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Confessions of an HR Leader: The Day I Realized Being Nice Was a Cowardly Policy
I used to believe my greatest strength as an HR leader was that I was approachable. My door was always open. My tone was warm. My responses were measured. People described me as diplomatic and steady. I wore those adjectives like badges of honor. I thought that was leadership. What I did not understand at…
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Analyzing the Impact of Contingent Youth Employment on Organizational Reputation
In recent times, employers have continuously introduced positive initiatives to create employment opportunities for young workers. These encompass a wide range of options, including but not limited to internships, apprenticeships, graduate programs, contractor roles, and volunteer expatriation missions to support global business expansion. While these efforts reflect a commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion within…
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Understanding Display Rules & Emotional Labour at Work: Cost, Consequences, and Coping Strategies
Imagine you work as a barista at Starbucks. A customer walks in on a bright sunny morning, eagerly anticipating your warm welcome, the comforting aroma of freshly brewed coffee, and your excited request for their name – which per pre-established rules, is always hand-written on the renowned coffee cup. However, that day you wake up…
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5 Ways To Enhance Wellbeing of Layoff Survivors
The majority of current layoffs have been in the tech industry, but there have also been significant layoffs in industries such as healthcare, tourism/hospitality, retail, manufacturing, construction, and transportation/warehousing. Although layoffs have always been an issue, the recent increase is due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to supply chain disruptions, an economic slowdown, and…
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3 Science-Backed Ways To Improve Productivity In Workplaces
Workplace productivity plays an integral role in determining the overall success rate of a company, hence the reason why companies have recently begun to devise new innovative strategies to improve employee performance. According to Gallup’s (2022) state of the global workplace report, only 21% of workers are engaged at work and only 33% of overall…
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La Marca Empleadora y Su Convivencia Con Las Diferentes Generaciones
La Experiencia del Empleado, la Marca Empleadora y el People Analytics son conceptos que van de la mano. He tenido la suerte de estudiarlos, trabajarlos y aplicarlos. Cuanto mayor es el tiempo que paso trabajando de lo que me apasiona, mayor es la visión que adquiero de la importancia de estos temas. Importancia a nivel…
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5 Ways Companies Can Support Women’s Inclusion in Labour Markets
The pandemic is damaging the progress towards gender equality at work. According to the World Economic Forum’s (2021) Global Gender Gap Report, 5% of employed women lost their job compared to 3.9% of men, and less women were hired into executive or senior roles in 2020 as Broom (2021) clarifies.
Through my experience as…
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3 Reasons to Value the Power of Alignment When Hiring
There’s a moment that takes place within every hiring manager’s career: the moment they realize there are more positions to fill than they have employees. The panic. The stress. The expectation of doing their job well. Managing deadlines, and performance, and tasks.
You may be staring at a blank schedule or lengthy project list or…
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How Human-Centric Leadership Made Chiara Ferragni A Successful Businesswoman
She is recognised by many as The Blonde Salad, a blogger and one of the most powerful influencers of today’s fashion world. In the world of business, Chiara Ferragni stands as the perfect example of a successful female entrepreneur, and as a leader who is unafraid of showing her humanity. In reflection of this year’s…
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3 Steps to Boosting Employee Engagement on Mondays
We have all felt the impact of a long week. Friday arrives and seemingly everyone is awaiting the end of the day with more excitement than is ever brought to the arrival of Monday. You begin hearing statements such as ‘Do you have plans for the weekend?’ or ‘Thank God it’s Friday!’ Looking forward to the weekend…
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5 Essential Personal Development Tactics We Should Do Every Day to Drive Our Careers
Our lives have increasingly become more fast paced than ever before, with our personal and professional calendars being heavily blocked out for days, weeks and even at times, months in advance. Whilst we continue to tackle each day as it comes, there are several strategies which can be implemented to make our journey more effective,…
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Why It’s Time for More Employer Branding in “Developing” Countries
Employer brand represents an organization’s reputation as a place to work. It’s based on an Employee Value Proposition (EVP), which is the sum of offerings the organization can provide in return for the skills of the talent it employs. Once an organization’s employer brand is established, traditional branding and marketing activities then follow to ensure…
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7 Great Open Access Research Databases For HR Professionals
Have you ever wondered how you can stay up to date with the latest advancements in Human Resources Management (and other related fields) without going back to University?
In the field of HRM, it’s not always necessary to return to college to continue learning. If higher education is not an option for you, it’s…
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Q&A With Antoinet Van Dalen On How HR Departments Can Support Women’s Day
As everyone into the topic of Gender Equality knows, March 8th is Women’s Day. This annual event is dedicated to spreading awareness about gender equality and women’s rights around the globe, and as every Human of HR knows, it’s a great day to reflect on the issues women have faced throughout history in the world…
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5 Tips For Finding And Hiring The Right People For Your Business (The First Time)
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
After a recent “feel good” success story filling a new, key role for their growing operation, one of my clients was feeling pretty “lucky” about finding their first Client Success Manager. This candidate checks all the boxes: he’s got the skills and experience we were seeking to…
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Gender Diverse Hiring Practices: closing the gap between companies & candidates
Through my experience as a founder of a solutions-based platform for workplace gender balance in the tech sector, I regularly speak with companies about their challenge to hire more women. I work to solve the challenges that arise when hiring women in positions where they are underrepresented at one hand, and more specifically, with female…
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Women, Work, and COVID-19: Why We Need To Rely On Sisterhood More Than Ever
2020 has been a year unlike any other. While the impact of the COVID-19 crisis is horizontal in a certain way (United Nations, 2020), as it affects the worldwide population from an economic, social and political aspect, it’s abundantly clear that it hits each one of us differently.
The impact of Covid-19 turns out to be…
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A Human-Centric Workplace Reading List
It’s the end of the year, a hectic one to say the least, and The Humans of HR, including myself, couldn’t think of a better time to sit down and relax with a new inspirational and/or educational human-centric workplace book. For that reason, I have built a list of different resources for our readers, where…
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4 Things You Should Know Before Becoming An Expat
Moving abroad for work can be a great career move, but those that have been on an international assignment before know that the expat life is not as easy or luxurious as it looks on the outside.
My first job in HR was in International Mobility, but that’s not where I gained my knowledge…
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Why Your Company Should Embrace Organizational Change: The Case of Patagonia
If there’s something the COVID-19 pandemic has taught the world, it’s that very small things, as small as a virus, can create big changes and make a huge impact. Change can be difficult, stressful, and overwhelming, but it’s inevitable and both leaders and teams of organizations need to develop specific skills to manage it. Although organizational…
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10 Ways HR Professionals Can Help Protect Employee Mental Health
Last year, I presented a Human Resources research project on wellbeing in the future of work and its impact on the HR function. When I reflected on the fact that this topic would gain importance in the future of work, and for the HR function in particular, I never would have imagined that “the future” was…
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