How to Overcome the Challenges of Managing Remote & Distributed Teams
The benefits of a remote workforce are clear. You get to tap from a geographically distant talent that would have been previously unavailable, save commute time and is a kind of benefits package that attracts and retains top talent. Yet, critics have growing concerns that employee welfare and productivity may tank when businesses adopt a […]
Hiring Remote Talent In Nigeria – A Quick Overview
Today, many businesses are setting up and hiring remote teams — an indication that remote work has become more common, even among companies with physical offices. Remote working has always made international teams more feasible and appealing. It makes no difference whether a team member is ten feet away or ten thousand miles away when […]
Pre-Employment Background Checks: Importance & Types to Reduce Hiring Risk
A good hiring strategy necessarily employs pre-employment background checks. But what really are these checks and why are they necessary? Picture this … After a long search, you’ve finally found an applicant that fits the profile. He’s got talent, skills, experience, and by the looks of it, the personality too. So naturally, you’re excited and […]
5 Job Application Red Flags Scaring Away Top Talent
What do we mean when we say top talent? We mean high-performing employees estimated to deliver eight times more productivity than other employees. You will agree that individuals like this are hard-to-find in every field. Understandably, they are in high demand; consequently, many are always on the lookout for good opportunities. The question is, is […]
Hiring Right: 5 Tips to Hire the Right Person for the Right Job
The right person is one who possesses the necessary skills and values to thrive in any given role. Hiring the right person for the right job is a tough task. If you’ve ever hired someone who interviewed well and demonstrated the right skills and yet lacked energy and passion for getting the job done, then […]
Employee Value Proposition: Weaving Your EVP into Your Organisation’s DNA [With Case Study]
Designing, developing, and communicating an articulate EVP is not all there is to cultivate a winning EVP. For your EVP to deliver the expected value and become the power source that pulls and keeps talent for your organisation, it must be integrated into every relevant activity of your organisation. Contrary to popular opinion, this responsibility […]
Employee Value Proposition: How to Deliver Your EVP to Attract & Retain Top Performers
Decades ago, nobody paid any attention to cultivating an employee value proposition because all the power was in the hands of employers. All of that has changed. Today, power has shifted into the hands of employees, and it will remain with them for some time. Therefore, because the success of your organisation starts with talented […]
Employee Value Proposition: How to Design & Develop an EVP that Works [With Case Study]
If your organisation still clings to the school of thought that “all that our employees should expect from us is a paycheck!” it may be heading for troubled waters. As more and more companies embrace the remote working model as a tool for recovery from the effects of the pandemic, one of the upshots is […]
Employee Value Proposition: How to Diagnose an Existing EVP [With Case Study]
An employee value proposition is not just a fancy tagline that promotes your organisation’s image. Instead, employees perceive the experiences, rewards, and opportunities as the value proposition they gain through employment in your organisation. Simply put, your employee value proposition (EVP) is the experience that employees derive from working for your organisation. It is who […]
Employee Value Proposition: 5 Fundamental Steps for an Exceptional EVP
In over 17 years of providing HR Outsourcing (PEO) services to some of the most progressive businesses in Africa, we have yet to come across a remarkably successful organisation that did not have people as its core source of competitive advantage. Not one! If you consider that your products or services are the vital basis […]