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Bridging Social Distance with Tech: How to Virtually Onboard New Talent

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  Hiring managers, you put a lot of time and effort into  securing a business-critical hire for your technology team . Amid current uncertainty in the US, you have decided to onboard a new employee remotely rather than risk them finding another role with a competitor. How can you ensure they have a positive experience of your company and help them transition back to the office when everything returns to business-as-usual? We have put together this guide on  how to onboard employees remotely  to help you organize and plan a comprehensive onboarding program. From discussing a checklist of first-day activities, to helping your new employee integrate into the team culture virtually, the guide can help bridge social distance in the onboarding process. This guide includes: Actionable advice on best practices for onboarding How to build a company culture remotely How to transition a new hire back to the office

Being Business Critical in the New Virtual Workplace

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  The continued Covid-19 pandemic has ushered in the largest  working-from-home population  in human history alongside a period of  great economic uncertainty.  In the technology sector, quarantines are causing labor shortages and impacting manufacturing capacity. Some companies, including providers of digital banking, logistics, video conferencing, or cloud software, are of course seeing the benefits of the current climate. More than ever they are in  need of business-critical talent   to deliver a reliable service to new and existing clients or to lead them through this challenging period. Some are scaling up their contingent workforce to deal with increased demand. Others are restructuring their teams in anticipation of a downturn. Many tech professionals, therefore, have been placed on furlough or had their projects stalled. Coupled with  economic uncertainty,  some tech professionals are seeking advice on  how to demonstrate their v...

Bridging Social Distance with Tech: How to Virtually Onboard New Talent

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  Hiring managers, you put a lot of time and effort into  securing a business-critical hire for your technology team . Amid current uncertainty in the US, you have decided to onboard a new employee remotely rather than risk them finding another role with a competitor. How can you ensure they have a positive experience of your company and help them transition back to the office when everything returns to business-as-usual? We have put together this guide on  how to onboard employees remotely  to help you organize and plan a comprehensive onboarding program. From discussing a check list of first day activities, to helping your new employee integrate into the team culture virtually, the guide can help bridge social distance in the onboarding process. This guide includes: Actionable advice on best practices for onboarding How to build a company culture remotely How to transition a new hire back to the office

The SAP Global Skills Gap & What It Means For HR

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  Since its arrival on the SAP stage in February 2015, S/4HANA has made its impact. That impact is being increasingly felt by employers as they search for the talent to unlock its business value and create a more intelligent enterprise. SAP S/4HANA is an ERP solution which enables companies to   maximise   their opportunities in today’s digital economy. Built on an in-memory system, SAP HANA, it offers a   personalised   user experience with SAP Fiori, offering real-time analytics and making complex data easier to manage. According to SAP, it removes obstacles associated with legacy ERP applications, including those that come with manually driven processes.  It is also the fastest selling product in the   organisation’s   history. Integrating S/4HANA is more than an upgrade, however.  It is a digital transformation – and every S/4HANA migration is unique. Furthermore, larger enterprises are taking advantage of the innovation of S/4HANA to com...

The Virtual Recruitment Landscape: Reset and Reboot

The historical events of the past year made most firms pivot and re-evaluate their talent acquisition processes. Despite the resetting of traditional workplace rules, on the back of many businesses continuing to limit travel and in-person collaboration, what can be said for the virtual recruitment landscape then? At Glocomms, a subsidiary brand of the Phaidon International group, we recently engaged with our IT and technology network. In the latest survey, the mandate is clear: a staggering  99% of respondents  report that they are still conducting digital interviews. How can employers capitalize on a dynamic talent market when face-to-face contact has primarily been refuted? The answer lies deep-rooted in crafting a hyper-personalized, virtual recruitment strategy that accurately assesses a candidate’s competencies and skill set, whilst also providing an immersive user-experience online. Download our complementary guide to discover the  digital-fast tactics  that ca...