The best person to sell a new job to a candidate is the one who is actually doing the job right now. Selling by brochure, by company values, or by marketing material is simply less effective.



Instinctively we all agree with this, but how do we know it is true?. Surely there is value to selling the company hard, and creating some excitement about the position. Well, there is actual research to back the idea that an honest approach is the best approach.



The psychological… Continue

Firing staff is an emotionally charged task that many HR and management staff are being asked to perform right now in China.



Some cases of firing are simple responses to the economic downturn but HR should be aware that not everything is what it seems. There are many ways to skin a cat.



Set out below are some of the tactics that should be considered around the theme of firing. Many are being used right now. Some methods have hidden agendas, and others deliberately hide… Continue