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HR Club Sydney

The only constant is change

For those of you who might not know (get on LinkedIn already!), I’ve just started a new job in a law firm in Sydney, and yes it is a big change. I’ve worked at Sara Lee, then Vodafone, BOC and most recently CSIRO- and the cultures couldn’t be more different. Sara Lee (and yes we [...]

The Easter Show for HR People

Last week I went along to my very first career’s fair at Macquarie University and for a HR person who loves employer branding stuff and glossy brochures, I would liken it to the Easter Show for HR people. Yes and after a day at the show, here are the contents of my showbag. Honorable Mentions [...]

Hot off the Press! Understanding the behaviour and intention of executives in Australia

In case you haven’t heard of Destination Talent by Phillip Tusing, it’s a blog which professes to cover “Musings, riffs, rants and insights on everything talent”. Phillip is an experienced Australian Recruiter, but has worked in a number of different roles over the last nine year including analyst and marketing manager. Currently he consults to [...]

Challenges in Global Talent Management

The other day I went to my second North Ryde HR Network (NRHRN) breakfast seminar, which was on Talent Management. In 2008 at the very first NRHRN event, Ronan Carolan, HR Director with Sanofi Aventis spoke about their Talent Management strategy that they had adopted in order to address performance, engagement and succession planning issues [...]

Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em

You know I’m a romantic. I like sending gifts, surprising people and seeing others happy. Over the last 10 years boys have sent me flowers, moet and surprised me with gifts. My better half these days doesn’t believe in Valentines Day, although I suppose that’s ok given my birthday falls on February 15th. But every [...]

Want to Define Your Talent DNA? Don’t Waste the Values Section Included in Your Performance Review… from HR Capitalist

We’re coming up to Mid Year Performance review time at my work and as per usual, it’s like pulling teeth. I’m resilient to this though, because deep down I believe in how important it is to have goals and talk about your performance with you manager. I encourage talking about WHAT you’ve achieved, but also [...]

Top 25 Talent Management Blogs

Well this list is the Top 25 Talent Management Blogs as determined by Fistful of Talent. Again, lists are an advantageous point in the right direction for who to check out online (but not always gospel. Some are just a popularity contest). Have a look at the list and let me know what you think. [...]

Special Guest Post from AER Head

I’m very excited this morning to publish this guest post from AER Head. Aer Head is a Sydney-based blogger, analyst and commentator on trends in the attraction, engagement and retention space in Australia. He is currently GAD at TMP Worldwide, Sydney, (and takes no credit for any of the work mentioned below which was managed [...]

A new era for Talent Management?

My better half actually spotted this article for me in the Business Spectator and there were a couple of things that I loved about it. 1) The fact that I have now trained my better half how to spot articles that include terms like ‘talent management’. 2) That flexibility in the workplace is no longer [...]

Check out HRM TV- Dave Ulrich explains explains how HR can best take advantage of the economic recovery phase

I subscribe to a number of blogs, newsletters and magazines, and I came across this little gem from HRM Asia. They interview Dave Ulrich on how HR can best take advantage of the economic recovery phase, in both Asia and the West. This was particularly cool as Dave was on the panel for the AHRI [...]

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