Discipline, performance management among list of t...

Posted by www.hrpcenter.com – March 16th, 2012 With the economy showing signs of improvement, more companies hiring and salary increases being reported, what questions are human resources professionals asking so far in 2012? For the second consecutive year, questions on HR “staples” such as the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), performance management, discipline and termination continue to generate the highest...

Is your staff engaged or just satisfied?

posted by www.hrpcenter.com – March 12th, 2012 Is your staff engaged or just satisfied? By: Colleen Coates / Talent Matters POSTMEDIA CALGARY HERALD Enlarge Image Chantelle Kolesnik / Calgary Herald Curran Eggertson, fourth-year mechanical engineering student specializing in biomedical engineering, examines a heart model. A recent study by the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) found that even...

Fear of losing employees: Guiding pay decisions?

posted by www.hrpcenter.com – February 27th, 2012  Skills and competencies are key factors dictating compensation decisions in organizations today. Judhajit Das, Chief-HR, ICICI Prudential Life, K.A. Narayan, President–HR, Raymond Limited, K.S. Kumar, Vice President-HR, Castrol India, Varda Pendse, Director, Cerebrus Consultants and Sanjay Gawde, Sr. General Manager-HR, John Deere India Pvt. Ltd reflect on the...

Study: Facebook Predicts Job Performance

posted by www.hrpcenter.com – February 22nd, 2012 There’s a good chance that savvy human resources professionals look at job applicant’s Facebook pages before they interview them. Now, a study from three universities suggests the information gathered from someone’s Facebook page just might predict how they will fare on the job. According to a report from the University of Evansville, researcher Peter...

Fear and Trust in Human Resources

posted by www.hrpcenter.com – February 21st, 2012 A few years ago I gave a presentation on power. I was part of a conference where the topic was power, all day long. I decided to talk about the difference between small-p power and big-P Power, and why the distinction matters. “You’ve got power that you’re accumulating in yourself, and that’s the small-p kind,” I said. “It gets...

Exclusive interview with Gina Qiao, senior VP HR a...

Posted by www.hrpcenter.com – February 16th, 2012 Siân Harrington, 16 Feb 2012 Until I met Gina Qiao (pictured), senior vice president human resources at Chinese PC superbrand, Lenovo, I was secretly pleased with HR magazine’s burgeoning Twitter following (some 25,300 and growing). My pride was short- lived. “Guess how many people follow me on Weibo?” Qiao asked, referring to China’s Twitter...