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HR HR has been here before. HR is familiar with the drill. HR has the same beliefs and expectations, toned down by the passage of time. We know how it will end. Yet a little voice tells HR professionals that this year could be exceptional and different. Another year has arrived for HR. HR Resolutions, BHAG & Make overs Once [...]

    HR, Budget, Talent and more    Well we have almost reached the end of 2011. And what an unbelievable year it has been! From natural disasters (earthquakes, tornados and more) and man-made financial woes, (US, EU) to revolutionary uprisings (Arab spring, Occupy Wall Street) and technology everywhere (gadgets, online networks). Too much upheaval for one year.  [...]

    Recruitment  If you are a HR Future reader that regularly reads my column, this month we will be going down the memory lane of 2010. Grab a coffee, relax and let us laugh and cry about the past twelve months. If you are a reader that gives this column a miss, you can [...]

  With the days heating up and workplaces cooling down, it is a sunny forecast for staff crossing off the weeks until their annual leave. Leave, is something to look forward to and the earlier you start the clock, the less you have to be concerned about the daily irritations. You just have to survive until your leave [...]

On any given day, HR is making an offer to a (hopefully talented) candidate for a position. Line management are breathing down their neck, the position was supposed to be filled last month. (Something about the manager angrily dismissing the previous employee under circumstances that HR will have to defend at the CCMA). I digress. [...]

Social Media A lot can happen in 24 hours. Fly to Dubai. Advertise a dozen vacancies for free. File your tax return. Manage a HR team. Chat with old friends. Deliver a EE report. Update your performance agreement. Share your holiday pictures with others. Play a game. Go home. Unless you are already at home, [...]

  Cost of Living 2011 When I received yet another email from a disengaged employee, working in a different company about their pay, I decided that it deserved some consideration. The economy is posting better numbers and many companies have a healthier bottom line (small miracles after “resizing” their operations and workforce last year). Government [...]

TALENT I wrote this column three times. Not because I enjoy writing, editing, deleting and rewriting. Rather this month, I had so many cages to rattle, that I didn’t want to give up one for another. I’m fortunate to work in a country, where there is so much drama competing for coverage, from the latest [...]