How to Get Corporate Buy-In for Your HR Initiatives
Starting a new initiative in HR can dramatically change the face of an organization, either through improving hiring, streamlining payrolling, or making data more accessible and available. No matter what your initiative is, you likely need corporate buy-in, both from financial decision-makers and from the leaders who must serve as examples and first adopters of any initiative you push to the organization. Have a Plan The first step of garnering corporate buy-in for any initiative [...]
Top HR Books to Read This Year
Whether you’re working to improve yourself and your approach to HR, looking for ideas to implement into HR practices in your organization, or want to learn more about your industry, reading is an excellent way to do it. Human Resources is an incredibly popular subject, with thousands of books published year on using data and analytics to manage people, on best practices for people and team management or setup, on emotional intelligence and leadership development, [...]
Why Emotional Intelligence Components Are Vital In HR Assessments
This is a guest post from Melisa Marzett. Melisa is a freelance writer currently working for a thesis writing service. Emotional intelligence (EI) is one of the most critical indicators affecting the success of an employee's career in many positions. Every HR manager should know what it is. Different levels of emotional intelligence play a role in various areas of life and can be assessed using different tests. Intellect is a person's ability to think [...]
Choosing an Assessment Center for Employee Testing
Hiring and recruitment are key processes for any organization, but many companies simply don’t have the resources to design and implement a proper recruitment process. Outsourcing to an assessment center allows you to implement strong recruitment processes, frameworks, and test standards. While this will require investment upfront, it helps to ensure you are hiring for the long-term, recruit individuals who are matched to your culture, organization, and goals. At the same time, not all recruitment [...]
Common HR Mistakes: What to Look out for at Your Company
People make up the heart of any organization, and HR is responsible for facilitating those people. HR professionals connect employees, select quality candidates, manage working conditions, and ensure everyone has the tools and training to perform to their best potential. In an ideal situation, HR functions to bring good people in, while working to improve and facilitate individuals already in the organization. Unfortunately, any HR team is only human. Mistakes happen, and without the benefit [...]