A Guide to Effectively Onboarding New Hires
The employee onboarding process is the first experience a new employee will have with your company. The experience forms their first impressions about the organisation, and that first impression is a strong factor in determining how long the company would retain the new hire. Employee onboarding is the process of helping new employees become integrated […]
A Guide to Writing the Best Job Descriptions
A job description summarises the responsibilities, skills, and qualifications of a job role. For many applicants, the job description you write is the first contact they have with you, and from this first impression, you can get the right people to apply for the opening and reduce time spent recruiting for a role. Job descriptions help […]
Employee Retention: How to Keep Your Best People
Employee retention is the ability of an organisation to keep its employees and reduce turnover. A 2015 publication by the Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics cited a 2004 report by the Society for Human Resources Management that revealed that 75% of employees were actively looking for a different job. Note that this was a time when only 12% […]
Exit Management: An In-Depth Guide to a Professional Employee Offboarding
While most organisations invest a lot of time and resources into recruitment and onboarding, employee exit management can often take a backseat. With less effort and attention put into the offboarding process, organisations can risk exposing themselves to unnecessary legal and security threats. Overlooking employee exit management can also prevent your organisation from getting valuable […]
What CEOs Want From HR: Aligning Human Capital With Business Strategy
HR professionals are frequently squeezed into the tight spot of simultaneously managing employees’ and management’s expectations on the same issues.  Due to the unique role of HR, they are largely viewed by employees and management alike as a group that supports ‘the other side’. Employees see HR as only looking out for the interests of […]
Oil & Gas: Optimising Your Hiring Timeline
The average time it takes to fill open positions is 42 days, but this varies by industry. It’s safe to assume that time to fill in the oil and gas industry is longer than the general average. Hiring new talent can benefit your company as they come with new ideas, skills, knowledge, experiences, attitudes and […]
The Role of HR in Bridging the Skills Gap in the Manufacturing Industry
Mundane and repetitive work has become one that needs analytical and problem-solving skills. New technologies such as the Industrial Internet of Things are being used to optimise resources, analyse cross-facility operations, ensure predictive and proactive maintenance of assets, monitor manufacturing operations in real-time, and in areas like supply-chain visibility and safety. This way, plant managers […]
6 Strategies to Building a Strong Company Culture
A strong company culture helps companies attract and retain the best talent. It also promotes productivity, job satisfaction, employer branding, and even supports the improvement of the organisation’s communication process. Organisational culture seems like an intangible concept, but there is no doubt when a company has a good or poor culture in force. A company’s culture […]
10 Must-Have Modules in Your Organisation’s HRMS
Without HR software, managing human resources is no small task, as HR professionals will confirm. From the process of recruitment, onboarding, training, and even all the way to employee exit, HR professionals juggle many balls in the daily execution of their duties. HR professionals tend to have their time tied up with the essential tasks, […]
