Big Degrees Don’t Matter Anymore, Skills Do
If you were to scroll down to my author bio here, you would find the perfect encapsulation of this topic.
Long explanation: The “you can’t be a doctor without the right degree”...
The Secrets to Hiring the Best Copywriters for Your Business
Shoddy web content is the bane of online sales and revenue generation, a silent killer because few companies realize that the content they’re putting up is below par. That means that...
Productivity Killers – How Your Workplace Rules are Ruining Employee Motivation
Rules are an essential structure to keep organizations running efficiently. These rules may range from issues such as work hours, employee attire and behaviour, to personal computer usage and lunch breaks....
English Language Skills – Finding the Needle in the Haystack, Faster
Hiring is, at its best, a heady mix of artistry and science, and at its worst, a slog through fog-ridden marshes where any misstep could prove to be a setback to...
Employee Absenteeism: A Silent Growth Killer for Business Organizations
Excessive absenteeism saps the morale of employees, costs the organizations overtime expenses and affects the employee engagement.
It is understandable that people get sick or injured, have to take care of their...
Looking for Quality English skills? Quantify Your Hiring!
Quantifying languages seems counter-intuitive: many people claim that you can’t assign a number to a skill that is fluid and subjective. For businesses, however, that makes its hiring akin to trial...
Finding the Right Employee for Your Small Business
Everyone loves a smart hiring campaign: designing catchy ads, scouring applications, conducting out-of-the-box interviews and ultimately finding the right candidate. It’s a heady feeling indeed. If you’re a small business, however,...
Building Employee Value Proposition (EVP) that Attracts & Retains Top Talent
When people apply to your jobs these days, they spend a bit of time researching online about your company and its market reputation, to determine whether or not it’s going to...
It’s Time to Stop Objectifying Female Professionals During Job Interviews
If you’re female you may have, at least once, experienced a job interview where the hiring manager was more interested in how you looked and behaved rather than focusing on your...
Productivity Killers: How your employees waste time at work
It is HR's duty to keep employees motivated, productive and an asset to the company. Which means also being aware of how an average employee spends their workday, specifically habits that decrease productivity and generally waste time, so that effective strategies can be devised to keep the company running in tip-top shape!