Human Resource Management

Imagine your horror as you observe an employee making trouble in your company.  Imagine how this troublemaking employee with personality problems . . .-  increases costs-  hurts profits-  harms productivity-  disrupts co-workers-  needs extra management attention-  makes you cringe  Fortunately, certain pre-employment personality tests can help you avoid hiring people who have personality problems.  Here [...]

An active job seeker is someone who is actively looking for a job is out hustling, submitting resumes, going on interviews, and making phone calls. Those candidates are easy to find. They’re the ones bugging you and everyone else to give them a chance. Do you want someone like that working for you? Granted, they’re [...]

How do you know if your employees have a sordid past?  The most recent case of the past coming up to bite someone was the firing of Miss Sprint Cup Paige Duke for nude photos of herself popping up on the internet. Emailed to an ex-boyfriend when she was just eighteen, the pics, considered harmless [...]

  The U.K. is facing its worst financial crisis in the past 15 years, and employment opportunities are scarce. Among the job openings on the internet, criminals and scammers are busy at work – posting fake job openings at real or fake companies with enticing pay and opportunities, and encouraging as many applicants as possible. [...]

The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics recently revealed a slight increase in unemployment to just over 9%. The Congressional Budget Office is claiming that, according to their predictions, it’s likely to remain at that level at least through the end of 2011. The previous low of 8.8% in March, the best since April 2009, [...]

The Interview/Job Analyst/Compensation Kathryn Carrington Bus 311:  BUS 303 Human Resources Management Instructor: Sheree Dove April 10, 2011                                   The Interview/Job Analyst/Compensation Process What is an interview?  According to author, Ivancevich, of Human Resources Management 11th edition, pg. 155, [...]