No one has ever said that management was easy. When you’re responsible for a group of employees, no matter how many, experienced managers will tell you that they often find themselves walking a tightrope, balancing the needs and demands of the company against their own personal wants and those of their employees. Think of a [...]

News broke last month of recruiters requesting the Facebook login details of job candidates in order to screen profiles prior to offering them a position. The news set off a firestorm of controversy about what recruiters had the right to ask for. The debate soon broadened with news reports that a teaching assistant was fired [...]

Despite recent research suggesting that a cursory glance over a candidates Facebook profile is more effective at predicting future career success than an online recruitment test, such test still remain enduringly popular with HR departments. Online tests for recruitment are widely used and routinely result in specific feedback to applicants in order to communicate decisions, [...]

“Why doesn’t my company consider inflation when determining my pay increase?” What this employee is asking is, shouldn’t my annual increase percentage at least match the cost of living? And as management is forever touting the company’s ”pay-for-performance” philosophy, shouldn’t my increase be higher than that, given that I’m a good performer? Have you ever [...]

Interview with Carol Sinclair, Senior Director, People & Organization at VON Carol Sinclair answered a series of questions written by marcus evans before the forthcoming 3rd Internal Branding & Employee Engagement Conference, April 30-May 2, 2012 in Toronto, Canada. All responses represent the view of Ms. Sinclair and not necessarily those of VON. What are [...]

Theft by employees is a major issue for firms, with cost estimates at around $200 million each year. The most common form of employee theft is ‘sweethearting’. Sweethearting is when employees give products away for free to preferred customers and is typically done by people operating the cash register in stores. New research from Michigan [...]

When working with a client new to the international stage, or an organization with only a small employee footprint overseas, one of the pressing challenges that compensation practitioners face is educating leadership as to what to expect when dealing with international rewards. Of special note is the quandary of obtaining reliable sources of foreign compensation [...]