recruitment – Ratio View

Questioned Before Shortlisted: Investment A or B?

February 22, 2018August 9, 2018 Douglascash budget, cash flow, investment, recruitment0 comment

The company is presented with two investment opportunities: Investment A) We invest $1,000,000 and we are guaranteed to receive back $2,000,000 one year from now. Investment B) We invest $5,000,000 and we are guaranteed to receive back $6,050,000 one year from now. The risk profile for both investments is exactly the same. There is no strategic interest in pursuing one of the other. Which option would you take and why? ___ I came across the above question in an electronic application form for a certain job vacancy. I am not…

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Human Resources Case

February 18, 2018August 9, 2018 Douglashuman resources management, recruitment0 comment

Human resources is important in small or sizable business. A small business with few employees may not have specialist human resources staff. Recruitment and management are carried out by line managers. Larger businesses may have an HR specialist or department to oversee and coordinate their employee management policies and procedures. Even when a company employs an HR specialist, it is the line manager who has day-to-day responsibility for implementing HR initiatives. Challenges A small company with few employees, due to business expansion, needs to hire 3 additional engineers to cope…

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1 Extraordinary Channel to Good Hire

February 14, 2018August 9, 2018 Douglashire, manager, recruitment, teaching0 comment

Following the last post, I want to tell you more about a special advantage if you teach part-time. We all know the conventional recruitment channels: job sites, employment agencies, and your network. Though students are also people you know, i.e. making up part of your network, there are a number of reasons why they deserve your serious consideration when you need to hire. You meet your students a few times Unless you lead a one-off training session, usually a course has several lessons. This means you will see your students…

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From Football Manager to Company Manager

February 5, 2018August 9, 2018 Douglasfootball manager, hire, human resources management, manager, recruitment0 comment

I like to play computer games. They range from war games (e.g. Romance of the Three Kingdoms) to role-play adventure (e.g. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons) to first-person-shooting (e.g. Rainbow Six). For sports games, it is mainly soccer. And I switched from action, i.e. directly controlling players in the field, to simulation. And the one game I have been so into, is Football Manager. Interestingly, this game is like a job. You have to decide how to run the club, under the requirements of the board of directors, and constraints from…