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18 Dec

9 Tips for Flexible Working Without Losing Productivity

MediaCatalystColumn, Human ResourceFlexible Working, Work from home

The extended work from home amid COVID-19 has sparked a debate over flexible working worldwide. More and more organizations are warming up to the idea of flexible working through implementing flexible-timings, telecommuting, compressed workweek, and much more. According to a recent LinkedIn survey, 44% of employees preferred a flexible workweek. While flexible working allows employees to work from any time, anywhere according to their convenience, some of us are constantly juggling between work and household chores and struggling to be productive. Here are top tips to be productive during flexible working. Plan Your Day: Flexible working doesn’t mean that you…

09 Oct

People Analytics: The Effective Use of Data and Technology in HR

MediaCatalystColumn, Human ResourceDivay Chadha, People Analytics, Talent Analytics

In today’s time of scattered employee demographics and remote workforce, managing human capital, and deriving relevant information about the workforce has become a complicated challenge for HR managers. HR is no more just an intuitive function, it has evolved as a data-driven and statistically evidence-based function. People analytics is emerging as a domain of high interest in the modern corporate world. Also referred to as HR analytics or talent analytics, it is a goal-oriented and data-driven approach of deducing insights and conclusions on disparate processes, challenges, functions, and behaviors of people at work. People analytics stresses on achieving sustained organizational…

06 Oct

Job Scenario During Coronavirus Pandemic and Its Implications on Businesses

MediaCatalystColumn, Human ResourceJob Market post-COVID era

The Indian Job market has been facing a big decline following the Coronavirus outbreak. This has caused an unpredictable market crisis that any of the sectors has ever witnessed. On one hand, there have been job losses while on the other, new jobs have seen declined interest in hiring. According to a recent report by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), as many as 21 million salaried jobs have been lost during the lockdown period in India,. Besides lay-offs across sectors, workforce headcounts have also gone low. As the slowdown has hit companies across sectors, hiring experts say that…

21 Sep

Businesses Need Comprehensive Guidelines for Work-from-Home Model: Rajappan

MediaCatalystHuman Resource, InterviewHR Technology, Prasad Rajappan, ZingHR

The evolution of HR technology has influenced the way businesses recruit, develop and manage talent. It has paved ways for human resource professionals to emphasize on business impact initiatives like leadership development and talent acquisition. The Coronavirus pandemic has made businesses realize the importance of HR technology and how it can let business function in a Work-from-Home model. HR technology firms have dedicated themselves to develop technology products and solutions to support talents, business strategy and the unique needs of different business. HR technology becomes altogether more important during this time of pandemic. Prasad Rajappan, Founder and CEO - ZingHR Mr. Prasad…

15 Sep

How Upskilling and Business Learning can Create an Advanced Workforce

MediaCatalystColumn, Human ResourceBusiness Learning, Upskilling

Author: Deepshikha Kumar, Founder, SpeakIn Technology has changed the way we do business. In this rapidly growing environment, there is a constant need for employees to consistently acquire new skills and technical knowledge to keep pace with the world. Keeping up with the evolving technological advancement is a challenge for companies irrespective of their size. Even though technology creates powerful business opportunities, it also highlights skill gaps in sectors where the demand for skilled workers is high. COVID has forced organizations to digitize at an unprecedented rate which has caused an immediate need of workers who can engage with customers…

15 Sep

How Campus Placements can be Scheduled Vis-a-vis COVID-19

MediaCatalystColumn, Human ResourceCampus Placement During COVID-19

Author: Siddhartha Gupta, CEO, Mercer | Mettl Campus placements are a way for organizations to hire candidates from the massive talent pools available that come with various new skill sets, interests, and expertise. Many big companies, including technology giants like Google, TCS, Wipro, Capgemini, Accenture, Tech Mahindra, and PepsiCo, are honouring their job offers made to campus hires despite the weak economic outlook caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. While it looks like some campuses might not see campus placements this year, especially Tier-2 and Tier-3 colleges, others like IIT-Delhi had record-breaking placements this year even after many companies rescinded their…

09 Jul

How to Hire and Retain the Talent Transformers

MediaCatalyst0 CommentsColumn, Human ResourceColumn, Human Resources

Author: Awkash Agrawal, Engineering Leader, Product and Platform Engineering at Altimetrik. There is always a Gaussian curve to fit most of the problems. In the world where there is always a need for superior talent, there is always a front line drawn between companies to attract nothing but the best. Though every organization wants the best talent there is always a legacy left behind. This is due to the ageing product, a solution created in the mid-'90s is still in use. This gave rise to a new age sought after talent transformers. These folks are real workhorse who not only…

25 Jun

Skills that Designers Need to Thrive on

MediaCatalystColumn, Human ResourceColumn, Human Resources

Author: Debprotim Roy, Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Canvs Each New Year talks about newer trends in design and engineering, some stick while some pass. 2020, however, given it’s the start of a new decade was assumed year of importance and makes us aware of how far we have come from where we were 10 years ago. Mobile computing has changed the landscape as we have seen. Artificial intelligence has come into mainstream consciousness, user experience is not a spend you park for post MVP releases anymore. Designers have a seat at the table. Having a seat at the…

23 Jun

Innovation in HRTech Space will change HRMS

MediaCatalyst0 CommentsColumn, Editor's Picks, Human ResourceColumn

Author: Prasad Rajappan, Founder and CEO - zingHR During the times of crisis and unprecedented events like the #CoronaVirus Pandemic, entrepreneurs, founders, and leaders should look at primarily two things : Welfare & Empathy For Their Human CapitalBusiness Continuity and Productivity HRTech plays a vital role in addressing the above in a very ideal fashion and it is bound to contribute in a big chunk. Add innovation to HRTech and things just get streamlined and the business is up and running along with building pipelines for productivity. This not only saves time but can create a lot of positive outlook…

29 May

Learn Ethical Hacking and Begin a Profession in it

MediaCatalyst0 CommentsColumn, Human ResourceEthical Hacking

Author: Mohammed Zeeshan Ethical Hacking Hacking is the process of finding loopholes in a system and using them to gain unauthorized access to perform malicious activities. Whereas, Ethical hacking means finding these security issues and reporting them to the authorities so that they can be improved upon. An ethical hacker, also known as a computer security expert or a white hat, is someone who performs a structured hack with due permission from the organization or government. How to become an Ethical Hacker? There are a few basic steps to follow if one wants to pursue Ethical Hacking as a career.…