The Top 10 Soft Skills for a Human Resources Career

Infographic | February 26, 2020

Discrimination may not be immediately obvious. Here are five lesser-known forms of bias in the workplace unconscious or not and what HR and People teams can do to tackle them. 60% of US employees over 45 reported being victims of age discrimination at work in 2018. 90% of US employees over 45 said age discrimination was 'commonplace' at their work.

Infographic | January 28, 2020

Empathy is the ability to understand the feelings and vulnerabilities of those around you. Having team members help and build each other up is a key attribute to building a strong and supportive team. As your business starts to expand and more team members onboard, exercising empathy is crucial. Whether you are focusing your efforts on building a better work environment this 2020, or you want to grow your client list, empathy is a great way to show your support for your team day-to-day.

Infographic | March 30, 2020

This is probably the most critical aspect to consider when enabling a remote workforce. Your applications and the data that they hold are mission critical to the organisation. At Distology, we use Okta for our IAM & SSO needs, they do also provide M FA via the Okta Verify mobile app but we also provision our staff with Yubico YubiKeys as an additional factor.

Infographic | April 11, 2021

Recruiters can make mistakes too! Turns out they’re only human, just like the rest of us.Here are the top 10 screening mistakes made by recruiters, as reported by Resoomay in an interesting infographic. 79% of businesses hired candidates that had exaggerated their CVs/résumés, whereas ignoring an overqualified candidate can cause harm, as there is never a perfect match. Too many recruiters don’t ask the right questions in interviews – they ask superficial questions instead that waste time – however an interview only increases the chance of finding the best candidate by 2%, so should not be the only aspect of recruitment.

Infographic | August 11, 2021

Susan Strayer describes HR as “the glue that holds people and an organization together”. It is so common to be overwhelmed by the number of Excel related tasks you need to do on a daily basis e.g. employee attendance tracking, data analysis, and key performance indicator. So to help you in your work, I've put together a bunch of useful Excel functions, HR use cases, and a downloadable Excel spreadsheet of the examples mentioned.

Infographic | January 6, 2020

Pay for performance: Identify the best payment schemes to motivate your staff. With HR analytics, you can compare different pay elements and tie them with performance to see which produces the greatest results. Did you know that for senior roles, a higher commission rate is most effective in producing results while a higher base rate is preferred for more junior positions.