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Updated on: Aug 2022
Onboarding Experience That Can Be Catalyst to Retain New Hires
Culture & Behaviour

Onboarding Experience That Can Be Catalyst to Retain New Hires

The old saying still holds true: “You never get a second chance to make the first impression”. Organizations year-on-year welcome new hires from the industry and from campus with an endeavour to create a workforce culture that is highly engaging and that resonates with the vision and goals of the organization. While there’s no second thought that […]

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How to Control Candidate Dropouts and Accepting Counter Offers
Talent Acquisition

How to Control Candidate Dropouts and Accepting Counter Offers

Last week, during the course of an informal gathering with fellow CHROs, we were having a hilarious conversation about how different innovative reasons, are cited for last minutes candidate dropouts. We all face this scenario quite often. While this used to be quite common at the junior level, now started becoming a pattern even for senior-level of […]

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Creating Hiring and Onboarding Experience That Matter
Talent Acquisition

Creating Hiring and Onboarding Experience That Matter

The last 2 years have been what I call years of “Tech HR Advancement with human-centric design”. Most organization and human resources function moved from traditional recruitment and onboarding techniques to new age, high-speed, tech-enabled platforms. Speed, Scale, and Security were fundamental pillars that required this shift to happen. Candidates are now yearning for that […]

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Simple strategies for effective hiring, developing & retaining talent
Talent Acquisition

Simple strategies for effective hiring, developing & retaining talent

The smart hiring strategy differentiates the company from its competitors. The different recruitment approach promotes the creativity of the organization in the job market. To gain a significant competitive advantage, one needs to use strategies superior and different from the competitors. The “act differently” principle for recruiting means to successfully attract industry top talent, one […]

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STL Academy trains 1,00,000 technology & telecom professionals
Learning & Development

STL Academy trains 1,00,000 technology & telecom professionals

Sterlite Technologies Limited (STL) has trained over 100,000 professionals in areas of artificial intelligence, cloud management, cybersecurity, etc. The main aim is to reduce the skillset gap for the successful implementation of 5G. Sterlite Technologies Limited provides intensive training through the STL Academy. They pertain to deployment practices, troubleshooting, and network maintenance to STL’s partner […]

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Raj Raghavan, SVP & Head-HR, IndiGo on future-ready workforce
Human Resources

Raj Raghavan, SVP & Head-HR, IndiGo on future-ready workforce

Raj Raghavan, Senior Vice President & Head of Human Resources, IndiGo (InterGlobe Aviation Limited) on future-ready workforce Raj leads Human Resources function at IndiGo, India’s largest airline by market share. A key member of IndiGo’s Executive Committee, he has responsibility for all aspects of Human Resources including ifly (IndiGo’s Learning Academy), CSR, and Administration functions. […]

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Employee Retention- How to Design a Better Hiring Process
Talent Acquisition

Employee Retention- How to Design a Better Hiring Process

Today more companies focus on employee retention and engagement. It is important to note that a new employee starts to experience the culture of the company at the very beginning, that is, the recruitment stage. The current trends in the talent space clearly indicate the unprecedented need for growth after the devastating Covid era, which […]

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What is to Recruit for Cultural Fit?’ And How to Do It Successfully
Culture & Behaviour

What is to Recruit for Cultural Fit?’ And How to Do It Successfully

We are living in a time when the great hiring revolution is going on. As people who are going to become your prospective employees have a changed outlook of what a workplace should be like, the organisation is also rooting towards hiring a more culturally fit candidate now more than ever. However, a lot of […]

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Key Onboarding Steps to Make a New Hire’s Experience
Talent Acquisition

Key Onboarding Steps to Make a New Hire’s Experience

It is that time of the year when businesses aim to onboard fresh hires from campuses to strengthen their roots and the foundation and a lot has changed about what brings cheer to these new hires and makes them stay with the organization. As is clearly visible the expectations of employers are not the only […]

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What Matters More, Performance or Culture Fit in Hiring
Culture & Behaviour

What Matters More, Performance or Culture Fit in Hiring

Has it happened to you that there are a few organisations where you instantly felt belonged? The conversations in these organisations, whether it is their mission, goals and purpose connect with you at a deeply intrinsic level. You feel that you could be the best version of yourself in the environment nurtured by such organisations. […]

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How hybrid workforces can take on the Great Resignation
Culture & Behaviour

How hybrid workforces can take on the Great Resignation

Microsoft’s 2021 Work Trend Index estimated that 41 per cent of people are likely to consider leaving their jobs over the following year, with more and more voluntarily leaving the workforce or switching roles. Although the Great Resignation became a growing phenomenon during the pandemic as employees searched for much-needed flexibility, businesses experiencing the churn […]

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IndiGo hikes salaries by 8% for the second time in 2022
Compensation & Benefits

IndiGo hikes salaries by 8% for the second time in 2022

India’s largest passenger airline, IndiGo has hiked the salaries by 8% for the second time in 2022. This will be effective from August 1. However, even after Thursday’s 8% increase, the salaries remain lower than the pre-Covid levels. IndiGo has also decided to restore overtime allowance for pilots to the pre-Covid level. Earlier, the airline […]

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