Human resource management is an essential part of every serious company. Whether we are talking about training employees, hiring fresh blood, ensuring that labor laws are respected, managing contracts, or handling paid vacations, HR processes are a vital part of every organization. Without the HR department to handle the logistical parts, a company will slowly…
It’s back to work time and some employees will be dragging their heels back into the office – with fading tans and even less motivation. 70% of employees start searching for a new job around this time, spurred on after taking a break from their usual routine. The post-holiday blues, therefore, can spell serious trouble…
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Last updated: February 2020. More and more companies use pre-employment assessment tools to compare the critical competencies of their candidates helping them to find the best match for the job and the organization. These tools come in many different shapes and sizes, ranging from personality and skill assessments to culture fit, social skills and beyond.…
Welcome to another brand new edition of our ‘Must-Read Digital HR and HR Tech Articles’. The top articles of August feature employer branding lessons from Beyoncé and Jay-Z, a people analytics case study, an article on developing the great human leaders of tomorrow, and a video with some of the most exciting current developments…
Accepting a new job is never an easy decision. Even if the interview process goes perfectly, many candidates still experience a lot of hesitation. After all, what if the actual job is nothing like the interview led them to believe? It can be a real struggle to accurately represent what a job really is like before…
Last week, I was on the phone with a woman called Ilse. Ilse had been working in HR for one of the well-known global HR service providers for almost her entire career. Now she had decided to move on and wanted to talk to me about which roads to take, because ‘Well, you know quite…
The newly appointed people operations manager of a fast-growing scale-up (120 people today) called me. She had just started, and asked if I could give some advice. We drank a coffee in Amsterdam. Below a short summary of my tips. 1. Don’t hire an HR manager My first message was: I would not have…
Welcome to this brand new edition of our ‘Must-Read Digital HR and HR Tech Articles’. The top articles of July feature seven ways HR departments can do less while accomplishing more, an article on measuring employee engagement the right way, a rather disturbing look into the future of the gig economy, and a video with…
Currently, many organizations question their performance management. The reason for that is an increasing number of employees in competence-based jobs as technical and manufacturing jobs are disappearing due to automation. According to a study by the World Economic Forum, cognitive flexibility, creativity, emotional intelligence and active learning are the most important competencies for the future.…
When it comes to developments in artificial intelligence and other technologies, the narrative isn’t always positive. But instead of unnecessarily focussing on the negative, why not concentrate on the positive? Like how technology can help us bring the best out of teams for example. Or how it can make us have conversations about matters we…