The human resources (HR) department was once viewed as a burdensome operational overhead. After all, how difficult can it be to post job advertisements, conduct an initial screening, prepare an employment contract, and act as a liaison between senior management and the workforce? C-suite executives paid little heed to the importance of having a vibrant […]
These days, you can’t scan the interwebs without seeing an article telling you how different these darn millennials are. Lazy. Demanding. Requiring instant gratification. Hand-holding. Trophies for everyone. Soooo hard to manage. Soooooo unlike everyone who’s ever worked before them. Well, we’re not here to weigh in on that debate. Because you know what? Too bad. Love […]
Talented employees are the company’s greatest asset, thus are highly appreciated. Losing your best employees is extremely costly. Employee turnover is worth around 6 to 9 months’ of salary. And that’s excluding cost to morale and the time a manager trying to fill the gaps, while key actions are being left behind. Managers mostly blame their turnover […]
Are you among those superheroes working in the field of HR? Have you ever had to create a job ad along with a job description? In this case, the struggle and difficulty of crafting one is more than familiar to you. We know that a job description like any great sales copy, should be engaging, informative and […]
Owiwi named “National Winner” in prestigious European Competition Owiwi has been named ‘National Winner’ in the 2017-18 European Business Awards, Europe’s largest business competition, sponsored by RSM. We are proud, yet humbled, by this important award and recognition our company and more importantly, our team has received. With that in mind, we would like to […]
It’s time to switch things up! Up until today, traditional psychometric tests for candidates’ haven’t changed in the slightest. Those willing to be ahead of their time already shifted to the state-of-the-art candidate game-based assessments. As an alternative for multiple choice psychometric test, more and more employers tend to shift to fun video-games. Don’t get mislead though, apart from being fun; […]
