Welcome to the New Financial Year!

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The New Financial Year is here. You've finished up the last financial year, set your budget up for this year and you are off and running again!  Good stuff.  However, if you didn't think to review your HR practices by June 30, you can do so now to set up this financial year with a healthy, compliant HR process.  HR strategies really should be incorporated in to your business plan, as your people are what drive your business, hopefully, forward! Here are five things you might want to think about:

1. Budgets

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2018 has started with a bang, infact it's flying by, and you are keen to get moving on all those fantastic plans and new ideas you have for your business and success, problem is, you haven’t got the right team in place – yet. Finding the right employees for your business can be a business itself. Recruiting well can be a real competitive advantage but when things don’t go smoothly the impact is substantial – disruption to your business, reduced productivity, patchy customer service plus the long-term costs asso
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The recruitment process is serious business! Now that you’ve made the decision you need to hire someone, you probably wish you could click your fingers and find the perfect person. Advertising the role, and shortlisting and interviewing candidates can be a time- consuming process which can be especially challenging for small business and franchise owners trying to run a business with limited resources. Once again, planning the process is paramount. The first thing you will need to decide is whether you are going to cond
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It’s a big decision to hire a new person to join your business so it’s imperative that you learn as much as possible about a potential candidate during the interview process. As an interview is typically for a limited period of time (opinions differ as to how long is ideal but a popular view is no longer than 45minutes) you need to use the time wisely. Once again, giving some thought to the process beforehand will stand you in good stead. Here are some things to consider: 1. An interview should not
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The HR Central team blogs are about all things HR to keep you and your business informed about the main topics that make up the "employment cycle". Consulting Solutions and Software and Advice Solutions bring together our team’s extensive HR knowledge and expertise in the best of Cloud based software and Specialist advice. We are always looking for new and innovative ways to share information. We see our weekly bl
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A spring clean isn't just reserved  for the house or the garden shed, you CAN also have an HR Spring Clean!  Read more... Spring is in the air after what feels like a longgggg Winter- it’s time to bust open the doors, blow away the flu germs and say hello to a good old spring clean.Spring is also a great time to clean out the HR side of your business, whether that’s getting your policies and procedures updated and modernised, your employee job descriptions current or employment documents legislated for the times. Yo
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Being patient with your recruitment is key. You will regret it if you rush through this process in order to get a bum in a seat!

Sometimes timing is in your favour and you have a candidate ready to jump in. You’re one of the lucky ones. Most recruitment is time consuming and often is difficult to get that perfect person. It is however my advice that patience is key as well as being prepared.

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Our first of many workshops to come...

Last night HR Central hosted the first of many workshops to educate our clients on different areas of Human Resources.  Knowledgeable and talented HR Specialist, Leisa Rennie ran the first workshop on ‘Successful Recruitment Principles.’  Workshop attendees learnt all about Equal Employment Opportunity framework, recruitment strategies, job analysis & advertisement, how to shortlist candidates, how to run an interview, how to use psychometric testing, re
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