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Formal programs key to retaining HR graduates

HR graduates are among those least likely to stay with their first employer, but formal and structured programs can aid retention, new research shows (view an interactive infographic of the results).

The study, by Onetest, of 2851 former graduates who completed psychometric tests between 2002 and 2011, found the HR industry…

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Added by Matthew Clarkson on September 18, 2012 at 6:30pm — No Comments

The Art of ROI

Return on Investment (ROI) is that magic phrase that any service provider will coin in an attempt to justify that ‘investing’ in their product or service will result in the impact of a relevant business metric. I say this somewhat sceptically because while most HR service providers do offer tangible ROI, many are a lot harder to justify, and even tougher to extract…

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Added by Matthew Clarkson on March 14, 2012 at 8:06pm — No Comments

Candidates are Like Icebergs

In a recent HC Online article on Best Practice Recruitment the analogy of a candidate as an iceberg was used.  What you see or can glean from resume and interview is possibly only 10% of the total picture.

I was intrigued by this comparison (in fact, it was made by one of my employees), but on reflection am convinced that…

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Added by Matthew Clarkson on March 13, 2012 at 9:00pm — 4 Comments

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