Hot HR blog and jobs

Hello and welcome to this week's Hot HR blog and jobs update.

A warm welcome to all new members. If you like the group please promote it to all your HR contacts.

This Week:

For live discussions on LinkedIn, Facebook, Data Protection and E learning please join the group and join in with our discussions.

Here's a taster of one of our discussions: "It's all a lie -  An alluring picture, snappy title - come on in and read a very interesting article on LinkedIn profiles and the lies they tell!"

 

To read more join Hot HR


Hot HR jobs:

HR Advisor / Human Resources
Mirfield, West Yorkshire
Maternity Cover (initially for 6 months) 3 days a week
£14,417pa
Click here to read more about this role 


Payroll Officer / Payroll Coordinator / Payroll Administrator
Leeds, West Yorkshire
£20,000 - £23,000 plus benefits including free parking
Click here to read more about this role

For more HR and associated roles please visit the networx website.

Seminars and Networking Events:

Hot HR and networx are offering FREE seminars on 'Social Media - Recruiting The Right Way' in Cheshire and Durham.

The Durham event will take place on 11th October from 9am to 11am and will be held at Durham Marriott Hotel Royal. To book your FREE place go to eventbrite  

The Cheshire event will be held on 18th October from 9am to 11am at the Village Hotel (De Vere) Bury, Manchester. To book your FREE place go to eventbrite 

If you have any comments on the blog or Hot HR please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best Wishes
Hot HR

Free Event: Social Media and Recruitment - "The Right Way"

Following the great success of our previous events, Networx and Hot HR are pleased to announce the following FREE seminar - Social Media and Recruitment - "The Right Way" in Durham on 11th October:

Is there a right way to use Social Media as part of your recruitment process? Or more importantly is there a wrong way?

Are you confused?

Drawing on our knowledge and experience this seminar is designed to provide you with the information you require whilst ensuring that every step of your approach to Social Media is reflective of best practise.


Topics include:

• What is Social media and how does it relate to the world of HR?
• Facebook - How do you turn this social communication tool into a business tool?
• LinkedIn – Defining your strategy & how to implement it for maximum effect
• Google Adwords and Facebook Advertising as candidate attraction tools

Registration and breakfast will commence at 9:00am with presentations starting at 9.30am prompt.
The presentations will be followed by an opportunity to network with other attendees.
Please note: There is limited on-site parking charged at £4 for 4 hours. There is also nearby off-site parking at £1 per hour.

Who is this seminar suitable for?

This seminar is dedicated exclusively for HR professionals and internal recruiters. No requests to attend from recruitment consultants or agencies will be accepted.

We have held a number of events previously which have been hailed a great success and we received the following comments from our attendees:

"Informative, insightful and helpful - well worth 3 hours" , "Informative, useful way to consider the future of recruitment", "Very useful", " Fantastic, Very Informative".

A bit about the organisers:

Networx

Networx is a leading online recruitment specialist who works alongside hundreds of HR professionals throughout the UK. Using cutting edge technology together with the expertise of online sourcing strategies, networx offer complete recruitment solutions that are designed to maximise performance at every stage of the recruitment process.

Hot HR

Hot HR is a Linked In group dedicated exclusively to HR professionals and designed to provide the latest news, employment law updates and share best practice. With over 1500 members throughout the UK Hot HR is a rapidly growing community created to support HR professionals in their daily role.

How to register:

http://socialmediarecruitmentdurham.eventbrite.co.uk/

This is a FREE event. Simply register your details and we will send you acknowledgement by email. All communication and information regarding the event will be sent to your email account prior to the event. If you have any questions please contact Jayne Dobson on 01943 467766.

Hot HR Blog

Hello and welcome to all members, existing and new - now with over 1600 members!

With 38% of members being at manager level, 20% senior, 11% entry, 11% director and 10% partner, Hot HR really is a group for HR professionals at all levels.  

This week's Speed Read from Ward Hadaway discussed:

- Proposed reform of collective redundancy consultation
- Fiduciary duties for senior employees

To read more on legal updates from Ward Hadaway click here

Top Spots
- Facebook
- Candidate Experience

To read more join Hot HR

EVENTS:

'How effective is your recruitment process? Is it compliant with the Equality Act?' event took place this week in association with networx, Ward Hadaway and Hot HR.

This event was a great sucess, with over 70 delegates attending.

If you were unable to attend but would like more information, please contact
alex.murgatroyd@networxrecruitment.com

HR JOBS:

Hot HR now has a Hot HR job blog specifically for HR professionals

To view the HR jobs, click here

JOIN US: Hot HR welcomes new contributors and partnerships, if you would like to discuss this further, please contact Alex via Hot HR.

Hot HR Update 6-10 February

What's Hot in HR this week?

This week's update from Hot HR, provides you with current updates from Ward Hadaway, Hot HR's only employment law specialist along with a sample of interesting discussions and updates for you to to read, join in and comment on.

FROM WARD HADAWAY:
* Protective disclosures in the workplace – an employee's obligations

* Taxable payments to employees under TUPE transfers
* Government launches regional mediation networks

To read more from Ward Hadaway join Hot HR.

DISCUSSIONS:

*  It's now official - those employed on or after 6 April this year WILL need 2 years' service to claim unfair dismissal (UFD). The relevant amending legislation was published this afternoon.                     
* Have to admit that I had no idea what this Facebook Timeline is all about, but here is someone who does! Informative read I think. 
*   Mediation - woefully under-used but the government is actively promoting it as alternative to tribunals. I have a new checklist on "Mediation in the Workplace" which members may find useful.                

To read more, comment or start a discussion join here

STRATEGIC PARTNER ANNOUNCEMENT:
Hot HR welcome a brand new strategic partner  with Virtual College.

Virtual College has been established for over 15 years, providing e-learning advice and products to over 700,000 people (and counting) in a range of public and private sector industries.

With an in house team of course developers, designers and technical staff we have over 150 modules available to use today, and develop new modules to keep up with changes in various industries.
With cutting edge Learning Management System offers unparalleled usability and functionality in:

• Tracking of learner progress
• Appraisal and Evaluations
• Recording Face to Face Training
• Event Management and Attendance Tracking
• Recording of offline learning and e-Portfolio evidence
• Personal Development Plans
• Creating Assessments
to name a few.

Secure online access is available 24/7 and with a dedicated support team based in Ilkley available by phone or email to all learners.  There are dedicated professional divisions for Safeguarding, Healthcare, Housing, Trades and Apprenticeships, each of which know their industry inside out and work like hubs not just for e-learning, but industry developments in general.

To learn more or contact Virtual College please click here.

HR JOBS - Please look in the job section for current HR roles

JOIN US- Hot HR welcomes new contributors and partnerships, if you would like to discuss this further, please contact Alex via Hot HR.

Please see the Hot HR blog for other articles and updates. Also follow Hot HR on Twitter @Hot_HR. Not already a member, click here to join Hot HR.

We look forward to seeing you in Hot HR!

Hot HR Hot Spot 'Why can’t we all just get along? (or the art of being nice)' by Alison Mulholland from nef

Why can’t we all just get along? (or the art of being nice)

I work with two of the loveliest people (hi Lois and Laura) and they always make you feel that nothing is a bother for them. This, in turn, makes me want to help them. Simple. So why is this so hard for people to understand? In the course of most people’s working life they will be hassled. Shouted at and belittled and, for some customer- facing staff, there are even more serious situations. Unbelievably, at Transport for London there were 1,400 assaults on staff in 2010/11 and this is a reduction from the amount the year before!

Although most of us won’t face anything as bad as being physically assaulted it can be easy to remember that, in HR, we are dealing with real people with real problems. For example, I have often seen managers complain that people are getting stroppy over the fact that their pay is wrong, forgetting that is how people pay their bills and, of course, you can never really know people’s financial situation. One particular time sticks out for me where I had one senior HR manager mess up on someone’s pay which saw them get only half of what they should be getting. The manager’s feeling was that the member of staff should be able to cope on half pay which would mean the manager not having to confess her mistake and instead just adjusting next month’s payroll. Had she spoken to the person concerned (as I did) they would have discovered that the staff member had just moved house, was flat broke after stumping up a large deposit and really needed the pay she was owed.

I try to work with a customer service mindset, not just treating others how I would like to be treated but using the phrase “what sort of person do I want to be” to influence how I work. In HR we often have to deal with difficult and sometimes heartbreaking situations and dealing with these issues in a sensitive manner can make all the difference to the employees involved and often results in a better outcome all round.

The other side of being a nice person is that people will want to work with you – we all know horror stories about people who have had bad service in shops and won’t go back to them – we in HR must make sure we give the customer service to all our customers (and that includes those that are off with bad backs but posting pictures of themselves on Facebook doing somersaults, those caught stealing red handed).

So try and be a Ms or Mr Do-As-You-Would-Be-Done-By and see what happens.