Recruitment can be defined as the process by which the organisation’s Human Resources Department contacts/attracts, interviews, selects, and hires employees. This makes recruitment one of the vital parts of human resource management and the company/business in general. Many companies today find recruits through social media, online job boards, and advertisements. Although the process may seem easy, determining if the recruits are credible and the best fit for the job can be challenging.

It seems like you can’t turn your office swivel chair without bumping into a study pronouncing how harmful prolonged sitting is. A recent one published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute goes so far as to say that people who spend more hours of the day sitting than standing increase their risk for developing cancer by a whopping 66 per cent. Add to that the statistics on obesity, diabetes and heart disease, and the state of employee health and wellbeing begins to look bleak.
 

What is workplace bullying? Workplace bullying is repeated, unreasonable behaviour directed towards a worker, or a group of workers, that creates a risk to health and safety. This includes the mental or physical health of the person(s). Workplace bullying is not reasonable management action carried out in a reasonable manner. What steps should we take if bullying is identified?

Unfriending someone on Facebook has been adjudged as ‘workplace bullying’ according to the Fair Work Commission. In a move that will dismay many employers on the extent to which the legal profession is now called upon to intervene in what appear to be petty disputes, the decision nevertheless has implications for HR, underlining the importance of having social media policies in place.

With the ‘bring your own device’ culture growing, businesses are at major risk of data breach unless they take tech security seriously.

Mobile technology has helped businesses become more flexible, efficient and well connected than ever before. But with more devices accessing their information, companies are putting their intellectual property and competitive edge, at risk.

According to David Markus, founder and managing director of IT services firm Combo, the importance of digital security is often underestimated: “In small business, there’s a real lack of understanding and appreciation of what’s at risk... most attacks are still not even perceived. Data’s going missing, and they’re not even noticing it.”