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The Importance of new employee onboarding process

Employee Onboarding is the process of inducting new employees into your business. Employee onboarding assists new employees to integrate into the business both from an operations and cultural perspective. Successful onboarding of employees is extremely important for employees, managers, and the organisation as a successful onboarding strategy will reduce attrition and increase employee engagement. A […]
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HR Software: What is the difference between HRIS, HCM, and HRMS

You have just started exploring HR Software and are faced with the terms HCM, HRIS & HRMS. Granted, it’s confusing, and you’re probably saying to yourself, they all look the same. Perhaps on the surface, they do the same thing and tick the functional boxes, but there are subtle differences in features and benefits to your […]
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7 Ways ESS Employee Self Service Can Help Your Company

What is ESS Employee Self Service? Employee self service is a feature provided by HR Systems that allows employees to access and modify their own documents, personal details, and role related tasks. It has become common for companies to implement HR Software to provide employees with access to the tool in order to optimise communication, […]
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Term Dates & School Holidays Australia 2022 – EmployeeConnect

Now that Australia’s border restrictions have eased, many families are looking forward to a well-earned holiday. The timing of that holiday usually depends on school terms and that moving Easter public holiday date. To make it easier to plan ahead into new year, we’ve compiled a list of all the Australian school holidays 2022. Simply […]
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How Learning and Development Impacts Professional Development

Why is professional development important? Learning and development plays a key role in the Professional Development and engagement of employees. Organisations that focus on the professional development of their workforce are more likely to foster an environment of high engagement and company growth. Providing employees with learning and development opportunities are proven to increase engagement […]
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Top 8 Fun Brain Games for Adults

An essential skill any employee throughout 2022 will constantly be aiming to improve is their thinking skill.  Interestingly, thinking skills may be improved through playing brain games for adults that can help develop, train and enhance the skill. To be more specific, thinking skills encompass the wide range of creative thinking, critical thinking, analytical thinking […]
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Game Changing Performance Management Trends

Modern organisations have transitioned from their transactional & process-driven nature towards becoming more employee-centric. This exciting paradigm shift has prompted organisations to muster up the courage to try out new things and shake up their existing performance management systems. Listed below are a few performance management trends or predictions for the next 12 months 1. Focus […]
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Personal Development Objectives

One of the key drivers pertaining to employee engagement and organisational performance is personal development. In fact, there is a strong correlation between personal development and employee retention. Retaining employees is a major and ongoing concern for almost every employer. That is the reason why Personal Development Plans (PDPs) is a component of the performance management […]
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Does Sharing Goals Help or Hurt You?

Goal setting can be likened to lights as they illuminate and guide your path to success, clearly marking the various milestones on your journey. Setting goals entails making the optimum use of your resources and set the trail to the closest milestone with the best chances of reaching there successfully. One of the significant aspects […]
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Sample Questions for an Employee Self-evaluation

Employee self-evaluation process is an integral part of performance development planning process in every organisation. This process engages and involves the employees of an organisation and closely monitors their performance. The employee self-evaluation process acts as a precursor to the effectiveness of the one on one appraisal discussion between the employee and their manager. It […]