In the Philippines, it’s standard for employees to hand in their one month notice before they leave a company for good, but that isn’t always the case. Working in HR, you will have your fair share of resignations, and some…
No other human resource area is more mismanaged and misunderstood as employee turnover. By Chron’s definition, employee turnover refers to the number or percentage of workers who leave an organization and replaced by new employees. Given that losing employees can…
Thanks to rapid technological advancements, it has never been easier to track and screen potential candidates. Hiring managers only need to get on their computers to do a background check. A recent survey also cited that a growing number of…
The last quarter of 2018 is shaping up to be a worker-friendly time for employees, with the Lower House passing bills expanding maternity leave and 10-day annual incentive leave with pay. But perhaps the highlight for most is the approval…
Ageism may not receive the same amount of attention as other forms of discrimination, but that doesn’t mean it is not practiced in the modern workplace anymore. In fact, statistical data indicates otherwise. Age discrimination claims and complaints have been…
Unlike Baby Boomers and Gen Xers, younger generations are not expected to stay with one job or with a single employer their entire lives. In fact, Millennials and Gen Zers—two demographics that make up most of the workforce today—are taught…
Attracting and engaging job seekers is not much different from the consumer-facing aspect of business. With a limited pool of talent, employers often compete for the attention of promising candidates in the same way businesses do for buyers. As such,…
Filipino workers from all sectors and industries are no strangers to being unemployed. In fact, historical data from Trading Economics shows that the unemployment rate in the country averaged 8.44 percent from 1994 to 2018. It even reached a record…
Many critical HR tasks either start with or require communication. As a practitioner, you have a rather diverse audience: executives, middle managers, rank-and-file employees, stakeholders, and even prospective members of your organization. And because communication sits at the core of…