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MASTER YOUR INNER SELF WITH CONFIDENCE IN FIVE (5) WAYS

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It is common for most HR’s to see themselves as certain roles, such as a friend, partner, employee, or son/daughter. Some spend their whole lives building themselves around such identities. Take those identities away, and they get lost, because they have little awareness of who they are on the inside. Knowing your inner self is to know your purpose, values, vision, goals, your motivations, and your beliefs. Not what you are been told by others, but what you have discovered by yourself as a Human Resource person. Knowing your inner self requires a high level of self-examination and self-awareness. If you have clarity of at least half of the lists above, you probably have quite a high level of self-awareness. At the same time, the process of self-discovery never ends — it’s a life-long journey. A Human Resource dressed in an abnormal way could be judged as dark and extreme. This would be a fair assumption given that the person dressed in such a manner is in control of their appe...

GETTING SMART WITH PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GOALS

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We all aim for professional as well as personal development in life. For the simple reason that we want the best of both worlds. Human resources goals and focus on recognition of human capital as the resource that drives organizational success.   Personal goals are more life-related like love, discipline, faith, strength, self-confidence etc. These are subjective. You cannot measure these. For example; being a good person, helping someone, falling in love, travelling etc. Personal goals are more about the journey of self-discovery, companionship, compassion, freedom etc. More specific human resources goals are the inclusion of HR leaders in overall business decision-making and the ability to demonstrate that investment in HR activities and strategy has a tremendous impact on the company’s bottom line. Here are some Personal and Professional goals you can consider. Personal Goals Goals Intended for the Family Some goals are directed toward the family and future. So...

WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR PERSONALITY PROFESSIONALLY

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The personality is the typical pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaviours that make a person unique. Everyone wants to be attractive to others. To that end, having a good personality is vital - probably even more so than good looks.Personality improvement is an ongoing process that one needs to achieve, to keep his growth and prosperity intact. Our personality generally is a sum total of our thinking patterns, habits, character genes and environmental effects. Be supportive of others Being supportive is probably the most endearing quality you can integrate into your personality. Just as you yourself welcome it, be the support for others when they need it. We all love a cheerleader in our corner; someone who is encouraging, helps with employee’s questions and ethical dilemma at work, believes in us and helps pick us up when we're down. Have Integrity and treat your employees with respect. Being honest and true to your word will bring you the admiration, respect a...

MIND YOUR ATTITUDE PROFESSIONALLY

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As a professional , you are required to demonstrate an attitude and behaviours appropriate to the workplace. This includes organising and prioritising your own workload and aiming to deliver work of high quality that meets agreed objectives. You will need to work effectively with other people from both your own, and other organisations. Professional is use to describe attitude, behaviour and actions towards your career. You need to be committed to your own learning and development, and take action to address your identified learning and development needs. Below are some attitude you need to consider professionally as a Human Resource. The Need to Stay Organised When it comes to the management of HR, it’s imperative that everything has its place, because lost items and files can be of great importance down the track. For large corporations, it’s especially important to have HR intranet software in operation these days as very little is done without the Internet, or at least ...

TEN (10) RECRUITMENT TIPS FOR HRs AND JOB SEEKERS

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In human resource management, “recruitment” is the process of finding and hiring the best and most qualified candidate for a job opening, in a timely and cost-effective manner. Below are some tips for both recruiters and job seekers. RECRUITERS 1.      Selling the opportunity to prospective candidates This is possibly the most important part of a recruitment process in mind. As a recruiter, you need to balance by giving a client the best possible chance of securing the perfect candidate and with the probability that such candidate is going to accept the position. In order to do this, a recruiter needs to know why someone would accept a given position. A good recruiter will be able to tell candidates: §   Their hours of work. §   The type of work the firm does . §   Training and development programs available . §   Why the type of work firm does is important to their development. §   Social activities and overall cultur...