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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 […]

Why is recruitment important to human resource management? Recruitment employee is extremely important in HR management as it ensures that employees who wish to enter into the organisation are a perfect fit for the business, whilst further displaying the professionalism of the entire organisation at the very first moments a prospective employee wishes to onboard. […]

With 2021 at its end, 2022 is here and ready for a bright, eventful and interesting year ahead. In the business world, recruiters are going to be given a busy handful, dealing with a large number of applications throughout the entire year and especially early within the new year. Although it is essential to understand […]

In today’s competitive business environment, a major determinant of the success or failure of an organisation is company culture. When the company culture is largely positive a respective increase in employee engagement, motivation, happiness, teamwork and retention may be attained. Likewise, when the overall organizational culture is negative, employees feel largely unhappy, stressed, unwelcomed and […]

Human Resource (HR) managers have found major importance in both rewarding employees and showing employee recognition. Through both rewarding and recognising an employee a corresponding motivation level is increased for the employee and in turn can further positively increase employee productivity and performance. Moreover, it is likely when an employee is shown rewards and recognition […]

Remote work becomes the new future The importance of employee engagement for remote work has been widely recognised by diverse groups of Human Resource (HR) managers in Covid period. Employee engagement has shown clear positive links to both organisational productivity and performance. An engaged employee within an organisation significantly increases workplace creativity, efficiencies, satisfaction levels […]

Multitasking is extremely important in all aspects of life, although it is found to have a critical significance in the business environment today. When managing projects, meeting tight deadlines and further handling a variety of workplace tasks it is common to exhort your ability to utilise multitasking skills to help complete the group of work […]

Human Resource (HR) Management encourages teamwork in workplaces to effectively increase employee motivation and loyalty, best meeting the Employee Value Proposition (EVP). Moreover, employee teamwork encourages a range of increased benefits which includes; increased productivity and efficiency, improved quality and costs, reduced destructive internal competition, developed employee skills and further improved workplace cohesiveness. Increases Productivity […]

COVID-19 commonly referred to as the coronavirus has dramatically changed the business environment we operate within today. Businesses are constantly being impacted within a fast paced and ever-growing environment that constantly receives pressures from both internal and external factors that are commonly presented in a business’s operations. The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally presented a major […]

“HR technology? No thanks, we’re not interested in fads.” This mindset is one of the biggest mistakes enterprise HR leaders can have. In the last 13 years, HR technology adoption has been on a steady rise, making it the norm rather than a nice-to-have. In this day and age when companies are going through a […]

HR plays a vital role in shaping company culture and business goals, particularly when it comes to issues such as mental health and customer service. By implementing time-bound plans to improve employee mental health, HR can foster a positive work environment that will improve customer service and ultimately increase sales. Additionally, HR can work with […]

HR directors face increasing demands of their time-management skills, recruitment strategies and people-management abilities in today’s competitive workplace. HR departments are charged with not only keeping perfect records and complying with ever-evolving government and industry regulations but also with contributing to and nurturing business objectives through recruitment and motivation. The globalisation of business adds its […]

It can indeed be challenging to focus on anything good when bad things keep taking place in your life. However, the good part is that it is possible to train your mind to focus only on the positive things in your life, instead of pondering on the negative. This is not an article on positive […]

Whether you are a front-line supervisor or the CEO of a company, “trust” in some form is critical whenever it comes to performance. Trust is in fact considered to be one of those softer topics that busy managers rarely think about on a day to day basis.  In fact, it never makes it to a […]

Conflict, especially interpersonal conflicts are part and parcel of life, and they may arise in almost any kind of atmosphere be it organisations or personal relations. While interpersonal conflict is a fact of life, what is important is to learn to resolve it effectively so that it does not increase your stress levels. Conflict resolution […]

sensitive information or documents, as well as finances. Here’s a rundown of what you should know about these checks: 1. They Want to Know You’re Being Truthful Part of the information obtained during a background check will determine if there are any outright lies on your application or resume. It’s been estimated that 10% of […]

When you allow your team members to make decisions and take action within your organisation, it’s known as ‘empowering employees’. It’s quite important to empower your employees if you wish to have a sustainable business. The real growth of an organisation takes place when you have multiple individuals working together instead of just relying on […]

It is a common knowledge that individuals with high emotional intelligence have a greater chance of getting hired, promoted, and earning a better salary. An individual’s ability to identify and control his or her emotions and to be able to understand the emotions of others is termed as emotional intelligence. When an individual has high […]