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January 2009 Poll Results: The New Spotlight on Critical HR Specialisations

Posted: 05.02.09

The Chapman Consulting Group has completed surveying the HR community during the month of January on the subject of which HR specialisations are viewed as the most indispensable by organisations in uncertain economic times.

Matthew Chapman, Managing Director of The Chapman Consulting Group, comments that there is currently a focus on across the region on the reduction of unnecessary 'wastage' in the HR structure. "Ordinarily, with worsening economic conditions, companies have in the past still been keen to preserve their existing HR structures and adopt a wait-and-see approach for as long as possible. However, the prognosis for 2009 is severe, and businesses are already under pressure to reduce all non-essential costs. HR Heads are being asked by their leaders to help shoulder this cost cutting'.

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