Hiring Temps and Contract Staff Of late, a trend that has been noticeable in the corporate world pertains to the increasing use of contract staff and temporary workers or temps as part of the organization’s operations. The trend that started a couple of decades earlier has now accelerated into a phenomenon where nearly 25 to […]
What do the Terms Star Performers and Fast Trackers Mean? In every organization, some employees are designated as Star Performers and Fast Trackers by the Managerial and the Human Resources Professionals. The term Fast Trackers refers to the internal classification of some employees who are expected to move faster up the hierarchy than other employees […]
If you are beginning your HR journey, the Associate Professional in Human Resources (aPHR) is the ideal certification to help fast-track your career growth.
HR executives and HR managers both serve an important purpose within a corporation. While some may view the positions as interchangeable, they have numerous differences that distinguish them from one another. As a business owner, it is important to be aware of these differences in order to make proper hiring decisions. From education requirements to […]
Automating the Recruitment Activities and Tasks Much of the work that the HR Function does is routine and repetitive in nature. Starting with the recruitment process, including training and development, as well as performance management, the work that the HR does consists of manual and routine tasks that can be automated and hence, save time […]
Human resource department plays an important role in designing and implementing performance appraisals. Infact, the HR team acts as mediator between the functional heads or reviewing authorities and the employee. It is the human resource team’s responsibility to ensure a smooth implementation of the appraisal process. Let us go through the role of HR in […]
In recent years, many Information Technology and Software firms in the Silicon Valley area have been implementing innovative Human Resources (HR) policies that are aimed at creating an engaging workplace culture and actualizing a work environment that is fulfilling and rewarding. Starting with flexible work and employment arrangements and including, among other measures such as […]
The Changing World of Recruitment Over the years, there have been several changes in the recruitment strategies of corporate. For many years, the recruitment process used to consist of a newspaper ad announcing vacancies, followed by shortlisting potential candidates and then asking them to take a technical test and a psychometric (personality assessment) test, culminating […]
Data, Data Everywhere, But No Insights Yet Corporates generate much data on a daily basis that can include everything from data about performance of employees, payroll metrics, production figures, outage times, and just about any conceivable functions such as Sales and Marketing, Admin, HR, and the like. Of particular interest to corporates, and that too […]
The HR Scorecard Relies on Data The HR Scorecard is a data and metrics-driven tool that relies heavily on the collection of such data and metrics. Thus, it can be said that the HR Scorecard thrives on data and metrics. While data can be collected manually which is a time-consuming procedure, it can also be […]
Why Fair and Transparent Hiring is Vital to organizations and What the Reality Is The recruitment process is an important element of the overall Human Resource (HR) processes and indeed, ranks as a key component in the overall organizational canvas. After all, being the gateway to the organisation, a fair and transparent recruitment system ensures […]
What is Auditing, Why is it Important, and Its Continuing Relevance in the Present Times Auditing, or the process of checking and verifying the genuineness of processes, accounts, and functions of any entity are a necessary and important aspect of the organizational processes. Indeed, any entity that is registered as such, be it governmental, private, […]
What is Flex Work and Some Trends Which Indicate its Popularity Flexible Working or Flex Work is defined as any working arrangement that involves remote work, telecommuting, part time and freelancing, and other forms of flexible working arrangements. As the name implies, any sort of adaptable and flexible working arrangement between the employees and the […]
