Monday, 14 July 2014

How Do You Deal With a Negative Co-Worker?

Often it’ll fall to you as a human resources professional to handle negative co-worker, and this week on the Frank Kelly blog, I’m going to let you know how. You will be A Negative Employees First Port of Call No employee is perfect. The simple reality of working life is that everybody has their good days and bad days, and everyone occasionally has an issue in the workplace that they feel they have no choice but to air their grievances over. Of course, as a human resources professional you will be their first port of call; after all,...

Thursday, 3 July 2014

What Are the Personality Traits A HR Professional Needs to Have?

If you want to work in HR, you need to be a certain type of person, which is why on the Frank Kelly blog this week, I've outlined the personality traits any HR professional needs to have. Managing People is a Considerable Task Taking on a role in human resources is certainly not an easy task. You are essentially a people manager, and as it turns out, effectively managing people so that they prove an asset to your company’s bottom line, is a considerable task. Between recruiting staff, training them, administering them, serving as...

Monday, 30 June 2014

Frank Kelly’s Top Five Employee Motivational Techniques for the HR Professional

As a HR professional, it’s your job to ensure that your company’s employees remain motivated and thus, productive. This week I tackle this subject with Frank Kelly’s top five employee motivational techniques. A Motivated Worker is a Productive Worker A business’ human resources staff is responsible for hiring, administrating and training staff. Ensuring that staff remains motivated is an enduring part of the job description, as a motivated worker is a productive worker, who will increase your company’s bottom line. Often the job of a...

Frank Kelly’s Top Five New Employee Training Tips for the HR Professional

Train new employees to be a valuable member of your team, with Frank Kelly’s five new employee training tips for the HR professional. Training is a Vital Task As a member of the human resources (HR) team, your remit is personnel management, which means that you are often the first port of call for new employees. Often it falls to you to conduct their  orientation, as well as provide them with the vital information they need to undertake their employment, and conduct the basic training they need  to prove an asset to company. Training...

Friday, 20 June 2014

What is the Role of a HR Professional?

The role of a HR professional is critical to a company’s wellbeing, but what does this role entail? This is the question I wish to explore on the Frank Kelly blog this week. At its core, a human resources (HR) department exists to manage an organisation’s staff. A broad job description to be sure, it encompasses several different roles that each in their own right are critical to employee well-being. Recruitment Often it falls to the HR Professional to recruit an organisation’s staff, an essential job, as if an organisation is staffed...

Thursday, 24 April 2014

Navigating Issues of Privacy in the HR Industry

The nature of the human resources industry requires the handling of somewhat delicate information. Considering the fact that privacy is an increasingly prevalent topic of conversation across all areas of industry, how can you navigate issues of privacy as a HR professional? Working as a professional in the HP department is a unique position. Considering that the crux of the vocation requires employee interaction and the handling of information and data that is restricted to other departments, certain discretion is required from those involved...

Friday, 28 March 2014

How Can You Cultivate a Career In Human Resources?

Considering the breadth and scope for opportunity in the modern HR sector, it is an industry that many wish to enter. Considering this, how can you cultivate a career in the modern HR industry? The industry is on the rise; as a career option that appeals to those with people skills and proficiency for communication, it is attractive to a large swathe of the educated population. Furthermore the essential role HR holds for the cultivation of a success business venture means that any modern company needs a HR department. These two key factors...