How to reference check candidates diligently.

Career Change, Culture and Values, Employer, Employer Branding, Human Development, Impression Management, LinkedIn, Personal Branding, Reputation Management,

8 years ago

image credit: http://goo.gl/4ZgQUj Exaggeration is rife A study of 300 Australian employers found 82% of respondents believed candidates lied or exaggerated their skills and experience on their LinkedIn profiles.…

Hiring for Cultural Fit.

Career Change, Culture and Values, Employer, Employer Branding, Human Development, Impression Management, Personal Branding, Reputation Management

8 years ago

image credit: http://goo.gl/XX8BhP It does not matter if you are leading a well-established brand name business or a start up, the need to find great cultural fit is central…

Beware: Seek is now in the employer review business

Career Change, Culture and Values, Employer, Employer Branding, Impression Management, Personal Branding, Reputation Management,

8 years ago

image credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82kOrtq6XZo When Seek, Australia’s largest online job board gets into the “review your employer” business, then employers better sit up and take notice. We have all become accustomed to…

How to Personally and Clearly Lay Off Your Staff

Career Change, Employer, Employer Branding, Human Development, Impression Management, Outplacement, Reputation Management,

8 years ago

The Power of Personally Laying off Staff BMWs are fine on the road. But “Bitching, Moaning, and Whining” can be avoided at the water cooler or on gossip sites like…

How to Give Notice to Your Staff

Career Change, Employer, Employer Branding, Human Development, Outplacement, Reputation Management

8 years ago

image credit: http://goo.gl/F2ks9M One of the most challenging times to be a Manager is giving staff notice that their job is no longer required. These difficult conversations can be…

Laying off staff? Consider these cost saving options.

Career Change, Employer, Employer Branding, Human Development, Impression Management, LinkedIn, Outplacement, Reputation Management,

8 years ago

image credit: http://www.hysterectomy.org/ Redundancies, retrenchments, layoffs are more often the result of pressure from the Executive or Board to reduce costs than from the business having less work to…

Creating High Staff Engagement Following a Layoff

Career Change, Employer, Employer Branding, Human Development, LinkedIn, Outplacement, Personal Branding, Reputation Management,

8 years ago

image credit: http://goo.gl/QUwxZb Successfully deal with fears, uncertainties, doubts and guilt What is often overlooked in the chaos and emotion of a layoff is how to communicate with the staff…

How to Effectively Handle Layoffs

Career Change, Culture and Values, Employer, Employer Branding, Human Development, Outplacement, Personal Branding, Reputation Management

8 years ago

image credit: NY Daily News Redundancies and retrenchments of any scale are fraught with issues Layoffs are hard. Even a small-scale retrenchment or redundancy can present a seasoned HR professional with numerous issues…

A-Z Guide for Protecting Your Employer Brand and Reputation

Culture and Values, Employer, Employer Branding, Human Development, LinkedIn, Outplacement, Personal Branding, Reputation Management,

8 years ago

image credit: http://shambhala.bg/ As we move in to 2016, here are my thoughts on the “A-Z Guide for Protecting Your Employer Brand and Reputation”. ALIGN what you say with…

Employer Brand, Reputation, and the Hashtag

Employer, Employer Branding, LinkedIn, Reputation Management,

8 years ago

I have frequently written about online threats to an employer brand and reputation. It wasn’t that long ago, when brand and reputation management were under the control of the Board…