By Michael Virardi I recently read a joke on LinkedIn that I would love to share with you! It was about a big corporation that hired several cannibals. “You are all part of our team now,” said the HR manager during the welcome briefing. “You get all the usual benefits and you can go to the cafeteria for something to eat, but please don’t eat any of the other employees.” The cannibals promised they would not. A few weeks later, the cannibals’ boss remarked, “You’re all working very hard, and I’m satisfied with you. However, one of our secretaries has disappeared. Do any of you know what happened to her?  Read More

by Steffen MaierImprove company culture and have a team full of happy, productive and passionate people. Some companies are revered for the way they keep employees engaged and passionate about their work. Here, we share with you five of the best organizations with the most engaged staff who go the extra mile, and share the strategies and practices that keep them at the top of the employee engagement game. 1. Full Contact. Each year, this software firm offers their employees $7,500 to take a “paid paid” vacation. They literally pay them to go on holiday anywhere they like. The only rules? You  Read More

Sometimes people come up to me and say: “Where is the human factor in HR analytics? You can not put a number on everything, in the end we are talking about people, right?” I really think we have to turn that around. I believe that you are forgetting the human factor if you are not applying analytics. Let me explain. Most people will agree on the fact that analytics is improving decision-making. The combination of your experience and intuition together with the use of advanced analytics will increase the value of your insights. It is the experience and intuition that allows us to focus on the right bu  Read More

από την Άντρια Αντωνιάδου - Ιδέες που θα αποτελέσουν προτίμηση, εφευρετικότητα στην επίλυση προβλημάτων, σύνθεση εμπειριών και ικανοτήτων, κριτική σκέψη στη λήψη αποφάσεων, ανάληψη λελογισμένων ρίσκων, γνησιότητα και αυθορμητισμό, είναι μόνο λίγες από τις έννοιες που οι σύγχρονες επιχειρήσεις μεταφράζουν σε κέρδος. Όσο ο ανταγωνισμός ενισχύεται, τόσο ο επιχειρηματικός κόσμος θα πρέπει όχι μόνο να προσαρμόζεται αλλά και να καινοτομεί. Ήδη κατά τη διάρκεια της κρίσης, το κόστος από τις ‘απώλειες’ στο εξωτερικό πτυχιούχων ικανών να καινοτομήσουν, να παράξουν νέες ιδέες και προϊόντα είναι  Read More