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Paid Parental Leave Does Not Replace Workplace Flexibility

What's the best approach to take on parental leave benefits when it comes to recruiting and retaining existing, new or expectant parents? Is it all about paid leave? Or should the focus be on work-life balance? Or maybe a little from column 'A'...

Published 16 May 2013 1:00 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, recruitment, employee relations, usa, flexible working, hr policy and strategy, absence management, business practices, sick leave, FMLA, telecommuting, parental leave, teleworking, paid leave, PTO

Can HR data and job boards make recruitment strategic and cut costs?

Most companies use job boards such as Monster or Total Jobs for recruitment but are they getting the most value they could from them? Experts say HR can save money and get much more from job boards by using the data they gather to inform recruitment decisions...

Published 25 Apr 2013 12:06 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: recruitment, job applications, hr policy and strategy, hr data, big data, CVs, job boards, Monster, Total Jobs

'All is not what it seems in the UK jobs market' in 2013, says Manpower

The UK jobs market has had a pretty remarkable 2013 so far, defying expectations with an ongoing strong performance despite the total absence of economic growth, as XpertHR's April 2013 economic commentary notes. Manpower is confident that the good...

Published 4 Apr 2013 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: recruitment, jobs, economic outlook, economic commentary, manpower

Survey: how employers conduct background checks on potential recruits

Job applicants should be aware that recruiting organisations typically carry out a thorough system of background checks before taking on new recruits, finds new XpertHR research on employers' background checks . Most employers seek a wide range of...

Published 27 Mar 2013 8:26 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: recruitment, background checks

Employers Must Respond To Make Sure Women Keep Pace in the Workplace

As we celebrate Women's History Month in March, we recognize that 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan's life changing book The Feminine Mystique which ignited the women's liberation movement and caused immense social and political...

Published 7 Mar 2013 11:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, equal opportunities, recruitment, termination of employment, employee rights, terms and conditions, sex discrimination, equal pay, employee relations, usa, training and development, absence management, part-time workers, FMLA, telecommuting, family responsiblity discrimination

Social media recruitment on the increase, says XpertHR

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE Social networking media is playing a more prominent role in recruitment, finds new XpertHR research . Over the past two years, well over half of the 138 employers surveyed have increased the proportion of vacancies...

Published 4 Mar 2013 3:32 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: recruitment, hr policy and strategy, social recruitment

Employers embrace digital recruitment

The overwhelming majority of employers use some form of digital media for recruitment, finds new research by XpertHR. Of the 138 organisations taking part in our survey, only one does not use any type of digital media when hiring staff. The most common...

Published 30 Jan 2013 8:58 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: recruitment, hr policy and strategy, social media, internet

Race discrimination still an issue as King's legacy is remembered

As the US prepares to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, it is a fitting tribute that this year's holiday falls on the same day as President Barack Obama's second inauguration. With this summer marking the 50th anniversary of the famous...

Published 18 Jan 2013 10:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, recruitment, employee rights, employee relations, usa, race discrimination, eeoc

Checking out new recruits

Many organisations invest a lot of time and sometimes money in conducting background checks on prospective employees. Does the effort pay off and result in more robust recruitment? XpertHR is conducting new research to find out how best to go about obtaining...

Published 16 Jan 2013 4:59 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: recruitment, hr policy and strategy, references, background checks

UK HR jobs market is underperforming in 2013, survey suggests

The start of 2013 sees the UK jobs market overall at its "strongest for three years," with new employment opportunities booming. However, the jobs market for HR professionals is underperforming when compared with the wider economy. This is according...

Published 15 Jan 2013 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: recruitment, labour market, HR, pay

Graduate starting salaries frozen again

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE Starting salaries for graduates have been frozen for the fourth consecutive year, according to the 23 rd XpertHR survey of graduate recruitment. The typical median (or midpoint) starting salary increase between...

Published 17 Dec 2012 8:59 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: salary surveys, recruitment, terms and conditions, graduates

Action in Europe to break glass ceiling for women in listed companies

The European Commission has compromised on quotas but approved a proposal for there to be a 40% objective for female non-executive directors on the boards of listed companies by 2020 (on the Personnel Today website). According to the Commission, board...

Published 11 Dec 2012 10:54 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, recruitment, employee rights, international, positive action, european commission, quotas, women on boards

A more stable picture for graduate recruitment

There are encouraging signs the graduate recruitment market is starting to stabilise following the previous drop in employer demand prompted by the UK recession, finds new XpertHR research . This XpertHR 2012 graduate recruitment survey finds that seven...

Published 28 Nov 2012 8:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: recruitment, graduate recruitment, graduates

#TruLondon 2012 (1): Does talent grow on trees?

How can there be a talent shortage when there are upwards of seven billion of us crammed on this planet? Could it be the case that perceptions of talent shortages are in fact the result of a shortage of imagination? Does the existence of a profession...

Published 24 Oct 2012 9:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: recruitment, talent, talent management, TRU London, talent acquisition and retention

What are the risks of sending employees political 'Trick or Treat' emails?

It's that time of year again. The leaves are changing. There's a chill in the air. And Americans are asking the age-old question, trick or treat? Personally, I've never quite understood the choice: I'll take the treat any day. Well, OK...

Published 19 Oct 2012 5:18 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, recruitment, termination of employment, employee rights, terms and conditions, employee relations, training and development, economics, employment rights, corporate communications, corporate culture, corporate reputation

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