Final frontiers
Employers are at last using web technology to automate their candidate management processes. Suresh Roodal asks what this trend means for recruitment businesses
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Equal opportunities programs
Business benefits and EU legislation – coupled with the complexity of the analysis required - are driving demand for diversity software. Larry Cucchi explains
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Personal problems
Many HR departments are unprepared for the effect on recruitment activities of new EU privacy regulations that come into force later this year, warns David Gurney
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In the hiring line
Why is HR so slow to adopt full online hiring? Jilly Welch discovers that the familiar problem of strategic worth is still stalling progress
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IT gets personnel
Recruiters who fail to get to grips with technological advances could be failing the organisations they work for, writes Simon Kent
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Who's byting?
Executive search firms are going online in an attempt to net the biggest fish in the employment market. But, as Anat Arkin reports, some deep-lying problems await those who use the World Wide Web to recruit top managers
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The next step
Futurestep was born out of a strategic review conducted five years ago at Korn/Ferry, the world's largest executive search business, explains Anat Arkin
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IT increases influence of HR
Teams can generate more reliable data using technology, which improves their credibility and power in the organisation
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Equal opportunities programs
Business benefits and EU legislation – coupled with the complexity of the analysis required - are driving demand for diversity software. Larry Cucchi explains
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Personal problems
Many HR departments are unprepared for the effect on recruitment activities of new EU privacy regulations that come into force later this year, warns David Gurney
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Invest and learn
When high-cost IT projects fail to deliver the expected return on investment, blame is placed too often on the technology involved, rather than on the failure to provide adequate training, explains Lisa Clark
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E-learning content must be king
Selecting the right technology for online training may be daunting, but HR managers should spend at least as much time getting the educational content right, argues Matilda Venter
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Make everyone welcome
Intranet accessibility issues are too important to leave to the IT department, argues Dean Russell
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Put your benefits online
Swapping unread booklets for computer screens can go down well with employees and save your business money, explains Richard Blundell, co-founder of 4th Contact
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Work-life or work not
Industries with high staff turnover, such as call centres, are paying a high price for ignoring the benefits of flexible working, explains Julian Harper, vice-president, international, at workforce-optimisation specialist Blue Pumpkin
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