...Brian J. Hurn Purpose – The purpose of this paper to examine the responses that international HRM needs to make to the challenges it faces with increasing responsibilities in the globalised environment. It covers the key areas of recruitment, selection, training and retention and uses examples...

...‐HOB predisposition. Training and development may be more effective than attempting to recruit individuals predisposed toward V‐HOB. Research limitations/implications Limitations to this exploratory research include a small sample size of a homogeneous group, as to major, class size...

... Publishing Limited 2011 Gen Y Engagement Talent management Culture Learning and development Leadership Recruitment “Oh why generation Y?!” I hear some employers moan, whilst others are embracing the dynamics and challenges of the latest generation of workers. People seem to be polarized...

... executives' organisation. He can be contacted at: tony.price@vistage.co.uk © Company 2009 Credit Recession Leadership Recruitment For many business leaders around the UK, a turbulent economy is nothing new. These bosses have guided their companies through testing economic climates...

... are adopting innovative recruitment practices to find the correct skill sets and competencies. The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of these practices and also to investigate talent acquisition and its relationship to levels of employee engagement. Design/methodology/approach...

.... Originality/value Against a background of a likely reduced pool of potential managers, the paper emphasises selection methods aimed at reducing the margin of error in the recruitment of international managers. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Managers International business...

...Stephen Harvard Davis Purpose Despite huge amounts of time and effort allocated to the recruitment of executives and senior managers, the recruitment process produces an unacceptable failure rate that reduces business competitiveness and corporate profits. The purpose of this paper...

...Carrie Bedingfield Purpose To encourage employers to challenge their current views on graduate recruitment and look at innovative ways of securing a return on investment in recruitment and training. Design/methodology/approach The paper critically reviews current models...

... organisations can increase their diversity through their recruitment practices through activities such as: market research into your potential recruitment pool; building a business case to influence line managers and other stakeholders as to the need to recruit for diversity; using a variety of communication...

... Apart from helping individuals, these tips booklets are being used to support QED training workshops – the first being for 160 international lawyers on negotiating skills for a large law firm. They are also designed for companies to send out with their own logo to new recruits, staff, customers...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Information technology Recruitment Career development Hollywood-style talent agents predicted for the IT industry Keywords: Information technology, Recruitment, Career development The emergence of Hollywood-style talent agents...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Graduates Recruitment Labour market A diverse and fragmented graduate labour market Keywords Graduates, Recruitment, Labour market Despite the massive expansion of higher education since the 1960s, the major graduate recruiters...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Recruitment Awards Vocational training Fast-track recruitment qualification launched Keywords: Recruitment, Awards, Vocational training High-flying recruitment professionals going through a newly upgraded fast-track recruitment...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Students Internet Recruitment Graduates New Web service for graduate jobseekers Keywords: Students, Internet, Recruitment, Graduates Graduate jobseekers are being encouraged to make the Internet their first port of call when choosing...

... Recruitment Re-training Training Second chance schools spread across Europe Keywords Employment,Integration, Partnerships, Recruitment, Re-training, Training Second chance schools are a new educational concept to the countries of Europe and are a response to the needs of those areas...

... of the population in general. This paper looks into a brief history of corporate culture concept evolution. It explains the importance of the organization’s recruitment of individuals that match with the values of the corporation. Finally, it gives examples of some companies that, when challenged, turned around...

...Sally Dench Many of the skills needed to make people employable are specific to particular occupations. However, increasingly employers are defining a set of “generic”, usually personal, skills which they seek when recruiting new employees. These “generic skills” include, for example, communication...

...Christopher Rowe Emphasizes the need for clear terminology; distinguishes between“competence” and “competency”. Argues that competence and competency models have been used in three different areas: recruitment, skill assessment and development. Considers competence models, such as the MCI standards...

... Psychometric testing Recruitment Selection Companies invest vast amounts of time, energy and money into improving business performance through their products or services. Invariably, the majority of companies continue to be well informed on the various business and technological advances being made...

...James A. Cannon The phenomenon known as the revolving door occurs when redundancy and recruitment occur simultaneously. It is becoming more prevalent because of the accelerating pace of change in organizations and the inability of many individuals to adapt sufficiently quickly. Identifies some...