The trick to engaging and retaining local talent in Asia
Hiring and keeping the best talents is important, as employees seek stable companies that meet their requirements for professional growth.
Henkel starts worldwide digital upskilling initiative
Henkel has launched a digital upskilling initiative for its 53,000 employees around the world, to meet the demands of digitalisation.
Understanding how coaching can empower whole organisations
Businesses want to gain the positive impacts of coaching, but also need to be able to accurately measure its benefits to ascertain its effectiveness
Podcast Special: A chat with Josh Bersin
Josh Bersin, the internationally-renowned thought leader and industry analyst, recently took the time to record a short podcast for HRM Asia.
Three trends that are shaping the HR industry
There are three aspects that will make a big impact on the industry this year: technology, corporate culture, and workplace diversity.
RPA can enable employees to have more human interaction
Keeping employees engaged and happy will allow organisations to capitalize on the transformative potential of Robotic Process Automation.
Grab to double Singapore staff to 3,000
Grab plans to double the number of staff in Singapore to 3,000 next year. This will coincide with its shift into its new headquarters.
What you should know about AI in HR tech
Most current “artificial intelligence” is really nothing more than a set of sophisticated statistics, says HR technology expert John Sumser.
How great teams help to shape great leaders
Sneha Arora, and DN Prasad have co-authored this piece on the importance of the roles that teams play in modern-day business and shaping great leaders.
How to ensure that digital transformation actually happens
Successful transformation is a team effort. Everyone must be actively involved, from the “ground troops”, to middle management, to senior leadership.
Trust and Pixie Dust: An HR Exec’s Disney Dream
Disney’s Chief HR Officer, Jayne Parker, reflects on how the media giant’s HR is helping continue to make magic.
A whole new world of workforce analytics
Well-collated people analytics can bring a wealth of new insights into the way an organisation runs itself, and help it transform for the new digital era.
How employees grow with the business at Schroders Singapore
Daniel Tam, Head of HR at Schroders Singapore, chats further about how the organisation ensures that employees can grow with the business.
The digital workplace of the future needs HR and IT to work together
How can HR and Chief Information Officers can work together to create a successful digital workplace of the future?
The underestimated value of intuition in recruitment
For many business leaders, intuition is regarded as a vital asset in hiring and promoting staff, according to a new report.
Tailoring people strategies to industry trends at Schroders Singapore
Daniel Tam, Head of HR, Schroders Singapore, chats about the investment firm’s local talent challenges and strategies.
How critical thinking will reshape business and technology
Critical thinkers will look to challenge processes, but systems get in the way. How do we free the potential of different ideas from this reality?
New HR and technology survey launched in Asia-Pacific
A new research survey by HR, for HR, looks to explore how professionals in the region understand, use and adopt technology.
A call for connection: The state of workplace culture management
Organisational cultures around the world are facing significant pressures from changing workforce demographics and social factors.
How HR can become a cybersecurity ninja
Cybersecurity today has left the tech silo and is moving into the business front lines, where HR must play a key role in the people side of implementation.
HR Festival Asia welcomes Singapore Minister of State as Guest of Honour
Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad will deliver a keynote address on the first morning of HR Festival Asia
Employee sues after being sacked while on sick leave due to miscarriage
The employee, who is based in Hong Kong, says that her former supervisor made “distressing” remarks regarding her pregnancy.
How these four organisations are encouraging gender equality
Business leaders from across Southeast Asia and beyond share the active steps that their organisations are taking towards gender equality.
How one small business is tackling the talent challenge
Sharon Teo, General Manager of Eastport Maritime, talks about how the SME is coping in the battle of talent.
More than 160 HR tech providers active in Singapore
Increasingly, these HR technologies are evolving into tools that provide actionable insights for better talent engagement.
Progress for working women has stalled, according to new index
This despite growing attention to the gender pay gap, the #MeToo movement and calls to improve opportunities for women in the workplace.
Three barriers to digital learning implementation
Budgets, competencies, and indifferent stakeholders are holding organisations back from truly upskilling and engaging staff, George Aveling warns.
China’s JD.com to hire 15,000 new staff this year
Out of that number, around 10,000 will be recruited to fill the positions of online managers for the company’s logistics business.
New ecozone to create over 10,000 jobs in Bangladesh
The opening of a new economic zone in Bangladesh is expected to create over 10,000 jobs, and a total of nearly 60,000 jobs indirectly.
How a corporate travel programme can help HR
A corporate travel programme allows you to organise all of the company’s business trips, and make them more efficient.