The ongoing war for talent

Recruitment may be down but the war for talent remains a fierce as ever. Indeed, some employers see these difficult times as an opportunity to target competitors’ employees who have been made redundant. That is one of the many interesting findings from a recent...

The importance of objective assessment in difficult times

Whether you prefer to call it ‘down sizing’, ‘right sizing’, ‘restructuring’ or simply making redundancies, organisations continue to shed staff in an attempt to deal with the economic slowdown. For those who have to make the difficult decision of who to keep and who...