Who wouldn’t want all the competencies in the world? We keep hearing that companies have a desperate need for talent. Some competencies are so important it is worth seeking them out and treasuring them. A top computer programmer works 10x faster and better than a second rate programmer; a great primary school teacher can transform…
Strategic workforce planning (SWP) is a commonly used term for a multitude of approaches to achieve a singular goal: having enough employees of sufficient quality in the future. In other words, it is about having the right person for the right job at the right time, across the entire organization. In this article, I will…
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting the Digital HR Summit in Amsterdam. It was an excellent event with some of the best speakers I’ve listened to. Don’t worry if you missed the Amsterdam edition – on 19 and 20 November 2019 the next edition is happening in Nice. Advertized as the…
Company culture is important, that much we know. But it’s also a phenomenon that is difficult to grasp since it’s always evolving. Building an awesome company culture, therefore, isn’t an easy task. In this article, we’ll take a look at 3 great company culture examples. Before we dive into those examples though, we’ll define company…
HR digital transformation is a hot topic for many HR professionals. And for good reason, since digital technology has the potential and ability to transform HR as we know it. But while it’s one thing to talk about digital HR transformation, it’s an entirely different thing to do it! In today’s article, we dive deeper…
I started my research into HR analytics over a year ago. After a careful review of the growing – but limited – existing literature on HR analytics, I bumped into a substantial lack of clarity across HR and management scholarship, and by so-called HR analytics experts in the industry. There was – and there is…
Your hiring strategy is one of the most important parts of keeping your company’s engine running. Hiring the right people will push your organization forward with innovation and expertise. But it’s not all about recruiting new talent. Some of your best hires may actually be working for your organization already. There are pros and cons…
Various studies show that by 2025, the generation of Millennials (those born somewhere between the early eighties and mid-nineties) will comprise the majority of the global workforce – 75% of it to be exact. Together with Generation Z (those born somewhere between the mid-nineties and early 2010s), Millennials will dominate the workplace in the not…
Recruitment methods have been studied since the 1920s. In this article, we will give an overview of the 15 most common recruitment methods. We will also explore how good these methods are at predicting whether or not a candidate will be a good fit based on the latest research. One of the studies that we…
Not every organization has a dedicated Internal Communications (IC) team or person. And guess who often has to pick up the slack? Indeed, HR. While taking care of effective communication towards employees is one of the key functions of Human Resources, there is a difference between spreading people-related information only and implementing a full-on internal communications…