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HR UNPLUGGED GYAN – Tips on how to safeguard your job!
Mar 4th
Recession… it’s like a pall of gloom that is cast over everyone now a days. People are constantly lamenting the lack of business and living in fear of losing their jobs. But hey the sky is not falling yet and there are still tons and tons of jobs that need to be done. Ok, we don’t have too many new ones opening up, but many of the old ones are still there and millions of companies are still in business. So there is really no need to panic and worry yourself insane about losing your job!
Recession is just like More >
Engagement studies: The challenge of keeping them alive & useful
Nov 24th
Almost all organizations do employee engagement/ satisfaction studies. Some design it internally and some outsource it to third party vendors. The objective is of course to know how engaged and satisfied your workforce is on a variety of parameters and take appropriate actions based on their feedback. I’ve been part of enough studies now to know that most employers love to do these studies but struggle with what to do with them.
The challenge then is not really doing these studies, but going beyond the results and actioning on them. Without the required action implementation the relevance of such studies More >
Organized Human Resources Community
Sep 4th
Most organized streams of occupation have one thing in common. They have a singular body that controls, augments, approves, and accredits all aspects of the occupation and its practitioners. Some examples would be the Chartered Accountants of India, Bar associations for Lawyers, the Indian Medical Association for Doctors etc.
This kind of setup allows for the control of the body of knowledge and practices because of which people have a common expectation of the outcomes of the occupation.
As an HR professional, I often wonder about the way HR is viewed by other professionals and their varied expectations from HR. More >
Employee Development in a Project Based Environment
Aug 10th
Many knowledge industries today work in a project based environment. These would involve individuals with different skills coming together to work on a time bound project and then dispersing again to join some other project team. In the IT industry specially, one would find this kind of environment. As an HR person supporting employees and managers in this kind of environment I have found it a typical problem that managers usually are unequipped to deal with the challenge of balancing short term project objectives with the long term goals of employee development.
We know the direct manager for an individual More >
