The Power of Networking

Ashley Kate HR was pleased to be asked to attend the Humber Branch CIPD event last week at Hull College. Paula Shaw – HR Business Manager and Tiffany Johnson – HR Recruitment Consultant for our Northern region saw a great turn out for the CIPD’s first event that has been run in this area where HR professionals, at all levels, gained valuable access to useful and up to date CV tips and guidance and had the opportunity to listen to CIPD speaker Katie Atkin. Delegates learnt the essentials skills in areas such as building their confidence as an HR Manager and Katie highlighted that she recognises that HRs’ voice isn’t always heard within organisations and provided fellow CIPD members crucial advice on how to get the right messages across clearly. It was an enjoyable evening and those HR professionals that Paula and Tiffany spoke to felt they had picked up excellent advice, tips and techniques that they could utilise in and out of the workplace. CIPD members bought along their CV’s and linked in with Ashley Kate representatives who were on hand to offer their insight into the local HR recruitment market and offer valuable assistance to HR delegates on CV preparation and presentation. One issue that members were concerned with was how to have a stand out CV and attract prospective employers.

Ashley Kate HR’s advice on perfecting the CV is now available to all HR professionals by clicking on this link to access our handy hints video http://www.ashleykatehr.com/candidates/write_a_good_cv/ . In addition once your CV has grabbed the attention of an employer and resulted in a interview why not take a look at our excellent interview video – click on http://www.ashleykatehr.com/candidates/interview_success/ and see what you should be doing to make a lasting impression.

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Hot HR job of the week from Ashley Kate HR

HR Business Partner – North Lincolnshire – 1202-42PS

Increased competition for HR jobs means moving your career forward on your own can be a challenging prospect. That’s why Ashley Kate HR‘s advice, support and contacts can be invaluable and why so many HR professionals turn to Ashley Kate HR time and time again. Take a look at the HOT HR JOB OF THE WEEK http://www.ashleykatehr.com/vacancies/3166/hr_business_partner/ and if this meets your current career objectives then get in touch with Paula Shaw at paula.shaw@ashleykatehr.com or call Paula on 0114 221 8000

For other HR jobs please follow this link http://bit.ly/AshleyKateHRJOBS

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Hot HR topic of the week – HR Professionals Network UK

“When a business is going through a period of change what steps should HR take to define its culture?”

Click on the link to join and have your say in this and many other HR specific discussions now taking place http://linkd.in/HRProfessionalsNetworkUK
Ashley Kate HR actively encourage you all to share and exchange your valuable knowledge and experiences of HR with each other on what social media experts claim to be one of the fastest growing HR specific Linked In groups so don’t’ miss out!

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HR is at the heart of our business

Ashley Kate’s HR Network is a UK-wide network with like minded HR professionals at its heart and offers HR exceptional opportunities to be an integral part of an invaluable HR networking group and it is FREE to join! We work hard on building relationships that give our clients a competitive edge and are keen to enhance our clients positioning in the market by offering them access to a variety of beneficial HR services. We have recently announced dates for our springtime events and would like to share them with you.

Firstly, our next HR Directors Boardroom forum is being held in Manchester on 8th March. Our debate leader is Nathan Clements, HR Director – Manufacturing at WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc and this provides a unique opportunity for HR Executives to participate in a strategic debate with Nathan Clements who will share his experiences in managing radical business transformation that has focused on driving a high performance culture through effective engagement initiatives. Our exclusive boardroom provides a focus on topical HR issues within the HRD arena and invites speakers who are at the forefront of HR and business.

Secondly, our next Employment law seminar is on March 28th in the East Midlands. This event will equip our HR members with the latest legal developments in employment from our legal partners Eversheds, and in addition will provide valuable networking opportunities to meet like minded HR professionals in what will be a lively and participative seminar style event.

As part of our continuous professional development of our HR members we will be running these events across the UK. If you are keen to attend either of the above in March or hear of other forthcoming events during the course of 2012 please contact kim.macnamara@ashleykatehr.com

For the latest copy of our FREE HR Network newsletter please click on this link http://www.ashleykatehr.com/news/hr_network/

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How do Ashley Kate HR measure its success?

Gaining a Linked in recommendation from an HR candidate or client is a powerful sign of approval and a perfect way to show future HR customers just how good you really are.

Take a look at one of our HR recruitment consultants Amanda Underhill ,who recruits Executive level HR in the Midlands/Home Counties region.  Amanda  recently received this recommendation; “Amanda provided an excellent service when I was looking for an interim HR Business Partner. The candidates were of high calibre and we have ourselves an excellent new employee”. http://uk.linkedin.com/in/amandaunderhill . This is just one example of many recommendations that our team have received validating our services.

Amanda has 36 personal referrals, these and the rest of the Ashley Kate HR team’s endorsements can be seen my millions of Linked In users across the world so the recognisable branding of Ashley Kate HR is highly visible and more importantly easily accessible to any HR professional wishing to use our HR recruitment services either as a client or a candidate.

We are able to provide proof that what we say we do – we can actually do!! If you would like to know more about Ashley Kate HR’s recruitment services, HR Network or HR Directors Boardroom please contact kim.macnamara@ashleykatehr.com.

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Will anonymous CV’s end discrimination?

There have been a number of articles in the past week relating to Nick Clegg’s proposal to implement a voluntary code for FTSE firms to edit their applications forms and recruit more ‘fairly’.

Click on this link to access just one of those articles.

http://www.thegrapevinemagazine.com/?newsid=5125

Ashley Kate HR are keen to hear from HR , Recruiters and Diversity specialists out there as to your views and opinions on whether this initiative will contribute to ending the existence of the ‘old boy network’ ,whether this should be extended to all firms and what the consequences could potentially be for HR?

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I need a fresh pair of eyes!

How many times have you heard that from companies struggling to meet their overall HR objectives and meet the ever more demanding deadlines being set? Ashley Kate HR have seen an increase in the need for these ‘extra pair of eyes’ otherwise known as, ‘’HR Interims ‘’. Clients are keen to seek additional HR assistance , by hiring HR professionals who can challenge their teams , drive bottom line profit and enhance performance further by providing an effective outsiders perspective on key HR issues and projects.
Our experiences are confirmed by an article regarding recent research from Ipsos MORI that also highlights that demand for interims has soared http://www.thegrapevinemagazine.com/?id=5063
HR Interims believe they have an important role in helping companies innovate and generate new ideas and initiatives .They have an innate ability to thoroughly question, analyse, and compare what needs to be done from their previous experiences so if you want that fresh ‘pair of eyes’ and would benefit from another view point then engage an Ashley Kate HR interim in 2012!
Interims are:
• Sensitive to your culture and the pace as they have varied HR skills and experiences across different sectors so can quickly identify their target areas.
• Used to engaging with diverse workforces in their interim assignments and can quickly become a trusted member of the project team. Offering you impartial advice is key.
• Able to offer a track record of embedding and promoting viable, profit focused change solutions.
• More focused on the end result and not distracted by internal politics. They are there to do one thing and one thing only –carry out that job effectively.
• Flexible – you can turn the tap on and off as to when you require their services so bringing them in at the key stages in your project.
• Added value – not only supporting you with this key role they can offer the benefit of their working wisdom in other areas.
As Gill Rider, President of CIPD, recently said, “What I believe the HR profession is for, is to drive productivity and performance, and you get that by getting the best out of people.’’
Ashley Kate HR interims could certainly help you with achieving that goal in 2012.
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What do HR do when the party gets out of hand?

One of our Linked In group members posed a very timely question relating to Christmas Parties recently asking if anyone witnessed unacceptable behaviour at the ‘Christmas do’ and as a result have had to put in place a clear policy! We all want to enjoy ourselves at this time of year but how important is it to have a clear policy and is it better to have preventative measures in place rather than have to deal with the aftermath?

How about this for some interesting behaviours?
• ‘’Unfortunately I had a situation where I had to dismiss a number of people because of their behaviour at the end of a party which totally put the dampeners on the festive season’’.
• ‘’One company I worked for recently had to take disciplinary action against 2 or 3 employees after a party who drank too much that they disgraced themselves and the company as well as abusing verbally their manager and the CEO. It wasn’t pretty at all and I think the disciplinary warnings given gave out the right message that even at a party you are still “an employee”.
• ‘’Most look forward to letting their hair down at the Christmas Party and whilst we don’t want to put a downer on the evening – where is the balance? In some circumstances unacceptable behaviour can be encouraged by senior staff. I have actually experienced this years ago with a previous employer. ‘’
So what’s the answer – the consensus of opinion on our Linked in group http://linkd.in/HRProfessionalsNetworkUK is a gentle cautionary note prior to the event rather than a hard lecture – what are your views? This is just an example of one of the many engaging discussion happening right now.

Here are some excellent tips offered by our HR members:

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Are you maintaining a competitive edge?

Produced from contributions from our HR connections, coupled with our unrivalled HR market intelligence the Ashley Kate HR Newsletter is available to you NOW! It provides you with FREE legislative updates along with a useful HR Market overview; imperative in keeping you abreast of HR changes and maintaining that competitive edge.

To view the Christmas edition of the HR Network Newsletter please follow this link www.clientel-testsite.co.uk/ashley-kate/newsletter-dec-2011/
              
Please contact me directly on kim.macnamara@ashleykatehr.com if you require further HR market data or if you are currently recruiting for an HR role and would like us to assist you. Also if you are keen to contribute and offer topical HR articles for our next newsletter we would like to hear from you.

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Ashley Kate HR showed their spots!



Ashley Kate HR rose to the challenge on Friday 18th November and set out to beat their target of £250 in aid of Children in Need with an aim to impact and change children’s lives! We wore our spots and indeed we raised lots of cash proving we are not just great HR recruiters but also exceptionally good at baking and selling cakes!! The Ashley Kate teams across the UK raised a magnificent £296.43!!!

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