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January262012
Source: Sourcing Focus
Motivation and drivers play a key factor in outsourced recruitment and talent management processes, but on a global scale what really engages staff will vary from place to place. As the Asia Pacific region…
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December222011
Source: Personnel Today
When Tracey Shepherd first discovered she would be transferred to the company her employer had just signed an outsourcing deal with, she was distraught. She had been working for Thomson Local, the business…
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December082011
Source: Changeboard
Companies have made the link between good people and good business, and as a result their ability to attract, retain and engage the best talent is now a strategic issue for their business. But it is increasingly…
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December052011
Source: Outsource Magazine
As the future of the UK business environment continues to be the subject of debate, organisations across the globe must look at developing talent for what can only be described as an uncertain future. …
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November302011
Source: Executive Grapevine
Organisations in the Asia-Pacific region aren’t finding and retaining their desired talent because they don’t know what they want.…
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November232011
Source: Executive Grapevine
Organisations are struggling to identify a credible talent pool, despite acknowledging the importance of succession planning in the economic climate.…
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November152011
At the Ochre House HR directors’ Annual Symposium a key topic of conversation was the increasing need to connect the business and HR functions.…
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October262011
A study by recruitment process outsourcing and talent management consultancy Ochre House has shown that 90% of organisations in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region have no talent pipelining activity.
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October192011
Source: Sourcing Focus
Last month we brought together key thinkers in the HR profession for our annual HR Directors symposium, Redefining Business Value Through a Talent Centric Approach, and the debate certainly raised a few…
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September292011
Pinstripe, Inc. and Ochre House, partners and international leaders in recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), together announce the findings of their Global Think Tank. Hosted by client-partner VWR, the…
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September232011
Research published this week revealed that 64 per cent of men would apparently like to work in an all-male office due to the “bitchy” atmosphere in a female dominated office. When reading …
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September212011
The polarisation of the recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) market is set to continue, leaving companies in the middle facing the biggest challenge, according to Chris Herrmannsen, chief executive of…
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September212011
Have you had a ’ker-ching moment’ recently? If so, you had probably not mention it to Sue Brooks, managing director of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) firm Ochre House. Brooks uses the…
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September192011
Alistair Darling’s autobiography is stirring up a real storm in the Labour party camp – most notably for his account of disagreements with the party’s then leader, Gordon Brown. Once…
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August302011
Wright cites instances at Virgin where individuals were ‘parachuted’ into areas where they had little or no directly obvious experience. “One woman, for example, went from store manager…
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August192011
Within the HR community, the case for outsourcing certain elements of the function to external specialists is well made and well understood. By doing so, the argument goes, HR can get access to 'best …
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August192011
This grand-sounding annual event will take place on Wednesday 14th September at Wentworth Golf Club. The day conference has an intriguing title: Re-defining Business Value Through a Talent Centric …
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August182011
Last week I was meeting with HR and business leaders to understand how their talent acquisition strategies were coping with the pressure for growth in Asia, specifically greater China. In this short article…
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August152011
According to research by HR think tank Ochre House Network (made up of over 650 major employers including GE, Kimberley-Clark, Lilly, Microsoft and United Biscuits) as many as four out of…
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July282011
Before any organisation decides to outsource recruitment to an external specialist, shouldn’t they be crystal clear about what they want that specialist to do? After all, even the best outsourcing…
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