Whilst experience, qualifications and skills are very important factors to consider when interviewing a candidate; their personal characteristics are also very important and is often overlooked. This blog will discuss 5 essential characteristics to look for when recruiting a candidate.
This article discusses 5 essential elements of effective employee onboarding that benefits the new starter and the business.
A recent study shows that employee turnover is as much as 50% in the first 18 months of employment. And the primary reason you ask? The simple answer:
A poor onboarding experience.
When starting something new (especially a new job), you are thrown into the deep end and overloaded with an abundance of information, which usually goes in through one ear and out the other. What can you as an employer do to help prevent this?
This blog will show you the ropes of onboarding and to do so, I will be taking a deep dive into the DO’S and the DON’T’S of an Onboarding Process.
Having a good employee retention strategy ensures that you keep high performers within your business and waives the expense of recruiting new employees. Retaining talent is a process that some small businesses struggle with and is critical for an organisation’s success.
Due to talent shortages, it is becoming increasingly difficult for businesses to hire, meaning that retaining talent should be a top priority for every business, no matter the industry.
Nowadays, the workplace may not necessarily be confined to the office. The work from home arrangement that transpired in the beginning of lockdown provided employees the much-needed flexibility to allow employees to continue to work through lockdowns and as a result, more people are working remotely even in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Read this blog post to learn 5 ways your workplace can support remote workers and their mental health.
Flexible workplace arrangement
Having a good employee retention strategy ensures that you keep high performers within your business and waives the expense of recruiting new employees. Retaining talent is a process that some small businesses struggle with and is critical for an organisation’s success.
Due to talent shortages, it is becoming increasingly difficult for businesses to hire, meaning that retaining talent should be a top priority for every business, no matter the industry.
As a HR professional, and business owner, I have been taking particular interest in the recent discussions around remote work and the return to office movement. Listening to friends and hearing their raw and candid feedback about their own workplace policies and mandates, has been the core inspiration for today’s blog.
During the pandemic, remote working was a necessity to ensure business survival. Now, as we return to operating in the covid-normal world, remote work has continued to be a preferential working agreement for many businesses.
Today, we’ll be examining remote work arrangements – more specifically, its benefits and whether it could be an option for your business.
