How PEO Companies Fast-Track Business Growth
Organisations in rapid growth mode ‒ particularly those seeking to be acquired or to grow by acquisition ‒ typically face several challenges related to HR infrastructure. Challenges range from offering competitive benefits to attracting top talent, hiring and managing at scale, maintaining the organisation’s culture, and complying with government regulations. Managing these HR functions requires a […]
Hiring Right: 4 Resume Lies a Background Check will Reveal
Why do people falsify information on their resumes? The answer is obvious: the job market is increasingly competitive, and as a result, many job seekers are willing to embellish their credentials to gain a competitive advantage. Another reason people falsify their resumes is the belief, which is true to a significant degree, that prospective employers […]
Top 6 Ways a PEO Provider Can Support You in Times of Crisis
How to take advantage of a PEO provider during a crisis Crises are inevitable. They can happen unexpectedly on a global scale, within a nation’s borders or the boundaries of a business. Covid-19 proved this. When a crisis hits an organisation, it can send even the most efficient business into distress with little warning. Every […]
5 Strategic PEO Services You Don’t Know About
When most business leaders think about PEO services, they think only about tactical HR functions such as benefits administration and payroll processing. However, that’s not all that professional employer organisations can offer. A select group of PEOs offer highly strategic HR services that could potentially transform businesses. The following are five strategic PEO services that highly specialised […]
5 Tell-Tale Signs Your Business Needs a PEO Solution
How to know if your business needs a PEO solution Is your business growing faster than its ability to keep up with the necessary day-to-day HR to-do list? Is this beginning to affect matters like employee hiring, retention, engagement, and productivity, thereby threatening your company’s performance and reputation as an employer of choice? Does your […]
What is Offshoring? Benefits, Delivery Models and Typical Roles to Offshore
What is offshoring? Offshoring (a.k.a Offshore outsourcing) involves migrating services to another country to take advantage of lower costs. It is a form of outsourcing but across borders. And to comprehend this unique delivery model for outsourcing, it is necessary to understand what outsourcing entails and how offshoring has become a significant Outsourcing vehicle for […]
Top 5 Reasons You Must Offshore to Africa
Seeing ‘Offshoring’ for the first time? Then not to worry. It is a form of Outsourcing and will be the focus of this article. Read on to discover what it entails and why organisations offshore to Africa. Outsourcing is the engagement of a third party to perform a business function, and it typically covers the transfer of […]
International Expansion: Why Companies Expand Into Egypt
While most world economies shrank during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Egypt was one of the few that trended upward. Egypt’s 3.4% GDP growth outpaced many African nations and was the third-highest on the continent. However, Egypt’s strong growth doesn’t indicate that the country didn’t face challenges during the pandemic. According to the […]
Ease of Doing Business in Africa: Top 5 Business Friendly Markets
Before expanding into African markets, global businesses must conduct detailed research to determine which markets offer the most favourable conditions that match their expansion objectives. And for most international companies, the relative ease of doing business in Africa is a powerful instrument for assessing which country will serve as their next best global frontier. Thus, gathering data from the World Bank’s 2020 Doing Business Report, […]
African Continental Free Trade Area – What you need to know about AfCFTA
Since the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the largest free-trade area globally by the number of countries, and it came into force on 1st January 2021. The goal is to bring together all 55 member states of the African Union (AU), covering a market of over 1.2 billion […]
