Make Meetings Effective Again
Meetings aren’t just a quantitative problem. Most people you know love to complain about their lack of productivity. ...
How to deliver bad news to your employees
Every once in a while, a leader or a manager is tasked with the most dreaded task: deliver bad news to employees. So how do you soften the blow? ...
7 major types of pre-employment tests to screen applicants
By implementing pre-employment assessment tests, employers can gather relevant, reliable candidate-related information and make an objective hiring decision. ...
Candidate Job Rejection Email Templates (With Samples) : Job Rejection Email
Job rejection emails are great tools to update the candidates on their application status and give them closure to the job search. ...
How to successfully conduct employee disciplinary meeting?
Employee disciplinary meeting is conducted to address grave issues concerning the employee’s conduct or actions in the workplace. A disciplinary meeting is conducted to...
What are the signs of retaliation in the workplace?
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) saw 76,000+ discrimination charges filed in the year 2018, with a majority of them stating that more than one-half of t...
Record 1.3 million apply for unemployment benefits amid corona resurgence
A July 9 report from the Labor Department shows that the number of applications for unemployment has now topped 1 million for 16 straight weeks. Before the pandemic, the ...
How to avoid talking politics at work
As the saying goes, “don’t talk religion or politics in the office.” It’s quite easy to avoid politics at work when you’re months away from the next election. ...
A Beginner’s Guide to Getting Things Done (GTD)
David Allen, one of the world’s most influential thinkers on productivity, observed that humans are much better at processing information than storing it. Getting Thing...
Crisil says $160 million loss due to H1B Visa change marginal for Indian IT firms
The H1B visa suspension by the US government will cost Indian IT firms $160 million and have a marginal 0.25-0.30 percent impact on their profitability, CRISIL, a domes...
Why are video-meetings so exhausting?
Even since the nation went into a lockdown, I’ve been on enough Zoom calls than I can count. If it’s not Zoom meetings or virtual happy hours with colleagues, it’s ...
5 Tips for Job Search during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting a lot of people, and every part of the economy. Be it losing jobs or financial crisis; people are facing the worst in the pandemic situ...
Traditional male-dominated careers still find few takers in women
According to a Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) 2019 data, there are still many occupations where women are underrepresented and are majorly male-dominated occupations. ...
Q&A With Jane: I’m putting longer hours at work remotely
COVID-19 spread is challenging day-to-day life in unprecedented ways. All sections of society – including employees and employers – should play a vital role to protec...
What are purple squirrels and unicorns?
In a world of fantasy, animals are beautiful, magical creatures capable of bringing good luck and charm. Everyone loves them. In the world of professional recruiting, bei...
Is job ghosting an acceptable move?
The term ‘ghosting’ is not unheard of in the recruitment and hiring world. It’s when a job seeker or an employee suddenly cuts off all communication without an expl...
