Media-Insert Communications

Media-Insert Communications

The blog of Media-Insert Communications – featuring freelance P.R. and journalism links to the work of Graham A. Jarvis.

Editing, Journalism, Copywriting, and Public Relations

Category: I.T in Human Resources

  • This Obelisk Support paper reviews current reports, #surveys and various off-line and on-line literature on in-house #legal #teams and best practice. As well as looking at the legal industry specifically, we draw on thinking from #leaders and #academics across many industries in order to synthesise and present a comprehensive set of #insights. We have also analysed the websites, #press coverage and recruitment advertising of the UK #FTSE100 companies, looking at…

  • WAN data acceleration, also known as WAN Acceleration, is the only way to mitigate the effects of latency and packet loss in any meaningful way. Traditionally, the answer has been to move data centres or disaster recovery sites closer to each other to reduce latency. However, if they are within the same circles of disruption…

  • Research by Gallup finds that with job flexibility, including remote working, there are also higher levels of employee engagement. In an article entitled, ‘Is Working Remotely Effective? Gallup Research Says Yes’, Adam Hickman, PH.D. and Jennifer Robison write: “Leaders and managers need to be aware that, as working remotely becomes more common, companies that can’t…

  • Mobile apps and wearable technologies such as Apple Watch motivate employees, encouraging them to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing. Employee health and wellbeing is firmly on the agenda of many organisations today. A healthy employee is a happy and potentially a highly productive member of staff who’s less likely to either seek…

  • Using the cloud to improve collaboration among your workforce is the way to go, just follow some simple rules Email has for a long time been the main tool for collaborating on various business projects, but the cloud provides an opportunity to do more than just send someone a document and then wait for a…

  • An economic downturn is an opportunity to gain a competitive advantage. Some companies will certainly have to close their doors; but with more focused targeting, meaningful employee performance and customer-related targets, and the will to innovate, it’s possible to thrive in such a climate as this. How? Companies need to ramp up their marketing, and…

  • The legislative burden upon organisations, both public and private, seems to get heavier and heavier as time goes on. However, some have emerged for very good reasons. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the United States emerged from the Enron and Worldcom scandals, and enforced a greater need for corporate transparency and accountability. There’s also the Freedom…

  • The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) welcomes the new Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations, which came into force in April 2005. In a whitepaper entitled, ‘Confirm your thought-leadership’, Michelle Wicker, who works as an employment solicitor at the DMA, says: “In the DMA’s opinion, happy employees will provide better customer-focused service. If the system becomes…