With the corporate sector changing rapidly, a strategy for improving the employer brand is critical. The main goal is to gain the competitive advantage your brand requires in the marketplace. Furthermore, as work-from-home and hybrid working are becoming more common, brands must align their objectives accordingly and provide an employee-centric work environment. Employees, particularly millennials, require more than a paycheck to bring out their best. They need a great place to work that cares about their mental and physical health. Furthermore, with millennials rapidly taking over the workfor ..read more

When it comes to startups, building the right company culture takes on a whole new dimension that can set the tone for things to come. In the focus on the top line and bottom-line growth, this is an aspect that often gets ignored. The advantage in startups or other early-stage enterprises is that the slate is clean, so to speak. It is easier to build and maintain the right workplace culture vis-a-vis established conglomerates where the culture has already been established and is difficult to bring changes in. What is workplace culture? While workplace culture can be a subjective discussion, it ..read more

(This is a guest post by Nisha Nair. Bio at the end of the article.)   If you drop me, your business is sure to crack. Having me onboard is an underrated growth hack! Who am I? Ahem, I am the HR Department! Typically, startups begin without an HR department. The organization is small, and hiring someone to manage just a few employees isn’t the priority. But, as the organization grows, the business needs HR. And, often, that starts with an HR department of one.” But, what is the role of HR in startups? Is that even necessary? As the sole startup HR, my role wasn’t crystal clear to many pe ..read more

As unbelievable as it is, 2021 is almost over. While 2020 marked the beginning of some very unique shifts in hiring patterns and work culture, 2022, we believe, will be a defining point in the world of recruitment and employee experience. So here are the top HR trends you need to watch out for to stay ahead of the curve.  #1 The year of hybrid work  No, remote working was not a passing phase. For better or for worse, the hybrid work model is here to stay, but with a few tweaks. According to a survey by Forrester, around 70% of IT companies in the US and EU are planning to make hybrid ..read more

If you are an HR professional, how many times have you wished you could clone yourself to handle all those ad hoc HR requests coming your way? These requests could be regarding personnel information updates, benefits enrollment, time-off approvals, tax returns, deductions, and so much more. If this sounds familiar, these requests are consuming more time and resources than anticipated. HR teams are expected to be strategic entities, helping with talent and workforce management. These requests might turn your focus away from strategic tasks, making HR more of an operational department. On the ot ..read more

Getting HR a seat at the table. We should have long done away with this phrase. Like the silver linings of dark clouds, the pandemic brought in some much-needed changes in many spheres of life, especially in the business world. The pandemic highlighted the basic but oft-ignored fact that employees form the backbone of an organization and that businesses must take a people-first approach.  The Great Resignation underscores this fact. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4.3 million people quit their jobs in July 2021. While the data doesn’t point to the exact reasons for this ..read more

The success of any business lies in its workforce and the work culture they follow. Broadly, work culture is an enabler, fostering employee happiness employee productivity, leading to excellent employee experience. One cannot enhance their employee experience without updating their company culture.  Companies nowadays claim to have a great work culture, and it elevates their employee experience. But, in reality, they only provide birthday cakes or put up banners with fun words. That’s pretty much it.  We live in a post-modern world with a pandemic looming on us; hence, change is ..read more

Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a one-location, family-run business in the Western US that had been around for generations. The company tweaked its approach, made changes to its products and services and since this worked out well enough for them, some investors poured in their money. The influx of funds resulted in new people coming in to occupy decision-making roles in the company. And within a span of five years, the company grew from 100 employees to well over 2,000 employees. Its growth wasn’t restricted to its home location but the company branched into 100 locations all ove ..read more

Do you listen to reply? Or, do you listen, understand, and then respond? Listening to reply involves merely replying to the words spoken. However, when you are listening to understand, you understand the intention of the speaker and quickly figure out how to act on it.  This is what Maggie Leung, VP of content, Nerdwallet, developed during her tenure at a car booking outlet in her college days. Termed as ‘Dynamic Empathy’, it is about quickly gaining an understanding of how a colleague feels and figuring out how to act on it in a swiftly changing environment.  First Round review has ..read more

Retaining a sense of humor at the workplace has more advantages than you thought. It helps you better relationships at work, reduce the turnover rate, and get work done easily. You would seem more human, and confident in your abilities. In fact, many companies prefer having humorous employees, as they help in keeping negative emotions at bay. Read the blog by Stanford Business know about how humor is playing a serious role at the workplace these days. Read full post at Stanford Business The post When was the last time you laughed at your workplace? appeared first on Freshteam Blog ..read more