7 Best practices to get your people excited about meetings
You, as a good leader, are always creating a vision for your business (or department) and take pride in sharing that vision with your people. On a daily basis you ensure that the right tools are in place and that information is consistently communicated – allowing your people to do their jobs as efficiently and effectively as possible.
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HR Glossary: Qualifications
In HR management, qualifications are understood to be the professional expertise and social skills of an employee in relation to the job performed and area of work.
An employee's professional skills and qualifications include:
- Education and training
- Specialised knowledge (e.g. mathematical or language skills)
- Working techniques and methodology skills
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How to ensure your application process is not counterproductive
Too many steps, automatic extraction of data, confusing windows, … Application processes that are too long and complicated can quickly lead to candidate frustration. 44 percent of job seekers have the impression that application processes have become more complicated in the last five years – this was shown in a new Candidate Behaviour Survey from CareerBuilder.
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HR Glossary: Personnel Leasing
It is not just company cars that can be leased - staff can be as well, as required. As eloquent as it may sound, in principle it means nothing more than deploying temporary staff - or 'temping'.
By making use of temporary staff companies are able to react quickly and flexibly, particularly to seasonal variations. Instead of employing new staff on temporary or permanent contracts, a company can 'borrow' staff from a temping
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Communication - The key to a good candidate experience
Facebook, LinkedIn, What’sApp, … - in an age of ever greater networking through digital media, candidates are also expecting a lot more communication during the application process. They also expect companies' response times to be significantly better than those they have offered (or been prepared to offer) so far. This was shown in the new Candidate Behaviour Survey 2015, in which CareerBuilder surveyed 500 employees
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KPIs Part 1: Time is money
Statistics, analysis, key performance indicators, … Terms that make some recruiters break out in a hot sweat. That is why HR professionals are happy to ignore collecting various KPIs in recruitment. But, with the ever increasing 'war for talent', management accounting in HR is not only becoming increasingly important - it is now almost essential. Good enough reason for a new series in our blog. To kick off, the most important
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HR Glossary: Onboarding
The term "onboarding" refers to the successful integration of a new employee by the company. This does not only entail making the employee familiar with his or her tasks and responsibilities as quickly as possible, but also the best possible level of integration within the organisation and corporate culture, to create significant long-term added value to the company as a whole. Because of skills shortages and the resulting higher
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Candidate Experience: Why a bad impression is expensive
Today's candidate behaves increasingly like the proverbial "empowered customer" already identified in consumer research: as with a purchasing decision, for example in respect of a new television or hotel reservation, it begins with extensive internet research. Where can I find the best (job) offers? Which company can I trust? Where can I expect a fair company culture and good service? Yes - service! Because in the case of an
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Don’t let your best employees walk out the door – try stay interviews
Don’t let the top talent in your organisation leave for another opportunity. Here’s why stay interviews are worth implementing.
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HR Glossary: Networker
The expression 'networker' is used colloquially at work to describe people who actively build, maintain and expand a network of contacts, with the aim of using these relationships for the benefit of their own career. Networking enables people to share information and support each other, independently of their own particular jobs and responsibilities.
It may involve a personal network of friends, colleagues, business
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