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Are you Recruiting or Hiring?

Are you Recruiting or Hiring?

I have been working as Human Resource Consultant and for me Recruiting is most important part. I really feel that if you recruit right person then you don’t need to work hard on other aspect of Human Resources. To recruit the right person the company named Zappos pays new employees to quit. They want to [...]

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Why the Wrong People Get Laid Off — And How to Prevent It

I have been working as Human Resource / Project Manager for more then 7 years now. I have hired and fired lot of people during these period.  Firing people is a very difficult task and the most difficult part is to decide lay offs. As there are certain times where Good/Wrong people get laid off [...]

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HR Needs to Paint a New Picture of Itself

Hasn’t HR suffered enough? At a time when major organizational initiatives in performance management and talent management should be giving human resources managers a big boost in respect and organizational influence, most executives continue to view HR as utterly nonstrategic and the last place they want to end up. Fast Company’s cover story “Why We [...]

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A Simple Gesture to Boost Morale

Your organization feels the economic misery. Your team knows that you have to make cuts. You want to keep spirits up, but budgets are tight and getting even tighter. Everyone feels overworked, tired, and taken for granted. You are tense and irritable yourself. Now is the time for a magnanimous but totally basic gesture. It [...]

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When Will the Good Times Return?

When will the good time return? When will the recession period will be over? Investors are holding their money, people are starting to save money, and companies are on the layoffs due to massive loss. American dreams are dying and waiting for the government. But it is not the time for waiting, it is not [...]

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After Layoffs, Help Survivors

If your firm is like many, you’re now managing a bunch of survivors – the lucky ones who didn’t get downsized. Chances are good this means you’re presiding over a heightened level of costly employee dysfunction, even if you don’t see it yet. Layoffs affect survivors in various ways. Here’s what you can do to [...]

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How to Win Any Job on eLance, oDesk or Guru.com

By Mitchell Harper As an employer with over 30 staff at Interspire, most of the time when I need something done I can call on a staff member in the office and they will take care of it for me. However, sometimes I need the skills of an experienced freelancer for one-off jobs, such as [...]

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Zappos Pays New Employees to Quit. It’s amazing, right? May be you can try out too.

Most of the time, I spend reading through the news, articles and blogs in the web so as to get myself updated. Staying in underdeveloped county, I think this is the most effective way to get to know about the world and get updated. Here, I am going to write about the Company named “Zappos” [...]

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101 Ways to Motivate Your Human Resources

1. Say Thanks 2. Change Job Titles 3. Ask for Advice 4.Offer Written Notes 5.Homemade Cookies 6.Change Meeting Venues/times 7. Make a Card 8.Reward with Food 9.Create 110% Rewards 10.Casual Dress Day 11.Staff Newsletter 12.Letter of Recognition 13.Movies at Lunch 14.Service Pins 15.Praise Staff at Meetings 16.Athletic Facility Pass 17.Promote Staff from within 18.Highlight in [...]

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How to source Candidates Using Facebook?

How to source Candidates Using Facebook?

Facebook is, per their website, “a social utility that connects you with the people around you”. On this site, you can set-up personal profile of yourself, connect with friends, colleagues, join groups and networks, read news, post photos, videos, webs, jobs and many more. Facebook is a social networking site, much like LinkedIn for example, [...]

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Hire for Soft Skills

Great people have great soft skills and technical skills. But in the tight market its very difficult to get the great people with both the skill sets. In this type of market, we should give more preference to the soft skills and teach the technical skills. As the person with good technical skills who lacks [...]

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Recruiting Passive Job Seeker as the New Challenge

Passive Job Seekers: Passive Job Seekers are those who are satisfied with their current designation in their present organization. They are high flying executives formulating successful strategies for the companies. Most importantly, they are highly engaged motivated and not seeking a change. They don’t even update their resume. These employees are self motivated and are [...]

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