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 their workplaces, some employers have also started falling short in providing stable employment to their young workforce, relying too heavily on insecure contingent work arrangements after their initial purpose has been fulfilled. This analysis will explore the advantages and disadvantages of offering this type of employment and discuss strategies to mitigate the risk of developing an unfavorable employer reputation in the eyes of younger generations of workers.
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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 employees are thriving when it comes to their well-being. More than ever before, companies are saddled with the responsibility of finding innovative ways to increase productivity (Guillaume et al., 2017).
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 económico, emocional, social y cultural del mundo empresarial. Soy un fiel creyente de que mejorando la experiencia de los trabajadores, poniendo foco en su bienestar y en su motivación, toda empresa solo tiene un camino por recorrer: el del crecimiento. Soy abogado, transformado en Analista en People Experience, y he pasado por un sinfín de situaciones en diferentes organizaciones. De algo estoy seguro: todos precisamos ser escuchados, cuidados y respetados, especialmente en el trabajo.
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 the Founder of a solutions-based platform for gender balance at work, I got to know of initiatives that I think can help companies close the gap caused by the pandemic faster and potentially accelerate gender equality in workplaces as a result.
What can companies do to support women at work? And how can companies take gender equality to the next level beyond the pandemic?
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 the brand is known and perceived as attractive among employees and potential candidates.
In general, formal employer branding remains a fairly new field, starting to only pick up momentum in the early 2000s. Two decades later, however, one noticeable and concerning observation is the unequal distribution of employer brand prioritization and investment around the world.
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 still important to note that the pursuit of knowledge should always extend beyond personal insights and the opinions of popular workplace influencers. This article aims to guide HR professionals towards credible and up-to-date HRM learning content. It underscores the necessity of diversifying information sources and relying on validated, professional resources to elevate the quality of people management practices.
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 on expatriation. Above my professional and educational experiences, it’s my personal life experiences that have made me knowledgeable in the field. I started moving abroad when I was only 2 years old because of my family’s professional life and became what is known in the relocation world as a “Third Culture Kid.” By the time I was 25, I had switched cities, countries & continents 10 times, often going back and forth between them.
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 change is usually seen as a negative thing, it is necessary and can lead to positive results. There’s no better example than the one set by Patagonia, an outdoor clothing company that embraces change and is inspiring other businesses to do the same through big & small impactful actions.
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 only a couple of months ahead. Fast forward time to the first months of 2020, and we are all seeing HR professionals and business leaders gain interest in wellbeing at work due to the side effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The positive consequences of taking care of employee’s mental health have been documented in thousands of research papers and academic books of psychological sciences and other related fields for many years. Despite this, it’s still one of the last remaining taboos of the world of work. Improving wellbeing & mental health at work has always been, and will always be, a very important aspect to keeping an organisation and its workforce healthy and efficient, even in the worst of times.
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