In Brief - June 2006

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JUNE 2006

How can you win the war for talent without killing your budget? Outsourcing the recruitment process could be one solution and is the hot topic up for debate at our next workshop event in September at the famous Groucho club.

This workshop, in association with Arinso, will kick-start Autumn’s line-up of events and shed some light on issues such as whether releasing HR and recruitment from the grasp of an organisation can be of benefit when there are skills shortages in key areas. We hope you can join us there. See the events section for more details.

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Dawn Spalding
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Age at Work - the law and beyond

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club events
Groucho Club

Date: 14 September 2006
Time: 17:00 - 20:30pm
Venue: Groucho Club, London

Our next workshop event in association with Arinso

 

Workshop: Recruitment Process Outsourcing.

Outsourcing the recruitment process can provide essential efficiencies and improve quality of service but is there a risk that reduced cost will lead to reduced quality of service? Arinso and Lansdowne - their new recruitment division - will look at Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and how to maintain the quality of service to employees and attract the right calibre of staff in a shorter timespan.

A case study looking at real life use of RPO will be also be presented.

Numbers for this workshop are restricted so book early to avoid disappointment.

Book online here

 
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Groucho Club
 

Briefing with Rageh Omaar

Iraq faces a “long and bloody stalemate” because American military personnel lacked the flexibility to communicate and empathise with community leaders, Rageh Omaar told members at last week’s event. More

 

Age discrimination workshop

HR directors debated the hot topic of age discrimination at our recent evening workshop, in association with Hammonds. More

 

Can you help with the latest question posted on the Club’s notice board?

Introducing a behavioural competency tool at director level

Q: I am looking at introducing a behavioural competency tool to assist with the recruitment and ongoing performance management of directors. Has anyone experience of introducing and using such a tool and comment on whether it has improved the quality of staff being recruited and assisted thereafter with performance management.
 
A: I have introduced in several companies a competency based framework which measures core behaviours. This has been used for all levels of staff, including directors. This has been linked to a performance management system. If you need further information, let me know.

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Click on the links below view recent questions and the latest responses.

International secondments between USA and N Ireland

Recruiting for Singapore operation

Employing staff internationally

Thanks to Jackie Scarfe and Karen Hardicre who are among the members who have been posting their comments on the notice board.

Business needs to be less two-faced about corporate social responsibility
Neil Hayward, group HR director, Gallaher Group airs his views. More...

New Civil Service Code launched
The head of the Civil Service has launched a new Civil Service Code, which details the standards of behaviour expected from civil servants, and will now form part of their contract of employment. More...

McDonald's is 'lovin' it' as research shows young recruits benefit from working for the company
McDonald's has unveiled a new advertisement at Piccadilly Circus announcing that the benefits and opportunities of working for the company are "not bad for a McJob". More...

Commons inquiry grills HR chiefs over the NHS recruitment scandal
Two senior NHS HR professionals have come under fire from MPs as part of a major inquiry into health service workforce planning. More...

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