Fuze HR

28/05/2015

I feel like a - one of my clients needs a credit controller. Great role, based in Kildare (maternity leave cover). Email ([email protected]) for further details.

03/09/2014

28/08/2014

John Byrne, GetBusyLiving

22/07/2014

Well done , great coverage Did anyone in spot it ?

Having weathered the downturn, the plan now is to woo more business

23/05/2014

07/05/2014

Another blog of mine - www.fuze.ie/news - Social Media : yet another HR policy !

Just when you thought you were on top of your HR policies & procedures, yet another one comes crawling along …
According to law firm William Fry, as reported in the Irish Independent this week, 42 per cent of companies already have a social media policy in place (up 31 per cent from last year). Good news. But what about the other 58% ? How are they going to deal with their staff who by all accounts, are clocking up a considerable amount of time – working time – on personal social media sites.
A total of 59 per cent of workers are reported to access social media sites on a personal basis, during their working day – and spend an average of 39 minutes doing so. That’s over 3 hours in the week. And that’s working with the average. Knowing how addictive social media is (and I speak personally !), 39 minutes could well be an under-estimate. Now, that’s a scary thought.

But what’s really scary is the question of who’s problem it is.
Apart from:
• The lost time.
• The fact that employees increasingly merge business with pleasure – and have many work-related contacts on their own personal LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter & Google+ accounts
• The real problems arise when an employee posts something potentially offensive. Is the employee liable, or as the employer – are you ?
The lost time is definitely the employer’s problem.
The lost contacts – when an employee leaves you and takes with them all their contacts – is also your problem.
The potentially offensive / libelous comments – you may not have made them, but unbelievable as this may sound to business owners, these are potentially your problem too.

So – as with all my advice, first step is to take your head out of the sand and acknowledge the issue.
Then, recognising that social media is still a useful business tool - be realistic about how you can manage it and set out the boundaries of acceptable use.
Then write it down (into a policy !) and communicate the details to all concerned.

Ostrich-like behaviour won’t work with this one !

07/05/2014

30/04/2014

You have to laugh : read Jennifer O’Connell on Office Politics in today’s Irish Times

“I currently work for a boss who oscillates between appallingly autocratic and downright slatternly, has no idea how to work the printer, and spends all day giving running commentaries to no one in particular on her doomed interactions with the office IT system. But that’s self-employment for you.”

http://www.fuze.ie/news/4584056606

Most of us have far worse anecdotes from the front line of gainful employment than the recent leaks from the office of Ségolène Royal

29/04/2014

22/04/2014

Doing some on-line banking earlier and spotted this - well done Sharon O'Donoghue, Brook Catering and Network Ireland Business Award winner last year. Great profile on the AIB home page.

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