Total HR and Employee Relations

I want to announce that  I have reduced the price of these courses by 50%  So these great titles

1) How to Command a Room with Presence

2) How to develop  a Grievance Procedure

3) How to conduct an Internal Audit

4) How to Conduct a Workplace Investigation

5)  Team Building and Employee Engagement

6 ) Conflict Resolution

7) Performance Management and KPI's

8)  Communication Skills

9)  Counselling Discipline Issues

10)  Time Management

11)  Interview Skills

12)  Global HR Management

13) Guide to Employment in the GCC Series  6 presentations

14)  GCC Labor Law  Series  6 presentations

15)  2 Day Strategic HR Course    

Prices are

1)  Individual short presentations $5 USD per presentation

2) Pack of any 6 individual presentations $25 USD per pack  1 presentation is free

3)  Pack of any 10 individual presentations $40 USD per pack 2 presentations are free

4)  Pack of all 12 presentations $25 USD per pack 2 presentations are free

5)   Guide to Employment in the GCC series  6 presentations  $25 USD 1 presentation is free

6 )  GCC  Labor Law Series  6 presentations $25 USD 1 Presentation is free

7) Complete catalouge  24 short  presentations $100 USD  4 presentations are free

8)  2 day Strategic HR Course $ 25

If you want coaching sessions in addition to that which depending upon location can be done face to face or via video link then an hourly rate of $60 USD per hour will apply

I am also happy to work with employers who wish to co-badge these presentations with me

Also the following titles will be available soon

1) Negotiation Skills

2) Those Difficult Conversations with Employees

I wanted to announce that I am going to do a voice over for all my presentations in the short course series so that, as an additional value added service you not only have the material but you get me explaining the material for the same price as just reading the presentations.  If you want to pre-order the audio presentations I guarantee delivery by July 15. Terms are 50% of purchase price payable via Paypal up front and balance on delivery .   Topics are:  

1) How to Command a Room with Presence

2) How to develop  a Grievance Procedure

3) How to conduct an Internal Audit

4) How to Conduct a Workplace Investigation

5)  Team Building and Employee Engagement

6 ) Conflict Resolution

7) Performance Management and KPI's

8)  Communication Skills

9)  Counselling Discipline Issues

10)  Time Management

11)  Interview Skills

12)  Global HR Management

13) Guide to Employment in the GCC Series  6 presentations

14)  GCC Labor Law  Series  6 presentations

Prices are

1)  Individual presentations $ 10 USD per presentation

2) Pack of any 6 individual presentations  $ 50 USD per pack  1 presentation is free

3)  Pack of any 10 individual presentations $80 USD per pack 2 presentations are free

4)  Pack of all 12 presentations $ 100 USD per pack 2 presentations are free

5)   Guide to Employment in the GCC series  6 presentations  $50 USD 1 presentation is free

6 )  GCC  Labor Law Series  6 presentations $50 USD 1 Presentation is free

7 Complete catalouge  24 presentations $200 USD  4 presentations are free

If you want coaching sessions in addition to that which depending upon location can be done face to face or via video link then an hourly rate of $60 USD per hour will apply

I am also happy to work with employers who wish to co - badge these presentations with me

Also the following titles will be available soon

1) Negotiation Skills

2) Those Difficult Conversations with Employees

I would like to let everyone know that I have produced a shorter version of these presentations so that they now provide information on the Country, The basics of the Labor Law and the mobilisation process itself. Presentations available for

Saudi Arabia

Bahrain

Qatar

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Oman

This is a learning tool which can benefit

1) Individuals already living in or mobilising to a GCC Country

2) Businesses who are mobilising employees to a GCC Country  as part of their on boarding process

3) Recruitment agencies as a tool for providing information to candidates. For recruitment agencies such as those in the Philippines where a pre embarkation seminar is mandatory this presentation can provide the basis for such a seminar

Launch price 10 USD per presentation or $50 for the full pack of 6 presentations. Interested either personal message on Social Media , email [email protected],  [email protected] or mobile /whats app +97338342852

I wanted to update you with the following on this issue

1)  Equity available for sale is now 100%

2)  Subscribed equity is now 15% and I am in discussions with other parties

Cost of a 1% unit of equity remains at $1000 USD  For those who decide to buy a unit of equity they will have the chance to participate in an award winning business with great projects such as the Employment Game and the Journeyman Expat and also receive the Total HR and Employee Relations Resume and Careers Service valued at $400 USD free .

So to participate and buy a 1% unit of equity in my company will effectively cost $600 USD which represents great value. A business plan and a power point setting out the Employment Game are attached to my linked in profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-pyers-558797b/. The link to the Journeyman Expat proposal is below

https://lnkd.in/fjKijm7

If you are interested please respond by   message on social media  or phone +973 3834 2852 mobile/whatsapp

Email is [email protected]

Career Assistance

Hi as you all know I am passionate about working with people to find employment as my many posts on the subject suggest. I want to focus more on helping people in this area and have repackaged my service offering so that it focuses more on discussions and making people aware of the fact that you are looking for work

With that in mind, my amended  service offering is

1) Linked in posting written on your behalf  - This is free

2) Discussions around your career You can either take the services separately or as a package of 3 sessions including Linked in Posting

3) Resume and Linked in a Profile review

As you may know I have been wrestling with cashflow issues in my business for some time now. There have been a few causes for this and one of the major ones has been an inability to get financing up until this time

I am making progress on this stuff and almost have some business financing in place but I have to be honest I am in a cashflow squeeze. I have payments under process but they have not landed  yet . This does my head in every month and I hope the issue will soon  be resolved

So I am putting my major issue on the line and asking whether you would be interested in any of the great services that I have on offer for individuals at bargain basement prices such as

1) Resume Review and upgrade 50 USD

2) Linked in Profile Review and upgrade 50 USD

3) Cover letter 10 USD

4) Combined Resume Linked in Profile and letter 100 USD

5 ) 3 career coaching sessions 100 USD

6) Pack of 7 coaching presentations on soft skill topics 10 USD per presentation or 60 USD for the pack of 7

7) Pack of 10 coaching sessions on soft skill topics 10 USD per session or 80 USD for the pack of 10

8 ) Guide to Employment in the GCC Presentations 10 USD per presentation or $50 USD for the pack of 6

Can I interest you in the purchase of some short training /coaching presentations that I have developed . These are self paced or designed to be delivered in about an hour or 90 minutes . Topics are

How to command a room with presence

Interview techniques for line managers

Time Management

Communication skills

Performance Management and KPI's

Team Building and Employee Engagement

Conflict Resolution

I have a sale on at the moment so its $10 USD each or $60 for the pack

Let me know what you think and contact me on [email protected]

I must admit that the more I work within the framework of social media I realize what a complicated beast it actually is. Consider the following

It must be constantly fed - My son who is 18 and I often joke about this and call social media Audrey after the big green plant in the movie Little Shop of Horrors that is always saying feed me

To achieve ABC on Social Media you have to do XYZ. One of the keys to success in getting a job is not your ability in the role but the content that you produce . One does not necessarily follow from the other

While hits on posts and likes may be some indication of interest they are not of themselves sales

All in all the introduction of social media has given great benefits in terms of our capacity to reach out to an instant global audience. One of the major benefits that I can see, when you look at the issue of Social Media generally is the opportunity to maintain contact with people and indeed renew contact with those who had gone from our lives for a period of time. The fact that I am writing this article on Linked in should be evidenced enough of the importance I place on it.

This brings me to the main point of this article. I have been going through a very rough period in my life these last few months. Probably the worst period that I can recall I decided to be honest and upfront about it. I was advised before I did it not to do it because it would send out a negative message and that people only want to hear positive things on social media. I thought about this and decided to go ahead anyway because in my view social media needs to be about life, not bread and circuses and for all of us life goes up and down and not in a straight line. I have also been a person who believes in the saying " speak only of me as you find". The response that I have received has been overwhelmingly positive.

This, of course, was the title of a great Sonny and Cher song but despite statistics coming out about record low levels of unemployment, particularly in the USA  the time taken to find a job is still too high so as Sonny and Cher put it the beat is going on.

According to the website, https://www.thebalancecareers.com  in 2018 experts have estimated it would take very, very roughly one month to find a job for every $10,000 of the paycheck you would like to earn. So, in theory, if you were looking to earn $60,000 a year, your job search could take six months which means that there are different factors in play

Contrast this to 2005.  According to the Office of Publications & Special Studies Issues in Labor Statistics | Summary 11-01 | May 2011  47.3% of those unemployed in the USA found jobs in less than 5 weeks

The influences of technological change and the era of mergers acquisitions and restructuring that we live in can be seen

As can flawed recruitment processes

Maybe then getting a job may catch up to the Labor Market

Being able to demonstrate in Tenders and Proposals that you can manage HR and Employee Relations issues is becoming increasingly important across a range of industries. THR-ER has significant experience in preparation of this standard documentation and is able to work with you to ensure that your potential clients are impressed with your HR and ER capabilities.

THR-ER has delivered and developed a range of training courses:

HR Process Training such as Counselling Discipline issues

• Train the Trainer

• Time Management

• Negotiation Skills

• Mediation and Conflict Resolution

Total HR and Employee Relations is excited to be partnering with Gulf Businesses Enterprise's who is a boutique business consultancy operating in the Kingdom of Bahrain.  The partnership will involve the promotion of each other's services as well as collaboration on key projects

Best practices incorporate labor and employment laws, resourcefulness and human resource expertise in developing practices that improve working relationships.

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The challenges of the current job market are well documented. Lengthy and time consuming recruitment processes , communication issues and technology are amongst the many challenges that a candidate faces and stories of long periods of unemployment, unnecessary periods abound on social media as we adjust to this period of great upheaval in the workforce with a process which has gotten worse from the candidates perspective despite the introduction of  technological change. These challenges are further amplified for the older worker where despite the knowledge and experience you have built up, the assumption is made by some that you are no longer capable of adding value or contributing to society once you hit the age of 50 and the age where you are effectively barred from the employed workforce will only get younger as time goes on.

Human nature being what it is we revert to familiar behavior in times of adversity so we apply for new positions within the context of the contract of employment because this is what we are used to and we are comforted that,with the statutory and contractual entitlements that we get that we will be looked after and we will be able to provide for our families and also build our futures with savings and related activity.

The sad reality is that this mode of employment is dying as costs are driven down to the lowest common denominator  by companies and people are using savings to survive because they have no choice.  Again this has been very well documented and while the absolute necessity of it all may be questioned it is occurring, it is what it is and we have to do our best to come up with alternate strategies to carve out our own place in this brave new world .  It is known as the gig economy or uberisation of the workforce.

So we need to think outside the box and say rather that I need a full time job start to think within the framework of "what income do I need and what is the best way to secure it"  If for example you needed an income of say $100,000 and you get that in a full time job you are back to zero if you get laid off.  If you have four clients bringing you $100,000 USD income and you lose one client you still have income from the other three so you are doing a better job at mitigating the risk.

I know that to have your own business or act as a freelancer is not easy and may not have been on your agenda.  From my own point of view it has been  a major learning experience as I try to build brand awareness, get clients and form what I hope will be long term, income producing partnerships. There are websites  for freelancers such as upwork  (www.upwork.com)  which I use to bid for work.   It is a competitive market and you don't get every job that you submit a proposal for but people do have conversations with you.  I have personally found some good opportunities via Upwork which forms part of my business but is not my complete service offering.

We need to think outside the square in this brave new world and accept that the contract of employment and the control test, which have regulated employment so well for so long are diminishing and the gig economy is on the rise.   We all need to survive and prosper so we need all options on the table .  The bottom line is that the only person that you can trust you can secure your future and your families future is you and it is not going to get any better as the march of technological change continues.  When like me you have committed the terrible crime  of being over the age of 50 it becomes the only game in town unless the law dealing with  issues surrounding discrimination is strengthened.