you to legal liability and massive reputation damage.The Business Benefits of Workplace DiversityDiversity management goes far beyond…
Posted by: ADP 22 Jul 2016 | 0 Comments
Global Expansion: Knocking Down Cultural Barriers
We live in a global economy, so it makes sense for organisations to decide to grow into other parts of the world. However, there are cultural barriers with global expansion that HR is invariably left to handle. When expansion happens rapidly, you have additional challenges to meet and conquer. Here's how:Learning the LanguageWhen you open an office in a new part of the world, should you send a long-term employee from another office, or should you hire from the outside?…
Posted by: ADP 08 Jul 2016 | 0 Comments
Why Googling Candidates Before You Decide to Interview Them is Against the Law
According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) (1) -Ascendo Resources survey published this past September, 65 percent of organisations actively searched and made new hires using social media in the past year. More than half, 57 percent, found people through LinkedIn. Thirty percent hired people found on professional or social networking sites (SNSs), and 19 percent made hires from Facebook.Organisations must tread lightly when using social media to screen potential candidates. Legislation on pre-screening employees is in its…
Posted by: ADP 28 Jun 2016 | 0 Comments
Are Economic Trends Affecting Talent Recruitment?
No matter how hard you work to control the environment within your organisation, there are economic trends affecting talent recruitment. This means that the CHRO needs to be keenly aware of what is going on to make necessary changes. So what changes do you need to make to your recruitment strategy when forces outside of your control take place?Here are three examples that could help you decide:1. An Oil BoomA Bloomberg (1) article reports that North Dakota saw a tremendous…
Posted by: ADP 27 Jun 2016 | 0 Comments