January 5, 2009
- New year, new job, new YOU!
Every January, we emerge from the festive season slightly more jaded than the last one with the question - "Isn't there more to life than commuting miles to a job that frustrates and constrains me"? (…)
December 22, 2008
- Is your career resilient in these turbulent times?
With so many people being affected by changes to their job roles on a voluntary and involuntary basis, I searched around to find a means to help people to transition their careers in a positive way. (…)
December 17, 2008
- Prevent redundancy survivors taking flight
With cash-strapped firms announcing numerous job cuts, HR professionals can expect to find themselves delivering redundancy programmes at a scale and speed not seen in many years. (…)
December 12, 2008
- Managing Redundancy: The Bigger Picture
Managing redundancies is perhaps the hardest part of your job as a manager or HR professional. And in the current economic climate more and more businesses - even some big household names - are finding that "letting people go" is the only way to keep the business afloat.
But making redundancies is more than a purely financial decision. The implications reach far and wide, and it falls to those in Management and Human Resources to ensure that the process is undertaken not only in compliance with the minefield of legislation currently in force, but also in a way that minimises the personal and social impact on those who leave, and those who remain. (…)
December 11, 2008
- Redundancy helpline sees huge surge in enquiries
Recrion has seen a significant increase in calls relating to redundancy issues in the last 8 weeks. (…)
December 8, 2008
- Redundancy pay increases announced
Who will be picking up the £20 per week increase in redundancy pay in the current economic downturn? (…)
December 4, 2008
- Top 50 companies women want to work in and why
The 2008 Where Woment Want to Work shows that the larger organisations are starting to adapt their recruitment and selection and people management strategies to attract and retain female talent. The purpose of the guide is to provide a reliable reference for women seeking to choose the right employer. (…)
December 1, 2008
- Don't let stress cloud your thinking
Clarity of thought and action is essential in the current economic climate. Millions of employers and employees are facing difficult decisions and circumstances. At Recrion we have developed a range of services to help employees work through career transitions and redundancy in a positive way.
Here are 8 tips to help you gain perspective from our Stress Management Consultant Liz Makin. (…)
November 27, 2008
- Employers fall foul of redundancy laws
Employers should be aware of employment law when planning redundancies, lawyers are warning. (…)
November 24, 2008
- Redundancies on the increase
Employers are preparing for a sharp rise in redundancies leading up to Christmas
Employers are having sleepless nights as the economic crisis shows no sign of abating. A survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), carried out in conjunction with accountancy firm KPMG, revealed that more than a quarter of employers have plans to make new or further redundancies in the next twelve months in addition to those already planned. (…)
November 20, 2008
- Cost effective executive recruitment can be done in-house
So often the wrong people get to the top - look at the Executives running the financial services industries. (…)
November 13, 2008
- Lack of People Due Diligence leads to high failure rate of M & As
Most companies do a thorough job of financial due diligence when they acquire other companies. (…)
November 10, 2008
- Tesco leads the way by helping staff through credit crunch
Tesco has come up trumps in its approach to employee engagement and retention. They have announced that they will send all 280,000 of its UK employees a guide to managing their money as it ramps up its efforts to help them through this economic crisis. (…)
November 6, 2008
- Poor recruitment practices cost small businesses £69m
Hiring the wrong staff is costing UK small and medium businesses £69m every year, new research has revealed. (…)
November 3, 2008
- Streamlining recruitment – do you go it alone, use an agency or outsource to a RPO?
Life is hard for businesses looking to recruit new staff at present. (…)
October 30, 2008
- UK Businesses Must Confront Employee Absence Head On
At a recent meeting attended by senior HR Professionals and hosted by Recrion, specialists in People Management, we debated the challenge of tackling long-term absence. This is a growing problem experienced in both the public and private sectors.
In a recent report published by The Times, police forces in the UK lost more than one million days to long-term sick leave in 2007 at a record cost of nearly £90 million. (…)
October 27, 2008
- Job losses can have dangerous side effects
The stress and anxiety people go through when facing redundancy can have long-term psychological and health implications. (…)
October 23, 2008
- Take the risk out of redundancy
I was invited to a very useful update on Compromise Agreements by PJH Law Employment Solicitors. (…)
October 20, 2008
- Meeting rooms for hire
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Recrion's meeting rooms are based in historic St Mary's Hill in a beautiful Georgian building adjacent to the Town Hall. Recrion has three attractive rooms that offer a quality, yet affordable, venue for people to hold meetings, conferences and seminars. (…)
October 16, 2008
- Select employees for redundancy with care
The current economic crisis is causing unprecedented issues as companies need to focus on reducing costs and headcount to survive short term financial challenges. Yet most CEOs and HR professionals are aware just how important it is to retain the right people in the business to help overcome these challenges. (…)