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Manpower solutions for workforce challenges
Christopher Bruton, Published on 05/02/2018
» Sourcing competent, reliable and skilled workforce in a full employment situation is a major challenge for every employer, large-scale or small-scale. Offering ready-made and tested solutions is a role that has been provided for 70 years world-wide and 20 years in Thailand by the Manpower Group. Manpower operates worldwide through 3,500 offices in 80 countries, serving over 400,000 clients.
Human resource wish-list for 2018
Christopher Bruton, Published on 03/01/2018
» Wouldn't it be wonderful if all our New Year wishes could be granted in the next twelve months? Actually the wishes expressed below could all become realities, or, at least, a start made on them, if government policy-makers have the determination to address these issues. Our New Year wishes for 2018 fall into three categories: some that would enhance the skills of young people entering the labour force; some that would benefit those already in the labour force; and finally some that would benefit those in the evening of their working lives or beyond.
The quest for fair and decent work
Christopher Bruton, Published on 30/10/2017
» Workforces the world over are now demanding more than just a living wage. Whether in developed or developing countries, there are calls for supplementary benefit systems, opportunities to make meaningful progress throughout their working lives, the means to supplement basic wages with additional earnings, and treatment with decency and respect during and outside their working hours, within or outside of their regular workplaces.
Migrant Labour: opportunity or threat?
Christopher Bruton, Published on 21/08/2017
» Human migration has been a natural phenomenon throughout history.
When the thief holds the key to the cashbox: detecting internal fraud
Christopher Bruton, Published on 05/09/2016
» Much attention is given these days to corruption. Political leaders rant and rave against it, and politicians in general demand its eradication. But in most countries they are the biggest miscreants, stealing from the people whom they claim to represent.
Personality testing debate continued -- The Myers Briggs response
Christopher Bruton, Published on 08/08/2016
» In last week's Human Resource Watch, we discussed personality testing, with a cautionary viewpoint on the validity of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). We invited MBTI Thailand sole distributor Potentia to present their response.
Vietnamese workers in Thailand: lesser known but valuable labour source
Christopher Bruton, Published on 21/07/2016
» The importance of foreign migrant labour as an essential source of workers in Thailand is a topic of daily comment, discussion and concern. With rising wages and stabilising population growth, industrial and service sectors cannot effectively function without availability of non-Thai workers, mostly from neighbouring countries. Yet this valuable, essential resource is treated almost as an undesirable blight rather than a welcome benefit. Legitimate work and stay permits are provided reluctantly and in insufficient numbers. Many workers are underpaid, even to the point of almost slave labour conditions, mistreated by employers and often arrested by authorities.