Think your company has plenty of staff? Try 2.4 million employees worldwide. Walmart is one of the best known retail brands in the world, learn how this impacts its employment brand and how clarity of message helps candidates to self-select in or out. I’ve had a chat with Michael Smith who heads up employment brand for…
Category: Employer Branding
Some of the world’s biggest companies use The Employer Brand Index to understand, improve and measure their employer brands.
Working environments become more flexible each year, with business owners hiring temporary staff for seasonal or part-time positions rather than staffing up with full-timers. While hiring flexible workers can provide a number of benefits to companies, new challenges arise, as well. One large challenge is to create a comfortable and healthy working environment for those…
People analytics is transforming the HR industry, and recruiters need to pay close attention. Ever since there were companies, there have been managers trying to work out who they should hire or fire. With the advent of big data, there has been a radical technocratic shift that is letting apps do the hard work for…
Sponsored article by Universum & Link Humans. The Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry is undergoing rapid change as local competitors gain market share at the expense of multinational brands. This is true across many categories of FMCG, including food and beverage, household products, and beauty and personal care. On top of this, there are constant…
As an in-house recruiter in an SME, it can be expedient to engage one or more external agencies to help fill a critical role. This is most appropriate when suitable candidates have proved hard to find or where you don’t have a good network in the field you’re recruiting for. If you’ve got the budget…
Over the past year there has been considerable debate around the productivity of the UK workforce, but nowhere near as much insight on how to deliver improvements. The most recent statistics showed that the UK produces on average 30% less, every hour, than Germany, and is also less productive than the US, France and Italy.…
Deadlines, big projects, and seasonal rushes can put a strain on the best of companies, as your team puts in extra hours and extra effort to ensure the job is done well. Still, they’re only human and it is understandable if the quality of their work after days and days without a break might not…
While HR used to be limited to local applicants, the game has changed since the rise of social media. Now, every HR manager who wants to ensure their corporation gets the best new applicants is widening their search pool by using the far-reaching powers of social media to find the best and brightest applicants from…
We all have times at work where we are left fuming at some nonsensical office rule. If you’ve ever had a boss enforce draconian measures, then you’ll know it’s the quickest way to reduce productivity and lower morale. All it does is inflame resentment towards management. Petty work rules can end up alienating an entire…