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Employment relationship or employment contract - is there a difference?

Posted on: May 9, 2013
Industrial relations, labour relations, the employment relationship and the employment contract. Are these all the same thing and does it matter?
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Is pain free performance management possible?

Posted on: May 7, 2013

When poor performance is ignored for long periods of time, it escalates into a major problem that tends to get blown out of control. If you as a manager don’t rectify the poor performance, your employee will see this as you condoning his behaviour.

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Adopting a radical approach - talking to employees

Posted on: May 3, 2013
You're a small business owner or a newly-appointed manager in a large company and you now have a number of employees to manage. Personnel or human resources management is a mystery to you. How do you proceed?
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Aim for qualification and continuously up-skill advises HR experts

Posted on: December 12, 2012

Those leaving school are advised to earnestly embark on study to acquire a qualification, be it a degree, diploma or even a one year certificate.

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New survey shows polygraph testing divides SA's employers

Posted on: October 9, 2012
Polygraph testing,employers,lie detector

A new survey conducted by South Africa’s top executive search firm, Jack Hammer Executive Headhunters, shows that the issue of polygraph or lie detector testing is splitting the country’s blue-chip employers.

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Succession Planning - The inside story

Posted on: July 23, 2012

South Africa and many other countries around the world have recently been hard hit with the loss of senior business and political leaders through resignations and untimely deaths.

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Why the CEO needs to get social

Posted on: July 17, 2012

There was a time a few years ago, when talk was all about the ‘democratisation’ of information – wider access that new technology was sure to deliver. Well, that time is here. Social media has democratised information.

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The changing face of Human Resources

Posted on: July 17, 2012

 In many instances HR departments are being treated as just another department in many organisations.

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Grow your own talent

Posted on: June 28, 2012

Recruitment is often performed as a reactive task. In most cases a position develops or becomes vacant prompting HR practitioners to scout for talent outside company walls.

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Workplace forums and employee committees

Posted on: May 7, 2012
Employee unhappiness and apparent lack of loyalty is caused, in many instances, by the failure of companies to communicate adequately with employees. Employees have no forum, other than through line managers and supervisors, to bring their concerns, ideas or suggestions to the attention of senior management. This is such an unfair and unfortunate situation.
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