Artificial Intelligence (AI) has recently attracted increased attention. Innovative applications, ranging from simple customer service queries to complex face recognition algorithms, have been developed using the technology. It has applications across many industries, including IT, FMCG, healthcare, etc. Another industry that benefits from AI is recruitment. How? Before answering this, let us look at some […]
Businesses need to get ahead of the competition by hiring the best talent. Recruiting skilled workers in a rapidly evolving business landscape has posed several challenges. In India, businesses are looking at a gaping skill gap of 21 per cent in the tech sector alone. According to a global workforce survey by PwC, The Great […]
Running a successful business requires a strong and stable team working towards common goals. One of the most challenging aspects of managing a business is perhaps building such a team. A stable team could have permanent or temporaryemployees, or a mix of both, depending on business requirements. Business owners and managers must be clear about […]
Over the course of the 20th century, the world of work saw a sea change. Earlier, people took on “jobs-for-life”. The keywords were loyalty and stability. Employees were loyal to their organisations and employers in-turn provided stable jobs for the employees, with steady career progressions. In contrast, the latter part of the 20th century saw great […]
Introduction ‘IT companies click on gender diversity, scout for talent across the board’ — this was the headline of an article carried by Business Standard in March 2022. A few weeks later, The Economic Times published an article titled ‘Titan Company rolls out initiatives to drive more inclusive workforce’. The news article went on to say how the firm changed company policies to […]
When SBZ Ltd’s sleek new electronic kitchen appliance hit the market, the company’s management was delighted but somewhat unprepared for the sales deluge that followed. It became imperative to expand their customer care centre ASAP! The company’s small HR team could not cope with the high-volume screening and interviews that needed to be conducted to […]
Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace is no longer a fad that organisations spout to project a positive employer brand. This term is now the front and centre of every conversation about organisational resilience and growth. A look at the names of three reports delivered by Mckinsey over the past few years is a revelation […]
The professional staffing services industry came into existence in the 1940s when a lot of positions became available because people left work to join the military during WWII. Skills for office work were scarce and this led to the formation of the first-ever staffing agencies. The modern day staffing industry is huge, worth over USD174 […]
Emergence of India’s gig economy As per the dictionary, the gig economy is: “a labour market characterised by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work as opposed to permanent jobs.” With the use of technology platforms to match and provide workers for growing in-demand services, the past decade has seen a stupendous rise in […]
While we unanimously agree on the need for “Strong leadership” to deal with global challenges, we have our own philosophy of leadership. Some schools of thought suggest that leaders are born while others advocate that leadership is nothing but the behavioral excellence of an individual demonstrating the best of human values in the time of […]
