Applicant Tracking System

As you begin your startup, you are concerned about getting the idea, getting the funding & getting the customers. But at some point, you want to start thinking about getting a Human Resources specialist on board as well. It is no fun to have to use the restricted funds to someone in the “cost center” role, but making someone onboard at the right time will save you money in the long run. Here are 4 signs to understand why HR is important in an Organization.

1. You are growing fast

#TWEETCHAT SUMMARY: REMOTE EMPLOYEES – EFFECTIVE OR NOT?

The #Tweetchat campaign in the series of #AskHR discussions is the latest campaign we have come up with to reach out to the HR/Recruitment/TA fraternity across the world and involve them into a discussion that can help change the way we see Recruitment and Hiring.

employee engagement, employee performance

Online recruitment tracking systems software is considered to be an efficient way for managing the human resource functions and employees of the company. The modern technology has helped the way to improve the recruitment processes and equips recruitment agencies to bring out better results.

Recruitment tracking system

Seeing the last year’s trend, 2016 has raised a new debate on whether any layman person could take recruitment as his/her career. The big answer is NO. Recruitment is a very specialized field. Just like organisations look for core Marketing, Finance & Operation professionals, similar is the need to have trained recruiter. Here are 6 things, Senior HR Leaders of organisations need to look at, when it comes to hiring trained recruiters, before they think anybody can take care of their recruitment process.

1. Recruiters are best at Networking

As we start with 2016, we reached out to our users asking them about their New Year Resolution for Happy Recruiting in 2016. Here is what they have to say:

1. Lower down Attrition Rate

As of today, almost 76 million of Indians own a Smartphone. Of which, more than 60% fall in the category of professionals into white collar and blue collar jobs. It is high time for organisations to sync themselves with the trending digital strategy of recruitment and keep up with the world. Here are some facts which talks about the importance of smartphones in while hiring.

Usage of Smartphones for Jobs

Recruiters have received plenty of applications, but they were able to give only 5-7 seconds of time on each resume. Nearly 83% of recruiters revealed that cover letters went unnoticed.

Few weeks back we talked about Why top tech companies are at the bottom when it comes to female hiring. There is no magic business formula which can shrink the gender gap in any organisation. It is only some small and crucial steps that can change the way we can recruit, hire and retain female talent.

Diversification Works

#Diversified hiring has become the latest buzzword across various organisations. Talking on this theme, we asked people – “Do you consider having diversified workforce in your organisation?” Also, we tried digging a bit deeper to know what factors they consider in Diversified hiring. Here is what they have to say:

Diversified Workforce Increases Productivity    

Since ages, this question has been looping in the minds of business owners and HR managers as to how job seekers are looking at their company after they appear for a recruitment process. Based on the survey conducted by Jobvite, Applicant Tracking System brings to you a direct insight from the job seekers and what they look for while accepting or rejecting a job offer.

An organisation working without an effective employee performance reviews or evaluation is not at all contributing towards development of its employees; and this is one of the major reasons why good employees leave organisation. Performance evaluation helps managers and supervisors to identify gaps, give remedial training, recruit new employee and compensate current employees appropriately.

engagement and motivation

Some people think that formal education is essential for achieving a goal. Some believe job training and experience can do the trick, while others say personal character and attitude will do the job. Finding the best fit candidate and retaining them for long has been a tricky task for HR professionals. And if the task is not taken care with full responsibility, it might cost huge to any organisation.

The best way to overcome the issue and achieve accurate results is to get in the shoes of Spectre star James Bond and see how he can help HR’s in achieving the end goals

Understand the Purpose

James Bond never agrees on a case without knowing the purpose of doing it. Similarly HR’s, before advertising a job opening or creating a new policy for the organisation, should understand in depth the purpose of doing the same. This will help them to target right areas, achieve results in lesser time with more productivity and prove HR to be the most important role in an organisation

Build Network

007 is never short of friends, team members, associates or even acquaintances. Whenever he is in need, his network comes for his rescue. For HR’s as well, they should be keen on building a strong network. HR’s should never ignore the possibility that the person they are meeting can turnout to be a prospective candidate, a mentor in their profession or even partner organisation for the current company.

According to recent statistics, 15% of the global population is disabled in some form or the other. If we talk about the employment status of these disabled people; around 60% of American disabled people are willing to work but unable to find a job. Around 80% of the disabled people in Asia are unemployed. Surprisingly the highest population country China has only 20% disabled people as unemployed, whereas in India, the rate goes to 74%. Alarmingly, the rate of disability is steadily increasing due to ageing and chronic health of people

Having a diversified hiring has become a latest buzzword among organisations. But does your hiring includes Differently Abled employees as well? Organisations have rolled-out budgets and plans for employee engagement and retention. Does it also favors Differently Abled people? It is time organisations need to consider that every person has different capabilities and talent. These special people have the capacity to bring different aspects and ideas in an organisation. All they need is a little bit of extra attention. A few areas where organisations can focus:

 1. Training:

Every employee needs training when they join a new organization. They are supposed to complete training in a given period of time and move onto the live projects. However, in case of differently abled people they might stretch the learning time and might need extra efforts from trainers. Organisations should also be open to involve trainers specially for differently abled employees.

 2. Working Pattern:

A thoughtful working pattern with favorable changes can make workplace very friendly for these employees. The pattern may include - flexible work timings, frequent work-from-home policies, favorable work locations and easy accessible work stations as well. These changes may not cost anything to the organisations.

 3. Equipment and Infrastructure:

Use of relevant equipment and infrastructure design is also an important factor to make workplace a favorable place for differently abled employees. Wheelchair accessibility, dedicated pathways, presence of elevators or escalators, frequent pick-up and drop facilities are some of them to talk about.  

4. Communication:

Without any assumptions, organisations must ensure that information is passed to these employees in the format which is easily accessible to them. It would be recommended effort if the sender of the information can do a follow-up with them on the received and the expected response as well.

Benefits of hiring specially abled people:

According to various studies conducted, people with disabilities have better retention rates and less absenteeism rates. This also makes diversity more strong in the organisation where companies can look to serve people with similar situations. Hence, providing better solutions to business challenges and helps reaching bigger targets.