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...
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...
Placing People Before the Policies: A CHRO’s Responsibility
A CHRO - Chief Human Resources Officer also known as Chief People Officer or Chief Happiness Officer is a person who believes that only happy employees make better employees.
Over the past...
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!
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,...
What to Look for in Recently Graduated Candidates With No Work Experience
Hiring a fresh graduate can be a tricky decision for hiring managers, and for good reason - for one, they have no prior experience working within an organization. This means there...
How to Ensure Work-Life Balance for Your Employees With Flexible Policies
Work-life balance is something every employee aspires to, but what business is this of their employers?
It’s now a well-established fact that the pursuit of this balance helps manage and reduce employee...
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”...
Why Flexible Workplace Strategies are Vital for Small Businesses
Small businesses have the ability to take a certain degree of leverage when it comes to setting up workplace dynamics. The idea is to simply create a suitable environment which facilitates...