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How to increase diversity through your recruitment practices

Tipper, Jeremy - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 36 (2004) 4, pp. 158-161

highlights a pragmatic guide as to how 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 … candidates; and rewarding employees when they successfully increase diversity through recruitment. …

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Transforming the ROI of your graduate scheme

Bedingfield, Carrie - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 37 (2005) 4, pp. 199-203

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 of graduate recruitment and development. It uses external research and the personal experience of the …

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Should a 60 per cent success rate be acceptable?

Harvard Davis, Stephen - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 37 (2005) 7, pp. 331-335

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 …

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The selection of international business managers: part 1

Hurn, Brian J. - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 38 (2006) 6, pp. 279-286

the margin of error in the recruitment of international managers. …

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Talent acquisition due diligence leading to high employee engagement: case of Motorola India MDB

Srivastava, Pallavi; Bhatnagar, Jyotsna - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 40 (2008) 5, pp. 253-260

organizations are adopting innovative recruitment practices to find the correct skill sets and competencies. The purpose of this … India‐ Mobile Devices Business. Findings – By reflecting recruitment and culture need fit, an environment is created at the …

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Prospering in uncertain times

Price, Tony - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 41 (2009) 2, pp. 75-79

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline some of the measures that UK business leaders can take, during times of economic turbulence, to ensure that their companies survive and thrive. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is written from the perspective of the UK and Ireland CEO...

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Engagement and talent management of Gen Y

Weyland, Anita - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 43 (2011) 7, pp. 439-445

Purpose – This article aims to underline that Generation Y have specific traits, needs and expectations and that it is vital that organizations understand these when looking to engage and support them and support in their development. Design/methodology/approach – The article deals with...

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Helping managers stimulate employee voluntary, helpful behavior

Bandura, Randall P.; Lyons, Paul R. - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 44 (2012) 2, pp. 94-102

Purpose – This paper aims to present: the concept of voluntary, helpful organizational behavior (V‐HOB); research results regarding how one subset of future business employees, accounting students, may be predisposed to such behavior; and practical training and development approaches aimed...

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LINKING MANPOWER PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT

Mayo, Andrew - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 22 (1990) 3

The processes necessary for identifying the number and type of recruits needed for longer term successful appointments are described. How different quantities at different stages lead to different results is shown and managerial qualities to be tested as part of the decision‐making process are...

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DEVELOPMENT CENTRES PART 2: LINKING DC DESIGN WITH ORGANISATIONAL VALUES AND MESSAGES

Kerr, Scott - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 23 (1991) 4

The second of a two‐part article elaborates on the themes espoused in Part 1 by identifying three development centre (DC) models: resource development, resource management and resource control. These illustrate the values on which the organisation is based and the messages it communicates; and...

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