Articles and Publications

Stay? Exit? … why not do both?

Created on Wednesday, May 02 2012 13:41:34

Stay? Exit? … why not do both?By Lindsey Gordon, Staffing Coordinator at SteppingStones RecruitmentWhile hot topics are continually changing, certain issues, such as staff retention and, in particular, the retention of the best employees is a constant concern for HR professionals and Read more...

The interview: A poor predictor of job performance?

Created on Wednesday, April 18 2012 17:05:59

  The interview: A poor predictor of job performance?  By Michelle Gibbon, Staffing Coordinator at SteppingStones RecruitmentWith enough research, training and preparation, anyone can be successful in a job interview. Why? Because if you have done your homework, it’s easy to te Read more...

Update from the Cayman Islands Crisis Centre

Created on Thursday, March 15 2012 16:20:40

Dear SponsorWe hope that 2012 has been a successful and prosperous year for you thus far.We wanted to write and update you in relation to the project to renovate the Cayman Islands’ Crisis Centre which you very kindly sponsored during the latter part of last year.We are pleased t Read more...

Immigration Online upgrade well received by local businesses

Created on Tuesday, December 06 2011 15:12:16

Published in Cayman iNews www.ieyenews.com on Monday December 5th, 2011.The Cayman Islands Government’s Department of Immigration recently unveiled its brand new Immigration Online system to a group of key businesses to an enthusiastic response by those in attendance.Mick Whitworth, Read more...

SteppingStones Charitable Donation

Created on Thursday, December 01 2011 14:16:53

See our latest press release in the Caymanian Compass about our October charitable donation to the Cayman Cancer Society, made possible through donations from our generous temporary support staff! Read more...

Managing Performance Issues

Created on Friday, October 14 2011 14:01:35

By: Lindsey GordonPublished in Cayman Business Journal October 10, 2011One of the most difficult jobs for a manager is dealing with poor employee performance.  Managers will often try to defer or altogether avoid addressing underperformance of an employee; however the costs of inac Read more...

Employment Branding: A key factor in hiring and retaining talent during turbulent times

Created on Friday, October 07 2011 21:29:39

By: Ciara Aspinall Published in Cayman Financial Review July 28, 2010 http://www.compasscayman.com/cfr/ As any employer will attest, the last couple of years have been a period of uncertainty as individual companies ride the rollercoaster of global recession and recovery. Read more...

Managing Perceptions: Temp vs. full-time Employee

Created on Thursday, September 22 2011 22:36:23

  Managing Perceptions: Temp vs. full-time Employee By Michelle Gibbon, Staffing Coordinator at SteppingStones Recruitment According to the American Staffing Association, employment for temporary workers increased by 23% in 2009/2010, and will continue to increase. When the rec Read more...

What We Can Do to Prepare the Workforce of Tomorrow?

Created on Wednesday, April 06 2011 08:28:00

Employers are constantly complaining that they are not able to find employees on Island that have the right qualifications, training, hands on experience and sometimes more importantly work ethic.When recruiting for a vacancy in any jurisdiction, we would not expect candidates to have perfec Read more...

Employer-supported volunteering: everyone is a winner!

Created on Wednesday, December 01 2010 08:49:00

Volunteering is gaining in popularity as more people recognize that giving back to the community can offer many rewards. Two factors have contributed to this growth. First, an increase in unemployment across all professions and at all levels, has resulted in more people with a variety of skills w Read more...

Resilience from within

Created on Thursday, July 22 2010 11:11:09

If there is one thing that companies are learning in the current economic crisis, it is the importance of resilience, that is, the ability of an organisation to withstand shocks and remain sustainable under prolonged periods of duress.Being strong on the inside means having a values-driven c Read more...

Resilience from within-Part 2

Created on Thursday, July 22 2010 11:05:47

In our last article we reviewed some do’s and don’ts to ensure that your business emerges in a stronger position than its competitors. Now, when the economy begins to stabilise, consumer confidence will increase resulting in a more buoyant market. Exchange rates will settle down, providing ne Read more...

The Role of Recruitment Agencies in a Recession

Created on Thursday, July 22 2010 11:01:29

There are many reasons why companies use recruitment agencies such as, to gain access to jobseekers; to fill long and short-term positions; to reduce time and the in-house resources devoted to attracting, selecting and recruiting; to access specific talent pools; to utilise specialist services su Read more...

Exit interviews

Created on Thursday, July 22 2010 10:53:54

In our last article we introduced the concept of ‘exit interviews.’ In this article we explore the process of conducting exit interviews and the outcomes you can expect. The resignation you have just received may have come as a surprise; therefore you need to know more about what your employe Read more...

The importance of performance management

Created on Thursday, July 22 2010 10:51:22

The interest in this topic has become more prevalent as the demand for up-to-date information has intensified with the economic downturn. Human Resource professionals are striving to ensure performance is assessed against fair and relevant measures and are focusing on issues that really matter fo Read more...

A TEMPting option?

Created on Thursday, July 22 2010 10:43:49

My father recently retired from a position that he held for 36 years, this was very much a norm and employees were only considered to be “long-standing” after they had been with the company for over 15 years. But those days are gone, no longer is it common for employees to stick with one care Read more...

The war for talent-part 1

Created on Thursday, July 22 2010 10:37:13

Just over 10 years ago groundbreaking research from McKinsey & Company alerted the business world to a looming shortage of talented executives, coining the term ‘the War for Talent’. This term has been reverberating throughout the business community ever since. A decade on, has the talent Read more...

The war for talent-Part 2

Created on Thursday, July 22 2010 10:32:21

Sourcing, attracting, recruiting and retaining talented individuals that best meet the needs of your company is imperative and, at the same time, increasingly difficult in today’s highly competitive global market. McKinsey & Company, a leading management consulting firm, who first predicted Read more...

Then there were 5!

Created on Thursday, July 22 2010 10:22:09

The generation gap is nothing new. It has been studied, discussed and written about for the past 40 years. In fact, if you Google ‘Generation Gap’, Wikipedia offers the following definition; ‘a term popularized in Western countries during the 1960’s referring to differences between people Read more...

Psychometric Testing – A Valuable Tool for Both Employers & Employees

Created on Monday, July 05 2010 10:06:25

Anyone who has been involved in a management course or further education programme will have seen and possibly taken any number of aptitude or psychometric tests. For example,” Belbin’s Team Inventory”, which seeks to identify your role within a team or “Strengthfinder.20” which identif Read more...

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail

Created on Saturday, May 01 2010 10:02:00

There are two major influences which are likely to impact our ability to hire and retain staff within the next 2-5 years. First, the recession has provided a larger talent pool to employers, resulting in lower salaries, whilst jobseekers have increasingly flexible salary expectations. It is conce Read more...