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The HR Doctor series takes a tongue-in-cheek look at some of the common misconceptions, misdiagnoses and diseases that commonly afflict the HR function. They reflect our experience of working in and with HR over the last 25 years. Over the next ten weeks we’d urge you to honestly diagnose yourself: are you showing any of the symptoms? Should you be applying the cure?
In organisations today, change is constant, rapid and relentless, and developing talent is critical to business success. Coaching and mentoring have a key role to play in the learning and development requirements of today's organisations. However, although the terms are often used interchangeably, they describe very different practices.
The gender pay gap has captured headlines in recent months in part because of new legal requirements in the UK, effective April 2018, which require private, public, and voluntary sector companies with 250 or more employees to publish their gender pay gap data. This increased attention is likely to drive discussions and questions in workplaces across the UK, including your own. Is your HR team prepared for tough questions about the gender pay gap at your company? Do you understand its causes and does your company have a plan in place to close the gap?
The resourcing landscape has always been complicated, with even the most experienced HR departments still struggling to pinpoint the perfect hiring process. 2018 is showing no signs of simplifying. The constantly growing set of hiring tools, technologies and techniques available can both help and hinder recruitment efforts. Fierce competition for global talent is putting more pressure on companies to be seen in all of the right places, in order to compete in the market.
In today’s digitally disrupted and globally competitive world, resourcing is rapidly evolving. New technologies, social media, and LinkedIn are radically reshaping companies’ approach to candidate sourcing and are contributing to a broader shift in the recruitment market. Where yesterday it was employer-driven, tomorrow it will be candidate-led. Most employees are now passively seeking job opportunities at all times, and self-employment and entrepreneurialism are on the rise.
