Performance management remains a hot topic that has been revisited a lot in recent years; with questions over the value that the traditional SMART performance objective driven
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What people often get wrong about total reward
The concept of total reward is not felt to be particularly well understood or promoted within maritime, according to a discussion of delegates at Spinnaker’s Maritime HR Conference last month
Continue readingNationalities in maritime
Fifty percent of C-suite leaders at the industry’s leading shipping employers are British (19%), Danish (18%) or American (11%), according to the latest analysis carried out by the HR Consulting team at Spinnaker.
Continue readingUK Minister for Maritime at biggest ever Maritime HR event
It was a privilege to have Nusrat Ghani, UK Minister for Maritime (Department for Transport) open the 13th Maritime HR Conference in London on 9 & 10 May.
Continue readingTimes Up. Equality is an inalienable right.
“Imagine a workplace where women don’t have to spend extra, or any, energy fighting for fair pay or defending their rights, but can instead focus that energy on the fullest expression of the task at hand.” This is a small excerpt from a powerful speech delivered by Michelle Williams at a hearing
Continue readingAgenda for Maritime HR conference announced
HR Consulting from Spinnaker Global has finalised the agenda for their two day conference in London
Continue readingTips for employers to ensure diversity
Advertising the job We now know that unconscious bias can be prevalent in job adverts. Is the language you are using gendered? Research suggests that words can be subtly coded as feminine or masculine; ‘understanding’ versus ‘logical’ for example
Continue readingYour views on coming ashore
Nautilus International and HR Consulting from Spinnaker Global have joined forces once again to understand what Nautilus members believe the demand is for skilled seafarers to work ashore
Continue readingFreight trader and charterer bonuses
The most senior freight traders earned bonuses 18 times those of traditional chartering staff in 2018 according to the latest annual report issued by the Maritime HR Association
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