Posts Tagged ‘HR’
Monday, September 7th, 2009
We all have experienced nightmare clients, customers or work colleagues. This can be a very challenging experience. I found some useful advice online that I though I would share ….. Her is to better working relationships!!
Working with difficult people, whether they are colleagues or customers, is one of the common challenges at work. They can be so distracting and can take up so much of your valuable time. Stop… and then seek to see the world from the other person’s point of view.
See It From Their Perspective
I am not saying that you should agree with them; but at least try and figure out why they are behaving the way they do. People always have a valid reason (to them) for doing what they do.
So you could ask…
“What is the positive outcome you want to achieve by this behaviour?” or words to that effect. At the very least it will make them stop and think and you will probably learn something useful.
Tags: HR, Ireland
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
Wishing you a Happy New Year from HR & Recruitment Ireland. We are back after a two week break to bring you relevant HR, Recruitment, Careers and Jobs News in Ireland.
Tags: HR, Ireland, Recruitment
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Merry XMAS and a Happy 2009 from HR & Recruitment Ireland.
We will be back early January.
Tags: HR, Ireland, Recruitment
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Below is a description about how Coldwell Banker Corporate supported IBM and Xerox through a major training and development project in Ireland.
IBM and Xerox ran a joint training program here in Dublin over the past 6 months. The program utilised the Irish centres expertise to train up staff in new European and Indian support centers. At its peak 160 staff were here and that posed an accommodation and budget challenge.
The project was put out to tender and Coldwell Banker Corporate Services winning out on the basis of a fixed cost, single source offer. This indigenous relocation company rented out high spec housing within the area and provided all ancillary services – utilities, broadband, transport, welcome packs etc.
According to Gerry Grimes of Coldwell Banker Corporate Services, 22,000 bed nights were provided over the 6 months and their solution cut 60% off anticipated hotel costs.
All staff are now at their new desks and the support centers are running ahead of schedule.
Gerry Grimes can be contacted at – corporate@coldwellbanker.ie
Tags: Corporate, Corporate Relocation, HR, IBM, Letting, People, Property, Staff, Training, Xerox
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
SHL Ireland completed a survey with organisations in Ireland and there were some interesting findings. I have outlined the key points below. As expected there is an air of consolidation and getting more out of existing staff resources through up-skilling and redeployment initiatives.
59pc of companies surveyed indicated that redefining how staff will need to operate was ‘critical’ to 2009 HR strategy.
47.6pc indicated that redeployment of staff as an important strategy to implement in the current economic climate.
67.9pc of companies surveyed indicated that succession planning would be key in identifying who within their organisation would be retrained in 2009.
57.9pc reported cut back of 25pc or less in recruitment, training and development budgets.
16.2pc identified an immediate requirement to cut staff through voluntary or forced redundancy. Is this your organisation? Outplacement Services can support.
44.7pc of organisations surveyed revealing they have no immediate plans to reduce the intake on their graduate/management development programmes.
Tags: Development, HR, HR Management, HR Strategy, HRM, Human Resources, Outplacement, Psychometric tests, Recruitment, SHL Ireland, Staff, Succession Planning, Training
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
I offered some free advertising on this site for Recruiters or HR Service providers. One thing I didn’t clarify was that direct competition would not get a look in. As we offer Outplacement Services those seeking to advertise similar services need not apply.
Anyway I received little response BUT was surprised that the small response was all from Recruitment Agencies who were seeking to advertise outplacement and career services. Sign of the times I guess.
Now I am not anti-agency providing these services as many commentators are. I am actually from an agency background some moons ago and I realise that there are many skilled professionals in the recruitment sector with qualifications and experience to support organisations and employees through redundancy. I know of many professionals who have moved from recruitment into outplacement and career services very successfully (again including this writer). BUT there is a distinct difference between those professionals in that they chose and were not forced to.
The questions I ask are:
“How committed are recruitment agencies to Outplacement & Career services?”
Possessing the ability and capability is one thing but the commitment is another. Having discussed this with some agencies they have no more interest in Outplacement or Careers and this is purely for income generation during a tough recruitment market. Once the market picks up the interest will subside. One particular agency left a post on this site advertising Outplacement services. When I visited their website there was no mention of these services. One other agency I read about “had been thinking of this for some time” – really!!
“Can you be a recruiter and give impartial Career & Outplacement advice?”
This is a 50 million dollar question. If a sales professional affected by redundancy is telling the recruitment consultant offering outplacement support that the want a career change. What will the recruiter do/ how will they respond when they have an open vacancy for sales which this sales professional would fill in a heartbeat. Tough one!!
Anyway – any views on this please post.
Tags: Consultant, HR, Ireland, Outplacement, Recruiter, Recruitment Agencies, Redundancy, Services
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Below are some interesting HR & Recruitment related facts about Ireland – Ageism, Immigration, Emigration and Skills shortages in Technology.
Ageism in Ireland
Not only is the government targeting the elderly by trying to wipe out medical cards but it also looks like employers are not treating older workers too well either. The equality authority revealed that their most common complaint in 2007 was age discrimination.
Emigration & Immigration– Ireland 2008
Recent Emigration and Immigration figures should not be a surprise to anyone. Below is an outline of what you should already know. Noone is moving to Ireland, everyone is moving to Australia and those left in Ireland are breeding like rabbits to make up for the reduction in immigrants and increase in emigrants. Certainly on days like this Oz seems a great place to be.
26,000 less immigrants came to Ireland in last 12 months to April 2008 according to CSO
83,800 moved to Ireland down from 109,500
45,000 moved abroad with OZ the most popular destination 11,300 to OZ
Population increased – highest births since 1980 – 72,300
Tech Sector Jobs
The skills gap for the Tech sector has been estimated at 7,000 forcing organisations to look abroad to find new staff. I find this very surprising and would ask – why is facebook moving to Ireland? This gap will get worse as there are fewer grads taking up computer, engineering or technical courses. Probably because they have decided to go to Oz like everyone else.
Interviews Ireland
Tags: Ageism, Australia, Emigration, Facebook, HR, Immigration, Ireland, Oz, Recruitment, Skills shortages
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
If you would like a review of your company or webiste on HR & Recruitment please post a comment with your details.
We are always interested in commenting on various HR & Recruitment Services in Ireland.
And YES it is free – for Now!!
We get about 250 hits per day and this could be useful traffic for your company.
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Career Coach Ireland
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Tags: HR, HRM, Human Resources, Recruitment, Services
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Commuting and congestion is a serious topic with workers but as it is Friday tomorrow I though I would post something light about the topic. A few driving points to consider when you are stuck in traffic (not my points before you complain!!)
Women in Ireland cause more traffic congestion then men. Not because they are worse driver but because they are more likely to be in the car. Women are likely to use their car to travel to work, to go to the supermarket, to pick up dry cleaning and dropping children to school.
Women also get more abuse on the roads from men and other women. Men and women are more likely to beep at women.
Finally the level of corruption in a country can be linked to safety on its roads (interesting). This point is backed up by the fact that Norway, New Zealand and Sweden are least corrupt and have the safest roads.
On the subject of roads and cars …..
Why do women not acknowledge when you show them courtesy on the road? A little hand salute or the hazard lights would be nice.
Why do so many drivers stubbornly insist on staying in the fast lane when they have a queue of cars behind? (My pet hate on the road)
Tags: Careers, Commuting, HR, Jobs, M50, Traffic, Women drivers, Worklife Balance
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
We are starting to review HR & Recruitment Services in Ireland. If you have a HR or Recruitment related company and want some free online exposure leave a post. We get quite a few daily hits on this site from Irish traffic.
Reviewing HR & Recruitment in Ireland – Antrim, Armagh, Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Derry, Donegal, Down, Dublin, Fermanagh, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tyrone, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow
Psychometric Testing
Outplacement Services
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