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New Research show HR can help Save the Planet
by Samantha Crous (General Manager, CRF Institute South Africa)
There is a finer link than one may think between human resources and natural resources – and better HR practice could help save the planet, recent research shows. According to a statistic from the CRF Institute’s latest annual Best Employers Certification Index, if employees working flexitime for the listed companies worked from home for one day a year, South Africa would save 4 366 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) and 119 079 litres of petrol. read more
HR - The answer to South Africa's challenges?
by Nic Dawes (Editor Mail & Guardian) t | @nicdawes
It is a truism that South Africa has a growth problem. With the exception of a half-decade leading up to the global financial crisis, our economy has been manifestly incapable of expanding at the rate that is needed seriously to dent unemployment and reduce inequality.
On the other hand... read more
CSI - Opening the Gate to Opportunites
Beautiful Gate, an NGO working on the outskirts of Cape Town, and the CRF Institute, a global corporate research organisation that specialises in international projects for good employers, are empowering local youth by giving them some of the information and resources they need to find jobs.
Over 70% of the unemployed in South Africa (25% of the population) falls in the 15 to 34 age-group. read more
The New (World) War For Talent
by Steve Bluen [Professor, Gordon Institute for Business Science (GIBS)]
In 1998, McKinsey coined the phrase “War for Talent,” when they pointed to the ever widening supply and demand gap of executives in Corporate America. They attributed the cause of this talent shortage to factors such as female employment levels plateauing, fewer immigrants entering the workforce, executives opting not to prolong their careers, increased job mobility and corporates facing stiff competition for executive talent from small and medium sized businesses. Furthermore, the fact that the number of young people entering the job market has decreased by a third since 1970 and that the imminent retirement of the Baby Boomers will mean that, by 2020, the USA will need to find 10 million new workers to replace them, further exacerbates the talent crisis.
It is not hard to see why...
Read full article here
Our NEWS: Inspiring best employers to stand out
Best Employers is media partners with the
View the full supplement from the 2011/12 certification process online here.
Features
New Research show HR can help Save the Planet
by Samantha Crous (General Manager, CRF Institute South Africa)
There is a finer link than one may think between human resources and natural resources – and better HR practice could help save the planet, recent research shows. According to a statistic from the CRF Institute’s latest annual Best Employers Certification Index, if employees working flexitime for the listed companies worked from home for one day a year, South Africa would save 4 366 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) and 119 079 litres of petrol. read more
HR - The answer to South Africa's challenges?
by Nic Dawes (Editor Mail & Guardian) t | @nicdawes
It is a truism that South Africa has a growth problem. With the exception of a half-decade leading up to the global financial crisis, our economy has been manifestly incapable of expanding at the rate that is needed seriously to dent unemployment and reduce inequality.
On the other hand... read more
CSI - Opening the Gate to Opportunites
Beautiful Gate, an NGO working on the outskirts of Cape Town, and the CRF Institute, a global corporate research organisation that specialises in international projects for good employers, are empowering local youth by giving them some of the information and resources they need to find jobs.
Over 70% of the unemployed in South Africa (25% of the population) falls in the 15 to 34 age-group. read more
The New (World) War For Talent
by Steve Bluen [Professor, Gordon Institute for Business Science (GIBS)]
In 1998, McKinsey coined the phrase “War for Talent,” when they pointed to the ever widening supply and demand gap of executives in Corporate America. They attributed the cause of this talent shortage to factors such as female employment levels plateauing, fewer immigrants entering the workforce, executives opting not to prolong their careers, increased job mobility and corporates facing stiff competition for executive talent from small and medium sized businesses. Furthermore, the fact that the number of young people entering the job market has decreased by a third since 1970 and that the imminent retirement of the Baby Boomers will mean that, by 2020, the USA will need to find 10 million new workers to replace them, further exacerbates the talent crisis.
It is not hard to see why...
Read full article here