HR Club Sydney

HR Club Sydney

Thanks to Desired Hair, and Michael Specht for sponsoring HR Club Sydney

In the whirlwind that was last week, I didn’t get a chance to thank my sponsors for the first HR Club Sydney Event and I wanted to give them the recognition they deserved and get the details right. First and foremost, I would like to thank Alex and Laura of Desired Hair (the hair extension [...]

Cows milking themselves these days; what does that mean for HR?

Yesterday I was on twitter, and one of my favourite twitterers @SteveBoese sent this tweet below: Some cows in Michigan can milk themselves – http://bit.ly/TpBqg, how many employees still need HR help to change their address? Whilst I chuckled at the comment, little did I know that I was about to receive a ripper of [...]

Thanks to everyone who attended last night!

Last night was the first HR Club Sydney Event and we received a great turnout of HR Professionals based in the Sydney area. Thanks again to our three presenters; Sue Jennings, David Hales and Ben Palmer. I thought the presentation was an interesting insight into how we can ensure our recruitment and retention strategies achieve [...]

Nothing will get in the way of a good time!

Jeepers creepers- I think a few things have been thrown at me to derail tonight. Last week I had a mild case of shingles and today my laptop has died (yes I felt sick when I saw the blue screen of death), but nevertheless the show must go on and a good time will be [...]

Jann Gray- Winner of Best HR Strategic Plan speaks at 2Discover event

Yesterday morning I attended a breakfast seminar which was hosted by 2Discover in at Martin Place. They had organised for Jann Gray, HR director for Ecolab and winner of ‘best HR strategic plan’ to speak, and it gave everyone present an opportunity to follow the amazing 4 year journey of a company that needed to [...]

HR Club Sydney Event- Monday 24th August- More reasons to be there

I’m sure I don’t need to bribe any of you to come along Monday, because we have three amazing speakers who’ll be talking about “Improving Customer Service and Performance with Motivational Development at Qantas”. We have had huge interest in this event with over 50 HR professionals in Sydney indicating that they will be there [...]

The Top 12 Leadership Training Mistakes

Good morning everyone- I’m back after a few days of being ill. Rather inconvenient actually, but in the spirit of moving onwards and upwards with the week I attended a short seminar in the city this morning which was about “The Top 12 Leadership Training Mistakes”. Hosted by James Adonis of ‘Team Leaders’, the seminar [...]

Changing the way things have always been done with a banana

I was watching this video on youtube the other day and it made me think about problem solving at work. For a start, I’ll admit I really really love bananas. I mean- I love them on cereal, in smoothies, on toast with peanut butter, in pancakes- pretty much anywhere. When I got to Thailand I [...]

What do the cuts really cost you?

In times like these, all we are hearing about is how many people have lost their jobs in Australia or overseas and we all know someone who has been affected. With rising unemployment rates, there are still organisations who will be making cuts in the future. How much do these cuts really cost you though? [...]

Contingent workers more likely to suffer mental illness and be harassed

I was reading an article this morning on Science Daily (HT @punkrockHR) which says that according to research by to be presented at the American Sociological Association, employees who are hired as temps, casuals, on contract or even fixed term positions (so jobs that aren’t secure or stable) are at risk for increased mental health [...]

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