The HR Channel

Superb Presentation on Employer Branding - Attracting Followers with your Employment Brand

2010-01-21T23:25:00.000-08:00

Causality: Attracting followers with your employment brandCausality: Must watch presentation on Employer Branding. It provides detailed yet fascinating research on employee opinions and competencies and how companies need to reach out to their employees with better communication models at the workplace. How it is important to create an environment where an employee feels that what they are doing

Have Time....Will Waste (Managers passion for wasting time at work!!)

2010-01-21T23:10:00.000-08:00

I found a nice article detailing research that has been conducted into the time wasting strategies of employees at work, particularly managers. It is also backed by nice anecdotes, some of which really hit home. These surveys should really encourage debate amongst professionals on how to get hold of and solve this problem, since productivity issues are becoming increasingly important in the

Long Term Incentive and the Black Box of Employee Stock options

2009-05-01T10:40:00.000-07:00

Compensation of employees can broadly be divided into 3 buckets – Base Salary (fixed cash component of the salary including basic, HRA etc), Short term Incentive (aka Bonus, Variable pay, Performance driven pay), Long term Incentive (Restricted Stock/Restricted Stock Units, Stock Options). Total Rewards approach includes other elements like Benefits (Healthcare, Retirement etc) and Career

On the Chopping Block

2009-04-16T21:03:00.000-07:00

A picture i found on the web while surfing - which shows clearly what happens to our salaries during recession time...They get chopped off :-) !

Debate:: Have put this up for discussion

2009-02-02T08:56:00.000-08:00

“Does what we do really have any impact on an organization? Can organizations still treat people like shit and make money?”This is specially true in light of the present crisis, where we see layoffs, job losses and pay cuts become the order of the day. Are organizations still investing on people? When jobs dry up, where do people go? And, after organizations are done with the blood bath, and the

...Then the CEO went blogging!

2009-01-23T22:15:00.001-08:00

continuing with the theme, companies are opening up more and more to web 2.0. A corporate blog is an amazing way to brand your workplace. There's nothing more magnetic than an open workplace, where employees are allowed to air their views.It is the equivalent of Mass Media in a free nation.Approaches a company can take towards the branding space includes;Corporate journalists airing views and

You know Gates!!!

2008-12-31T22:52:00.001-08:00

Web 2.0 is turning the world on its head.Five years back, my mom would accuse me of wasting time on the computer. Today, it's a different story. She just cant seem to get the perfect profile picture on Geni.com."What would Merlyammai think? Who took this lousy snap?"Networking is the new 'in' thing. Get to know your family, your colleagues or some weird filipino who claims to have been your

Financial Crisis - Don't Worry, Greed will Prevail

2008-12-08T03:47:00.000-08:00

Note: I had posted this article on only my personal Blog since this was an HR only dashboard but i feel this topic transcends all domains, hence i am posting the blog here also. All comments are welcome.Global financial meltdown - Three words that in all likelihood conjures up the most frightening monster the world has known. This monster is taking away all the things that we cherish, directly or

HR analytics

2008-11-12T00:01:00.000-08:00

Reproducing an interesting article (this is not mine) I found on a yahoogroup- though its actually an advertisement for an HR analytics tool, it puts forth some interesting points on using HR analytics.Making Their Numbers by Tom Starner[Human Resource Executive Online October 2, 2008]Some HR executives are turning to workforce analytics as a way to demonstrate their department's strategic value

Feed Forward

2008-11-02T00:12:00.000-07:00

By:Gitansh MalikSaket SanganeriaFeedback is one of the most effective tools for managers. The importance of feedback in the personal and professional development of an individual is widely known and accepted. In strict business sense all managers desire a status check and wish to know how well they are doing. Even in non-business situations there is an inherent desire to learn about which actions

How Much Did You Say Your Rent Was???

2008-10-15T09:39:00.000-07:00

During one of my assignments involving compensation structuring, I was intrigued by this one question, How does one fix the Employee’s Basic Salary?One could take an ideological (or rather Historical!!!) standpoint on the matter. Basic pay is a measure of how much the person’s skills are worth in the market. But then again, this is an idea which has outlived it’s time for reasons beyond my

Dummies' guide to setting your goals

2008-10-15T07:40:00.000-07:00

' .. and one last thing. Tomorrow is the deadline for submitting your goals. Just write up 5-6 goals and send them to me. I know I totally forgot about it........'Let's face it. A lot of us have mentors or bosses who think that we can churn up our individual yearly goals like bullet ridden chevrons on a Powerpoint template. It definitely isn't that easy. Or is it?The foundation of any performance

Why not Paid Holidays instead of Closed Holidays?

2008-10-06T23:55:00.000-07:00

In India, we have a system of closed holidays. Typically 12 days in a year. Out of these 3 are Government Holidays, viz. Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti. If as an employer you require your employees to report to work during a national holiday, you need to seek advance permission from the Labour commissioner. Now, leaving these 3, and Labour day the other 8 are religious holidays

Its high time Performance appraisal systems became more transparent...Some simple guidelines!

2008-10-06T11:06:00.001-07:00

Something which will always lead to trouble in a performance appraisal system is if any one of the participant in the appraisal process is not honest. The appraisal system should be such that it is not unfair to the employee and should not be a weapon in the hands of the appraiser such that it is only based on his whims and fancies. A better approach should be to involve a larger number of people

What drives businesses to adopt Corporate Social Responsibility? And does it really matter what the secret agenda is?

2008-10-06T09:46:00.000-07:00

Let’s first have a look at what the various definitions of CSR are in the context in which we are talking about it. These are the two definitions I would refer to in this article:Corporate social responsibility (CSR)[1] is an expression used to describe what some see as a company’s obligation to be sensitive to the needs of all of the stakeholders in its business operations. A company’s

PRESENTEEISM

2008-10-06T06:55:00.000-07:00