Whether you are looking for a new job or you are hoping to hire someone, recruiting is part of your professional life at various stages. You can find a candidate or a job through either inbound or outbound recruiting. Outbound is probably what you’re familiar with, but inbound can be an excellent way for companies…
Human Resources should be the experts on the people side of the business – the people management. But, managing people isn’t something that’s limited to the HR department only. In today’s article, we zoom in on people management; we give a definition, look at the so-called 5 c’s, and we list ten of the most…
Job crafting can be a great way for employees to customize their job until it fits them like a glove. But how exactly can they do that? What role does HR play in this? That’s what we’ll take a look at in this article. We’ll also share a few job crafting examples and how to…
Neelie from AIHR: Can you write an article for us? Me: Sure. Any topics? Neelie: Perhaps how in the ^*!&#$ HR is supposed to prepare for 2021? Ahh, this is such a good question. HR people have to plan – we have cyclical things we plan for. We know that the fourth quarter brings performance…
An idea that I often hear is that “People Analytics should be used for strategic purposes” (or something along those lines). While I agree with the statement in general, I also think it tends to be subjected to tunnel vision. The explanation that I regularly hear is about how one should find analytics cases worth…
Sometimes the office can feel similar to a doctor’s surgery waiting room. Whether its people complaining about back pain from their office chairs or the sound of sniffles when the winter flu hits, health complaints at work are unavoidable. The spread of COVID-19 has brought employee health to the forefront of our minds in a…
The outbreak of Covid-19 has dealt a blow to the global economy, forcing companies to cut costs and lay off people. From the ones still in employment, many experience guilt for surviving the lay-offs, are forced to rethink the way they work and feel stressed, anxious, and helpless. This situation puts HR in a difficult…
In today’s fast-changing and often unpredictable world, learning agility is a skill in high demand. In this article, we’ll take a good look at learning agility; what it is, why it matters for organizations, how to assess it, and how to build it. Here goes! ContentsWhat is learning agility? A definitionWhy learning agility matters for…
Many HR professionals had to make tough decisions this year and will probably have to make some more in the (near) future. Perhaps it’s time for a new way to look at these decisions. In this article, we talk about reconciliation and servant leadership as two big opportunities for HR to make a difference in…
Organizations often think of coaching as a development tool but it’s more than that, it’s a mindset. In this article, we’ll look at the coaching culture. We’ll share a definition and describe what it can look like, and we’ll touch on what HR traditionally has been doing in terms of coaching. We’ll also look at…