Workforce Planning 101

Infographic | March 2, 2020

Categorizing employees as exempt or nonexempt can be difficult, and if done incorrectly can lead to fines and penalties. Read our guide to know how to classify employees properly. Tips on how to properly classify employees as exempt or nonexempt. It’s a challenge for many small and medium-sized business owners to determine whether an employee should be classified as exempt or nonexempt.

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 | December 10, 2019

Research shows that emotional agility is critical in working environments: Emotional intelligence and agility explains 58% of a leader's job performance. 90% of top performers are high in EQ. Employees whose managers are open and approachable -more emotionally agile are more engaged.

Infographic | January 7, 2020

2020 is not just the year that will witness the rise of the gig economy. Human-machine collaboration is on the rise and your next co-worker could be a machine. While we have been stressing upon the importance of continuous learning to be fit for changing jobs, the very nature of jobs is going to change. Job redesign is a trend which is expected to witness a major surge as our world of work transforms further.

Infographic | February 25, 2022

Women earn 82% of what men earn for the same work (Bureau of Labor Statistics) 42% of women have reported facing workplace gender discrimination (Pew Research Survey). Men are twice more likely to be hired than women (PNAS)

Infographic | January 21, 2022

An applicant tracking system is a software application that enables the electronic handling of recruitment and hiring needs. An ATS can be implemented or accessed online at enterprise- or small-business levels, depending on the needs of the organization; free and open-source ATS software is also available. An ATS is very similar to customer relationship management systems, but are designed for recruitment tracking purposes. In many cases they filter applications automatically based on given criteria such as keywords, skills, former employers, years of experience and schools attended. This has caused many to adapt resume optimization techniques similar to those used in search engine optimization when creating and formatting their résumé.