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Liz Ryan   ,   CONTRIBUTOR   Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I've been an HR leader since 1984 so I am not the first person one would expect to recommend that job-seekers avoid the HR department when they're job-hunting. However, that is what they must do if they want to avoid having their resume and/or job application lost in the   Black Hole ! HR is a vital department in any organization if it is run well. Sadly however, the recruiting process in almost every medium-sized and large employer is broken, and has been broken for years. Job-seekers know it. Hiring managers know it. HR people know their recruiting system is broken, too, but they either have too much else going on or don't feel they have enough political capital to bring up the issue with senior management. That's a shame because a broken recruiting system will trash your employer brand first and eventually make it impossible for you to hire great people. W...

Your team is only as strong as its weakest link BY ITALINA KIRKNIS OCT 11 As  real estate agents  begin their careers, they  search for the brokerage or team  that fits their needs, sometimes scouring the internet for months before initiating any meetings. When  changing brokerages , agents often follow a similar process. And you can bet that one of the first steps they’ll take before reaching out to any potential employers is updating their  LinkedIn . Agents love  LinkedIn , which means it’s an ideal recruiting tool for brokerages and teams. But how exactly can you leverage LinkedIn’s resources to hire fresh talent? Here are five ideas. 1. Posts The types of recruiting posts that are common on sites like LinkedIn and Facebook say something like, “We’re hiring!” This has been done ad nauseam, and it doesn’t necessarily connect with the reader. Instead,  give readers a feel  for what it’s lik...

Oct 10, 2017 Increasing automisation of business processes is driving the demand for qualified and experienced business analysts, as these professionals are uniquely positioned to help companies adapt, innovate and reinvent in a challenging environment, an expert says. “For an organisation to retain its competitive advantage, it is constantly required to identify new opportunities and different ways of conducting its business, and human insight and understanding remain invaluable in this context,” says Wonga Ntshinga, Senior Head of Programme: Faculty of ICT at The Independent Institute of Education, SA’s largest and most accredited private higher education institution. He says some of the challenges still faced by organisations, particularly in South Africa, and in both the public and private sector, include: That business processes are still performed manually, An increase in employee workload due to an increase in clients, An unstructured and inconsistent app...

Written by Bola Adesope, B.Sc, MCITP, CCNA, MCTS, PMP, ITIL, PRINCE2, BAP, SSYB, SFC, CSSBB, CBAP, MBA Read 1977 times September 27, 2017 Rate this item 1 2 3 4 5 (10 votes) Whether you are doing Project Management or Business Analysis, the foundation of Success or Failure of the exercise is REQUIREMENT. Get it right, and you are on your way to achieving success in the Business Analysis or Project Management assignment. I sampled results of research studies conducted by several organizations and institutions between 2010 and 2016 on reasons for project failure, and one common factor reported by over 95% of these studies is inadequate/poor requirements definition and management. Also, after being involved in several projects and initiatives both in Project Management and Business Analysis capacities across many industries, I have realized the importance of Requirement Management. I have ...