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H R BULLETIN VOLUME 61
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How has Pandemic redefined the fundamentals of the HR Process? Since the initial months of 2020, everything seems to have undergone a paradigm shift. We had to alter the way we operated, lived, and EVEN breathed (literally)! Covid – 19 has been a great leveler, in the sense that impacted one and all, across – the strata of the society, different races and ethnicities and age-groups. For centuries, we worked towards growth, as the human race evolved. There was a constant movement to cross boundaries, shift out of home, build better external environments. Simply, for everyone on the planet, moving in and out of homes and offices was a primary need. And then Covid-19 made joined our livelihood. This has been such an unprecedented curveball, that many of us are still struggling to adapt to the new normal. But sadly, this is a reality now and one has had to build lives around this pandemic. The Change Since the initial months of 2020, everything seems to have undergone a paradigm shift. We had to alter the way we operated, lived, and EVEN breathed (literally)! Covid – 19 has been a great leveler, in the sense that impacted one and all, across – the strata of the society, different races and ethnicities and age-groups.
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. One of the visible and undeniable impacts was on our professional livelihoods, as well. And let me tell you, this wasn’t easy for anyone – the employee and the employer. The whole industry had to undergo a sea-change in how we worked on acquiring, engaging and retaining talent, all these years. What got us here, wasn’t going to take us ahead. The HR fraternity had to traverse beyond limits for the requisite change in effective people management. No one could have prepared us for this situation – this was absolutely unknown. This kind of crises never made rounds in any of our MBA course material, nor was there a precedent to fall back on or learn from. And that is what makes it interesting, challenging and I dare say – “exciting” at the same time. Exciting in the sense that how do we respond (and not react), how do we adapt and how do we survive in this new “Normal”! New Best Practices The last 12 months witnessed immense acceptance of changes in Business and People practices. However, there is a silver lining here as well, just as newer avenues opened up. With the pandemic, as we moved indoors and began working remotely, it opened up opportunities to hire talent, beyond restricted geographies. No more was there a rule for talent to be in the same city as the organisation. One could be sitting out of the metros of Mumbai or Bangalore, and yet hire talent from markets other than the metros. This could be a rockstar software developer sitting out of any part of the world! While it is great that one could hire talent based out of anywhere (all they needed was a laptop and an Internet connectivity!), one question was looming over us - how do you invoke a sense of belongingness to your firm? Physical spaces do have the ability to get people closer, to help employees absorb the culture of the organization and to build better working relationships with your co-workers. The remote working setup definitely turned out to be an impediment in making this possible. And we were constantly donning our thinking hats with one single concern How do you get new joiners to believe in the brand ethos and relate to the mission and vision of what the organization is striving to achieve? Technology is the secret-sauce In my opinion the paramount solution to a lot of the problem statements that the HR teams face today, is simply the adoption of technology. The pace at which one is able to implement tech-driven solutions to solve people problems, the faster the ability to enhance productivity and efficiency. HR and Technology teams have had to collaborate to create better solutions (build or buy) that equip employees to operate seamlessly in today’s virtual world. Few of them are on the lines of: •Online assessment tools assisting in hiring talent •Virtual Onboarding solutions help to integrate better with organisations •Collaboration tools and virtual meeting applications help teams, across geographies to connect and interact better •AI powered bots are attempting to gauge the level of engagement with employees •Numerous Learning solutions are great solutions to train and upskill employees •The common thread being efficient deployment of Technology. •Building a better work environment •Another extremely crucial milestone that the HR fraternity needs to adopt is the Ability to TRUST their employees. Pre-Covid, everyone had apprehensions about ‘Work from Home’ setups and its impact on productivity. The pandemic bust this myth, and how. Infact, productivity levels during lockdowns were significantly higher. Employees have shown tremendous commitment to their roles and responsibilities. Hence, we need to trust that our employees will do the right thing. So rather than racking our brains to find complex engagement methods, lets instead ask employees - what will help them feel more connected to their jobs and the organisations at large. Build a two-way communication model, sustainable for any future challenges too. Listen in more carefully to your employees and evaluate ‘what and how’ cuts through the noise the deliver the appropriate message…
https://www.peoplematters.in/article/strategic-hr/how-has-pandemicredefined-the-fundamentals-of-the-hr-process-30668
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Amazon’s first-ever career day in India to be hosted on September 16 In its first ever career day in India, Amazon will host a range of informative session on its workplace culture and offer over 2000 one-on-one career coaching sessions for interested participants to help grow in their careers at the company or elsewhere. Amazon has announced that it will host its first-ever Career Day in India on September 16. This virtual and interactive event will bring together Amazon leadership and employees to share what makes Amazon an exciting workplace. They will talk about their experience of career transitions, driving innovation, working on transformational projects, and the peculiar Amazon culture stemming from the ‘Day One’ mindset. This event will feature interesting and informative sessions including a fireside chat with Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, who will share his own career experience and advice for job-seekers. Amit Agarwal will deliver the opening India keynote, followed by exciting panel discussions with Amazon leaders and employees to decode ‘Life at Amazon’. Along with multiple global and India-focused sessions, 140 Amazon recruiters will conduct 2000 free, one-on-one career coaching sessions with job seekers across the country and will offer advice on effectively approaching the job search process, resume-building skills, and interview tips. These one-on-one free career coaching sessions with Amazon recruiters will be conducted over two days on 16 and 17 September. The company is also currently hiring for more than 8000 direct job openings across 35 cities in the country, including Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Kolkata, Noida, Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Coimbatore, Jaipur, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Pune, Surat. These job opportunities are spread across corporate, technology, customer service, and operations roles.
Read more at: https://www.peoplematters.in/news/recruitment/amazons-firstever-career-day-in-india-to-be-hosted-on-september-16-30707
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Hiring activity sees positive growth across most Indian metros: Monster As per the Monster Employment Index, hiring activity witnessed positive growth across all metros except Kolkata, year-on-year. While the global impact of the pandemic and its variants continues to be seen, it is encouraging to note that hiring demand has increased by 10% in the last three months. Data from the Monster Employment Index indicates that compared to June 2021, July 2021 witnessed a notable overall monthly growth of 4% in hiring. Overall job postings have also improved by 8% year-on-year (July 2021 v/s July 2020), indicating a continued optimistic outlook for the coming months. July 2021, in-line with the previous month, continued to show a favourable outlook for job recovery despite pandemicled restrictions. IT-Hardware, Software (39%) industry witnessed the highest year-on-year increase in the hiring of professionals, with notable growth in metropolitan cities. Further, in terms of levels, hiring for top management indicated remarkable growth of 69%, year-on-year (July 2021 v/s July 2020). Hiring activity in metropolitan cities such as Bengaluru (57%), Pune (35%), and Chennai (29%) indicates strong growth in recruitment as compared to the previous year (July 2021 v/s July 2020). The demand for professionals in Software, Hardware, Telecom functions continue to show an uptrend with a 42% year-on-year increase in job postings nationally, as tracked by MEI, as of July 2021. Job postings witness positive uptick in industries that were previously in a slump Online hiring demand in July 2021 exceeded in 16 out of the 27 industries monitored by the index, in a year-on-year comparison, owing to fluctuations in the pandemic’s impact across different sectors. Interestingly, job postings in Travel and Tourism have seen a steep uptick month-on-month (July 2021 v/s June 2021) at 16%, a welcome relief to the industry, which has been facing considerable challenges since the onset of COVID-19…
Read more at: https://www.peoplematters.in/news/recruitment/hiring-activitysees-positive-growth-across-most-indian-metros-monster-30663
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The rise of the digital workplace COVID-19 has forced many organizations to recognize that they must be equipped with important tools for productivity, connectivity, and employee engagement, in order to respond with agility to the disruptive challenges facing the world today. The impact of COVID-19 in driving forward the global digital transformation agenda will no doubt be felt for decades to come, as an undeniable surge of technological innovation, adoption, and digitalization permeates through almost all aspects of the workplace. It has also added a new meaning to the old adage that necessity is the mother of all invention. COVID-19 has forced many organizations to recognize that they must be equipped with important tools for productivity, connectivity, and employee engagement, in order to respond with agility to the disruptive challenges facing the world today. Understanding the core benefits and challenges in digitalizing the workplace From talent management to recruitment, operations and administration, the workplace has gone from gradual evolution to rapid revolution - overnight. There are many challenges imposed in the new world order - a socially distant workforce, evolving nature of work, and changing guidelines around employee health and safety - but beyond just looking internally at what the current requirements are, organizations now also have a greater understanding that there is a real and pressing need to invest in an integrated digital strategy moving forward. Workday’s own research has shown that over a third of business leaders (36%) have said that in three years’ time, the large majority of revenues will come from purely digital streams. Success today requires organizations to operate at greater speed and efficiency...
Read more at: https://www.peoplematters.in/article/hr-technology/the-rise-ofthe-digital-workplace-30642
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Tetrasoft goes on hiring spree Tetrasoft to hire over 100 highly-skilled digital experts for Technology Innovation Hub (TIL) in Bhubaneswar, India. Tetrasoft's Technology Innovation Hub (TIL) will be focussing on digital services and will be integral to bring together capabilities needed to ideate, prototype, build and scale disruptive solutions for clients across geographies and industries, and tap the rich talent pool and innovation ecosystem spread across the globe where it operates. With a digital-first approach to accelerate transforming the way businesses interact in the market by leveraging business, data, and insights, the lab will leverage a large pool of digital talent, domain experts, industry innovators, proven methodologies, state-of-the-art technologies, and an agile business approach to enable clients harness future technologies. Staffing for the new jobs created in the Hub will be sourced locally, in partnership with local academic institutions and the ecosystem to build a strong pipeline for talent and innovation. Tetrasoft plans to hire over 100 highly-skilled digital experts initially, the hub will feature an Insurance Innovation Lab (IIL) which will capitalise on the growing demand and augment its capabilities, offering an immersive environment for clients to collaborate and co-innovate across Insurance industry covering Core platform modernization, intelligent process automation, big data analytics and cloud to drive operational efficiencies, and boost client experiences faster while reducing the costs. The solutions will dwell on Core Insurance Products like Duckcreek and next generation technologies like digital analytics, Cloud enablement, DevOps, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and cognitive computing. Focused on building next generation products and intelligent platforms for its global enterprise customers, the company is in hyper growth mode and would be looking for aggressive ramp ups of both lateral and young engineers who are looking to accept their next growth challenge…
Read more at: https://www.peoplematters.in/news/recruitment/tetrasoft-goes-onhiring-spree-30721
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