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Craig Julien is director of global RO product management and marketing for Kenexa, which has branches in 18 countries and recruits in 40 countries. With the financial pages dominated by news of mass redundancies, he says that “the US and other ...

“In these times, it’s good to analyse internal processes,” says Erica Briody, who heads international RO for business solutions company Kenexa. “If companies aren’t in recruitment mode, let’s do line manager traini...

What are the usual procedures when you are going to hire someone for your company? Screen CVs and conduct job interviews? Are you sure these hiring procedures are effective in helping you select brilliant candidates? Since company HR always wants to...

There’s good news and bad news when it comes to expatriates: New research shows expatriates are generally more engaged than non-expatriates; however, they are a harder group to retain. More than half of expatriates seriously consider leaving t...

How Kenexa is blending psychology and technology to create passionate workers. At the suburban Philadelphia offices of Kenexa, people grin at one another all day long. Sometimes they hug. Bright posters of the company's guiding principles dot the wa...

A survey by Kenexa a recruitment company, has found that three out of five British employees are confident that they will not be made redundant. Te survey of 16,000 workers, including 1,000 in the UK, also showed that employees in India were the most...

"Employers want to be able to forecast which candidates will be high-yield employees. So 'linkage' - the association between employee engagement and profitability - is being extended to the recruitment process. In sectors such as retail, this is...

Despite a relentless cacophony of in-your-face doom-and-gloom on the front page every day, it turns out that Americans still tend to feel pretty good about their companies and their work situation. To be sure, pockets of discontent can be found any...

With job cuts and redundancies becoming increasingly common, it's more important than ever for HR to prove its worth and value to an organisation. But this is something that HR functions are historically bad at doing, according to Dave Millner, consu...

A recent global employee-engagement survey shows that leaders who inspire through communication and respect, and provide recognition go a long way toward creating an engaged and productive employee. In addition, many respondents say their on-the-job ...