Employee wellness and wearables are hot. Not necessarily in a good way though. In February for example, a lot has been written about Amazon’s idea for employee-tracking wristbands and the concerns this raises. Although the idea isn’t implemented yet and aimed at employee productivity rather than wellness, it made me wonder about the combination of…
Earlier this month it was ‘national sickie day’ in the UK. The first Monday in February traditionally marks the day when most people call in sick, hence the nickname. It got me thinking about employee health and wellness and how, if done right, employee wellness programs could perhaps lead to the end of a sad…
Diversity hiring is about much more than ticking boxes. Being a hot topic, workplace diversity gets a lot of mentions in HR trend lists for 2018. But rather than simply creating the perfect male/female ratio, there’s a strong business rationale behind diversity hiring. In today’s article, we’ll take a closer look at hiring for diversity…
Did you catch our article last week? If you did, you know we spoke about talent management dashboards. One of the things recruiters and hiring managers use a dashboard for is succession planning. While it’s important to have a succession plan in place for when one of your (senior) people leaves, retires or even worse,…
As an HR professional, a talent management dashboard (TMD) can be an important tool to understand your workforce and plan for the future. This can be quite a challenge with today’s ever-changing workforce. Time to have a closer look at the talent management dashboard: functions, examples, and a how-to. What is a Talent Management Dashboard?…
First of all: Happy New Year! I hope you’ve had a wonderful end of the year and I wish you a very happy, healthy and successful 2018. And what better way to start the year than with an overview of the most popular digital HR and HR tech articles of 2017, right?! We’ve selected some…
Working online from home seems the new holy grail for many of us. We may not want to do it full-time, but we at least want the possibility to work outside the office whenever it pleases us. In fact, it’s one of the employee benefits staff values most when they’re choosing a company to work for.…
It’s that time of the year again. And by that I mean the period in which pretty much every self-respecting HR tech related blog, writer or website issues its view on the year ahead. We’re no exception to that rule here at Digital HR Tech. So, here goes: our very own Top 15 Digital HR…
The blended workforce is a fact. In an average company, about 40% of the personnel is a mix of freelancers, contractors, part-timers, tempers and what not. Of course, this has an impact on HR and its traditional functions. In this post, we share 5 key HR ingredients for a successfully blended workforce. 1. Blended recruitment…
Mobile recruitment: We don’t need to tell you how often people look at their phones. It’s the 21st century and too many of us seem to be in an intimate relationship with their smartphone. Whether we like it or not though, mobile recruitment has become increasingly important in HR. It’s time to tap into the…