Employee selection in human resource management is critical to a company’s success. This is particularly true in small businesses, where employee contributions have a higher level of impact on the company’s fortunes. Developing a strong HR selection process can help ensure that your company hires competent, loyal employees who help you to reach your business […]
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Challenges with Human Resource Planning
The development of a human resources department will generally start with two people, the business owner and your human resources expert. Strategic human resources planning as you grow will depend on the size of your business, the industry you’re in and the breadth of knowledge possessed by candidates you select to staff the department. Understanding […]
List of HRM Competencies
The primary goal of human resource management (HRM) is to maximize workforce performance and value so as to meet the company’s business needs. Achieving this goal requires several HRM competencies within each of the human resource disciplines – recruitment and selection, training and development, workplace safety and risk management, employee relations, and compensation and benefits. […]
An Outline of an HR Audit
A regular human resources audit can improve the services your HR department renders to both employees and applicants. It can also determine whether your organization is in compliance with labor and employment laws. Auditing all of your HR practices and functions can take time and resources. Small businesses without enough staff to devote their full-time […]
HR Strategic Objectives
Strategic human resources objectives are goals aligned with the organization’s goals. In fact, in “Human Resource Management Theory and Practice,” authors John Bratton and Jeffrey Gold identify strategic human resource management as the “managerial process requiring human resource (HR) policies and practices to be linked with the strategic objectives of the organization.” A number of […]
Functions & Practices of Human Resource Management
Human resources functions are significantly different from HR practices. Functions are comprised of transactional activities that can be handled in-house or easily outsourced. Practices are part conceptual, part implementation of an HR strategy, comprised of systems that follow the normal or customary way of doing business. The term “best practices” refers to the HR systems […]
HRM: Employee Files Checklist
One of the most important functions of the human resources department is record-keeping, including employment files, benefits and safety management files, training and development records. The employee file contains a record of every employment action. Employment files—often called personnel files—require exacting, precise measures to ensure the files are accurate, complete and up-to-date. In many organizations, […]
What Are the Duties of a Human Resources Assistant?
A human resources assistant is an administrative professional who performs a variety of transactional duties in support of a business’ human capital and employment initiatives. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in 2009 that successful candidates for this role are typically required by employers to possess only a high school diploma or its equivalent. […]
Human Resources Interviewing Techniques
For many job seekers, an invitation to interview is a welcome chance to meet with a prospective employer. Nevertheless, for recruiters and hiring managers, it is often a difficult decision deciding which candidates to interview. To make the hiring process productive, the human resources department should prepare a selection procedure that is fruitful for both […]
Limitations of Human Resource Planning
The Human Resource Planning is concerned with maintaining and recruiting the human resources with the requisite quantity and the quality, to fulfill the demand and supply arising in the near future. In spite of its benefit of keeping the organization’s manpower position balanced, there are a few limitations of Human Resource Planning, which are discussed […]
Planning Management – Importance, Features, Types, Characteristics
What is Planning in Management? Planning is an important part of management. because it directs the employees that what he has to do and how he has to do? Planning also helps to identify the skills and ability of the employees. if the management of the organization is good then achieving the goals became easy. […]
7 Steps in the Recruitment Process
Process of Recruitment Recruitment Process is the process concerned with searching and attracting the best resources. To fill up the vacant positions in the concerned organization. Recruitment process is to enable us to select creative, innovative people. who have passion and potential. The recruitment process is a process of identifying the jobs employ, analyzing the […]
The Process of Selection in Human Resource Management
What is Process of Selection? Selection is the process concerned with placing the right man in the right job. It is concerned as the negative process. It eliminates all unsuitable candidates. Selects the most appropriate candidates among the large pool. Created by the recruitment process. Selection is the process of choosing the right candidate. who […]