September means it’s time to go back to school. Now more than ever before that means going back to school for everyone who works too. Including HR professionals. Since we know you’re busy people, we created a list of 12 online HR courses to check out. Not only does that save you time searching, but…
When times are tough, you’ve got to be smart. In terms of recruitment, that means building and maintaining a talent pool. In today’s largely candidate-driven market you can’t afford losing out on top talent simply because you currently don’t have a role that fits. So rather than falling out of touch, try to stay in…
Summertime is naturally more relaxed and care-free in the office, as employees head out for family trips and the sales season slows down. However, it seems all that relaxation and vacation can take a toll on employee productivity, with 53% of workers reporting that they feel distracted from June through September. This phenomenon, now dubbed…
Are generational differences in the workplace a thing or not? Some say they most definitely are, others say they’re an absolute myth. In this article, we’re going to take a look at the current generational diversity in the workplace; what generations make up the global workforce, how do they perceive work and how can organizations…
Flextime is an increasingly popular employee benefit. While some of us like to get up bright and early, others prefer working late; giving your employees the freedom to choose what time of the day they prefer to work will provide them a better sense of control over their daily activities. In this article, we take…
As an HR professional, have you ever wondered what would be the best jobs for older workers? If you haven’t, you may want to give this question some thought as it is something that will become increasingly important. The aging workforce has been a reality for a while now. Since 2011, there have been 10…
At last year’s UNLEASH Amsterdam event, I had the pleasure to speak with Strategic Workforce Adviser Andrew Spence about Blockchain in HR and how blockchain will change the way we work. What exactly is blockchain? What kind of challenges is HR facing and how can blockchain be of use in that regard? How will the…
Babyboomers, Gen X, Millennials (or Gen Y), Gen Z… Each generation of workers comes with its own letter of the alphabet. And about every generation, you can find heaps of articles, surveys, and research papers. But what comes after generation Z? Or better put, who comes after generation Z? That’s what we’ll take a look…
Practice what you preach they say. And so I’ve been listening to some of the HR podcasts we recently wrote about. One of them being the Employer Branding Podcast by Jörgen Sandberg, CEO of Link Humans. And boy did I get lucky. The very first episode I listened to was filled with plenty of useful…
Employee referral programs are still popular and there are many brilliant employee referral programs examples. So it’s no surprise that more and more companies use referral program software to attract candidates and diversify their hiring efforts. These employee referral tools come in many different shapes and sizes, ranging from multi-faceted platforms to apps that are…