HR Club Sydney

HR Club Sydney

Why I love working from home

This week I worked from home- and was thinking about how much I value being able to be in control of what I do and when I do it. I work in an environment where the standard hours are quite low (7 hours and 21 minutes to be exact) but I work really hard and [...]

Has the GFC affected the way you attract talent?

AHRI has recently released “EXECpulse” ;a research report which aims to determine the direct impact within businesses of the global financial crisis. Earlier this year, AHRI conducted an online survey of a limited sample number of executive-level respondents on the ramifications within Australian business. A total of 122 executives responded to the survey. A key [...]

Breaking News: First Speakers for HR Club Sydney Event confirmed

I’m extremely excited today to announce that I have confirmed three amazing speakers for our very first HR Club Sydney networking event which will be held on 24th August in Sydney. David Hales (previously Manager People Relations Group flight Training) and Sue Jennings (previously Manager People Relations, Customer & Marketing) from Qantas; will join forces [...]

How important is culture?

According to Human Synergistics “Culture is the way that things are actually done in an organisation.” It includes shared values and beliefs, ways of thinking and norms or expectations of behaviours in the workplace. Many of our business leaders would be thinking; that’s great (sounds like a bit of HR fluff) but what we really [...]

Do you Google potential employees?

With the rise of sites like facebook, MySpace and twitter people are essentially creating a permanent digital footprint for themselves which is able to be viewed by almost anyone. In adjusting your privacy settings, you can protect some of your content but realistically it’s not that hard to view photos, videos and conversations between people, [...]

Bullying and Harassment; is it an issue in Australia?

As HR peeps we should all know what bullying and harassment is, and given that we regularly present to our clients on what it is and what to do; is it still a major concern for organisations? Unfortunately, Yes. According to a survey by CareerOne.com.au: • 74% Australian workers say they have been bullied at [...]

Social Media and HR

Social Media is being talked about a lot lately. We’ve seen news break first on twitter, employees are fired for things on facebook and politicians like Obama and Kevin Rudd use it as part of campaign strategies or as a means to connect with the public. It’s also becoming a way for organisations to build [...]

Er… what is Talent Management exactly?

Talent management is a concept that has been around for a while particularly in response to the ‘war for talent’. But what is it exactly? Talent management is hard to define as the processes and what it involves can vary from organization to organization. For instance, research conducted by the Institute for Corporate Productivity asserts [...]

Are you fulfilling the role of the credible activist?

Just recently, in attending the AHRI National Convention I heard about the AHRI National Awards. I was thinking about entering these, and came across the criteria for the HR Leadership awards. These awards recognize leading HR practitioners whose contribution to the achievement of the business outcomes through HR practices is worthy of recognition. If you [...]

Hmm.. some more comments from Jack Welch

I was reading a blog this morning about Jack Welch’s speech at the SHRM conference and was quite appalled at some of the things that were said- and also surprised that I hadn’t heard more about it to be honest. Earlier I blogged about Jack Welch and praised him for his comments about the importance [...]

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