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An inclusive workplace culture has become the norm for most businesses nowadays. Not only does it allow for a more diverse structure of work, but it fosters brand growth by encouraging an environment where everyone can feel welcome and appreciated. Why is it important to incorporate inclusion in your workplace culture? It is vital to […]
How HR Leaders Can Foster a Professional Ethics Environment The pace with which the contemporary workplace has been changing has been magnificent. The days are long gone when employees were just working machines and worked without any benefits or even some were victims of unethical situations in the workplace. Today employees have their own demands […]
Way to Streamline the Recruitment Process Attracting the right talent for your company is both a difficult and time-consuming process. Finding candidates with suitable qualifications requires thoughtful planning and work. Too long a process and you risk the chance of losing a valuable potential employee; if a process is not structured right, you may find […]
Hidden CV Red Flags And Green Lights When it comes to making hiring decisions, recruiters will undoubtedly put a lot of emphasis on the importance of a strong CV. There’s a good reason for this, the CV is the first way to gauge whether a candidate is suitable for a job. Get the CV wrong […]
The Role of Strategic Communication Pros Strategic Communications is concerned with the formulation of messages and other forms of communication within an organization. Human Resources (HR) on the other hand, is responsible for recruiting and hiring, processing payroll, maintaining employee records, updating policies, and improving employee relationships. The communications and HR departments have two separate […]
How can business owners make a clean office a top priority? All too often, maintaining a clean office is seen as something that’s undeniably nice, but not quite a necessity compared to all the other pressing business issues. As a result, a clean office can fall off of that priority list, becoming overlooked especially when […]
When it comes to professions in the healthcare sector, nursing is by far one of the most popular ones. At present, there are over four million registered nurses in the United States. Among them, almost 85% are employed in nursing while the others are working in various other fields, some even outside of healthcare. Between […]
I recently had two illuminating conversations about quiet quitting, the workplace term dedicated to rejecting hustle culture that’s taking the work world by storm. Conversation number one was with a Gen X’er, like me. Paraphrasing, she said, “What’s with these people? When I was growing up, I knew I had to put on my big […]
In HR and in Life, Self-Reflection is a Critical Soft Skill Despite the concepts and exercise of self-awareness and self-reflection predating HR by several centuries (if not millennia), I’m increasingly convinced few skills are more important to modern-day HR. The smartest people around have been telling people some version of “know thyself” for centuries – […]
What HR Tasks Could You Outsource to a Virtual Assistant? As your business grows, you will find more tasks that need your attention. At the same time, you may not have the budget to get an internal team to handle all the HR tasks. This is where a virtual assistant comes in. Most virtual assistants […]