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Over the past year we’ve seen a huge transformation in remote working practices owing to Covid-19. As companies adjust to new ways of working, virtual employee onboarding has become one of the big HR trends. While this pivot was an initial response to the pandemic, many employers have found it...

Every organisation has its own onboarding process steps and procedures in place to tailor the induction experience to its company. However, employee onboarding best practice suggests that a checklist is essential for ensuring a swift and efficient introduction to the job. The purpose of an employee onboarding checklist is more...

When you’re in an employee-facing role, be it as a manger, HR professional, CEO, or otherwise, it’s important to have a degree of empathy and compassion. Also known as taking a ‘human-centered’ approach, this mindset involves putting people at the heart of a business. It extends from customers through to suppliers...

We all know the importance of hiring well, but the journey doesn’t end when the candidate signs on the dotted line. Over the past few years, great emphasis has been placed on the onboarding process, to ensure a memorable and effective induction. What onboarding means today is not just about...

As the nine-to-five changes and working environment’s adjust, it has never been more important to invest in personal development. Not to be confused with training, personal development focuses on mental and social skills, which can be used professionally as well as personally. And this is why upskill training and development...

If you can remember a time before Covid-19, when we travelled for business, dined out for meetings, and cross-commuted for meetings, it may seem like a lifetime ago. And even with an end in sight, many experts agree that the ‘new normal’ has paved the way for a new employee...

Promoting diversity and inclusion at work is an area that has really come into focus. And while great strides have been achieved, there’s still much work to be done to establish a standard in equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The term covers a broad area, including; gender, ethnicity,...

As we ease ourselves into 2021, it might feel like groundhog day all over again. But in the aftermath of the continued pandemic, it’s set to be a year of new beginnings.  With working from home becoming the daily norm, corporates of all size have been forced to review their...