New Normal: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Jul 2020
Virtual Hiring will be the ‘New Normal’ Are you ready?
Talent Acquisition

Virtual Hiring will be the ‘New Normal’ Are you ready?

Virtual Hiring will be the ‘New Normal’ Are you future ready? The COVID-19 virus and its’ impact upon the workplace, means that businesses and employees will have to embrace constant new innovations as we transition into the agile workplace of the future, with technological advances permeating all aspects of the workplace. Technological changes have seen more […]

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Career Wellbeing While Work From Home, a new normal
Culture & Behaviour

Career Wellbeing While Work From Home, a new normal

Career Wellbeing While Work From Home, a new normal during COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown have proved to be disruptive for businesses across industries in India and elsewhere. Data shows that urban unemployment has risen 30.9% and the overall unemployment rate is at 23.4%. The few weeks of lockdown has […]

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The role of HR Analytics in New Normal
Coronavirus

The role of HR Analytics in New Normal

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned into a global health crisis of our time impacting severely our day to day life. With the industry growth rates projected to be the lowest in many years/decades, Business Continuity from a workforce management perspective will take precedence and HR teams will be required to track, measure, and pre-empt what can […]

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Major HR Challenges and Talent Priorities in New Normal
Human Resources

Major HR Challenges and Talent Priorities in New Normal

An Exclusive Conversation With Dr. Sanjeev Dixit, CHRO-International Business, The Himalaya Drug Company, Dubai Dr. Sanjeev Dixit is loved to be called “IDEAPRENEUR” as he has been growing personally & professionally by creating & executing unconventional and path-breaking IDEAS. He is a Global HR Leader with more than 23 years of Strategic Corporate HR & CHRO […]

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What’s Next in the HR Space Post COVID-19
Hot Topic

What’s Next in the HR Space Post COVID-19

Many are asking, “What’s next?” following this unprecedented global pandemic? Some suggest that society is now in a “new normal” which seems ludicrous given that people are practicing social distancing and home sheltering, which is far from normal. Others speculate that organizations will move from “A” to “B” (e.g., from office work to nearly all work […]

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Live Event: Emerging Learning Methodology in New Normal
Learning & Development

Live Event: Emerging Learning Methodology in New Normal

Is the production timeline fixed? Have you decided on your attire for the event? Will you appear with your glasses or not, remember the reflection that spoilt the view last time? Have you shared the script to the debaters? Has the draft for marketing arrived? What was the footfall for the last event? I think […]

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New Norm of Work-life Space in Times of Crisis
Culture & Behaviour

New Norm of Work-life Space in Times of Crisis

We have been speaking about VUCA for some time now. Professionals and people at large probably had not experienced it fully. COVID-19 pandemic has become a great leveler. Nations, corporates, economies, and societies have all experienced rapid changes at once. The impact of the pandemic may vary from business to business. “The ‘New Norm’ is […]

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Here’s how Magicbricks has prepared itself for New Normal
Coronavirus

Here’s how Magicbricks has prepared itself for New Normal

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”–C.S. Lewis It is one and a half months, that we are all in this lockdown due to the Covid19 pandemic; and together we are coping well with this situation. At Magicbricks too, our teams are now used to this new way of work and life. We […]

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Leaders need a makeover in the new normal
Culture & Behaviour

Leaders need a makeover in the new normal

Even though COVID-19 refuses to budge and continues to play havoc across the world, the corporates are not worried. Steering forward with able leadership, they are proving to be more resilient than ever. Recently, on a Wednesday afternoon, keeping lethargy at bay, five diverse leaders took part in an energizing virtual round-table conversation organized by […]

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Remote Working Challenges and suggested solutions
Culture & Behaviour

Remote Working Challenges and suggested solutions

“Working from home? Oh! it’s a holiday for you”. Many of us have heard this at different times, from family or friends. I for one, experienced this widely held belief within my social circle, whenever working from home was mentioned. This was of course, the Pre-COVID-19 world (as we knew it). Fast forward to Mar […]

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Reset L&D strategy in times of the crisis
Coronavirus

Reset L&D strategy in times of the crisis

What’s the one common thing between successful businesses of all shapes and sizes, across geographies and industries? A continuous learning culture, amongst other things. And driving this culture is a bunch of committed individuals (L&D or HR) and robust systems that work day-in and day-out to ensure that employees have instant access to learning – […]

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Infosys returns back to offices with 5% of its staff
Industry

Infosys returns back to offices with 5% of its staff

Bengaluru-based information technology (IT) major Infosys Ltd is reopening its offices in a staggered manner, with necessary precautions like temperature checks, sanitized office vehicles, alternate seating arrangements in official transport, & compulsory masks, etc. Infosys confirmed in a tweeted on 7 May “As lockdowns begin to ease across India, our CEO Salil Parekh, along with […]

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