HR Blog

Smart companies embrace multiple channels to create productive and happy employees. These include building a great culture, augmenting the career growth of employees, having a reward and recognition program, providing learning and development opportunities, as well as providing some intangible benefits. Reward and recognition programs tend to motivate and inspire employees to perform better, while at the […]

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the present circumstances, most of the employees consider their jobs as the number one reason behind all the stress in their lives. In fact, even the World Health Organization has described stress as the “global health epidemic” prevailing in the 21st century. Since 90% of […]

The employee engagement survey is a key tool for organisations to diagnose and create action plans to improve productivity and engagement. However, the effectiveness of the survey is diluted if there is poor survey participation from the employees. A lot of organisations struggle with a low response rate whenever they decide to administer an employee […]

In today’s competitive Australian workplace, an employee’s self-evaluation is more than just a formality; it’s a critical component of a proactive performance management strategy. As an HR professional or employer, your role is to ensure employees feel empowered to provide honest, insightful, and comprehensive self-assessments. This not only streamlines your performance review process but also […]

Whenever an organisation tries to work towards employee retention, one of the things that it wishes to keenly understand from departing employees is: What could we have done to retain them? Exit interviews are purely conducted to meet this requirement. Exit interviews can go a long way to help you repeat the good experiences shared […]

Forty years ago, payroll was a simple bookkeeping task. Today, it’s a strategic tool for rewarding and retaining your best employees. With the rise of powerful, automated HR and payroll software, businesses have found a new way to manage their most critical employee functions. This technology has made payroll easier and more accurate than ever, […]

Strategic HR significantly contributes towards improving innovation within an organisation, especially in start up companies. This department can manage and nourish an organisation’s talent management as well as its culture, to help it become innovative while maintaining the reliability and the excellence of its regular operational functions. All these factors are in fact much needed […]

The ultimate goal for every recruiter is to place an eligible candidate in a position which proves to be a perfect match for both company & candidate. When you are looking for a candidate with high potential, who is likely to be a high performer, you require the aid of advanced recruiting practices. One such candidate […]

What Does a Digital Nomad look like? It’s difficult to paint an exact picture of digital nomads; however, there are a couple of statistics and surveys available which should give you a reasonable idea. The popular freelance job site, Upwork carried out a survey amongst its registered freelancers and found that around 39% of freelancers considered […]

The year 2022 saw an upward trend of uncertainty which has posed a threat to the future of global businesses. Simultaneously, digitalisation is transforming the archaic modes of thinking and the prevailing models of work across various industries. Considering this paradigm shift, it is not surprising to see a fall in the rate of employee […]

How many times have you heard that work should be its own reward? People keep saying it, but we all know it isn’t true. Everyone likes to be appreciated, valued, and recognised for what they do. And that goes from the time you first learned to tie your own shoes to the corporate merger you […]

There’s a common misconception that subtly lies within the psyche of employees, that all one can do when feedback is offered during the appraisal discussion is to say ‘thank you’  However, that is far from being the truth! There is no hard and fast rule that you have to agree with the feedback received. Step […]

There’s a lot of buzz going around Big Data, but the question is,  can Big Data really help to enhance business performance? Leading organisations are utilising Big Data is to manage their employees better, as it helps them to understand the true needs of their employees. People analytics can depend on metrics for identifying high […]

One of the common challenges for all businesses these days is employee retention. A recent survey conducted by Australian Human Resources Institute revealed the average level of employee turnover amounted to around 16%. This percentage is indeed quite high, and more than two-thirds of the respondents of the survey were of the opinion that a turnover […]

The mark of a great leader lies not just in managing employees but also ensuring that their employees feel engaged, motivated, and inspired to do their best. When these principles are being overlooked, it leads to loss of valuable task force, employee disengagement, poor decision-making, and increased anxiety apart from other things. If you fail […]

Food Sets The Tone For The Day Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and it often gets overlooked by employees and employers early in the AM. As with most bonuses, it shows appreciation and value to workers, but providing breakfast also escalates productivity by fueling energy levels and reducing food-fetching outside the […]

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 […]

While you are looking for high-potential, high-performing, good work ethic employees who are a good fit for your existing team members, you need to take a holistic approach to knowledge skills & attitude. Knowledge and Skills are certainly an asset, but they can be taught or bought. However, the same cannot be said in terms of an individual’s character & […]