24May
By: Suchitra Mishra On: May 24, 2018 In: Conflict Resolution, World of Work Comments: 1

At some point of time in all our careers, we will have to do deal with this issue, or a similar one – if most of us haven’t already. A work place is after all made up of humans, who are made up of complex emotions which can often...

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04May
By: Suchitra Mishra On: May 4, 2018 In: Management, World of Work Comments: 0

An HR department is indispensable to an organisation – regardless of how big or small the organisation is. While the overall nature of the role and responsibilities of an HR team remains the same across organisations, the finer details depend on the organisational principles. Aspects such as recruitment, training, professional...

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30Apr
By: Suchitra Mishra On: April 30, 2018 In: Management, World of Work Comments: 0

If this is the first time you are coming across this term, “exit interview“, a good place to begin the post would be by explaining what it is. Simply put, an exit interview is an interview you conduct with a team member who is leaving the company. To clarify,...

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13Apr
By: Suchitra Mishra On: April 13, 2018 In: Recruitment Comments: 1

So is the next big thing in recruitment, AI, or Artificial Intelligence? That question surely deserves an answer in the affirmative. AI and Big Data are beginning to have a pervasive impact not just in the recruitment sector, but across sectors – from helping consumers shop better online, to using...

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04Apr
By: Suchitra Mishra On: April 4, 2018 In: Leadership, World of Work Comments: 0

2nd of April is marked as World Autism Awareness week. In solidarity with the movement, this week, we want to speak about the value of workspaces practising the virtue of being inclusive. The only effective way to speak about this is by offering examples of workspaces which are making...

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15Jan
By: Suchitra Mishra On: January 15, 2018 In: World of Work Comments: 1

Do age old scruples such as loyalty to your employer at your workplace even make sense in the highly globalized and ever evolving world of work, today? To ask a much more basic question, what does loyalty even mean? In an age and world where growth is characterized by...

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15Dec
By: Suchitra Mishra On: December 15, 2017 In: Recruitment, World of Work Comments: 0

The world of recruitment is ever so diverse, dynamic and fascinating. Today, there is so much we can learn about recruitment simply by way of reading some very well written blog posts which draw attention to aspects of recruitment we may not have thought about, before. Wondering which posts...

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13Dec
By: Suchitra Mishra On: December 13, 2017 In: Recruitment, World of Work Comments: 0

Most recruiters believe that the toughest part of the recruitment process are the steps leading up to finding and hiring an employee. That however, is as far away from truth as can be. The first week after hiring a new employee is the most crucial time for the recruitment...

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24Nov
By: Suchitra Mishra On: November 24, 2017 In: Gender at Work, World of Work Comments: 1

What is Gender Equity? In one of our earlier posts, Implementing Gender Equality at the Workplace, we briefly spoke about the concept of equity, and how gender equity is a precursor to gender equality. In this post we explore the concept of equity in a deeper sense. It is...

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01Nov
By: Suchitra Mishra On: November 1, 2017 In: Leadership, Recruitment, World of Work Comments: 2

Dream teams are what come together to create magic. It always seems like a great team fits together like perfect pieces of jigsaw made to fit together. However, that is seldom the case. There is no magic unless you create it. Likewise, a dream team is the result of...

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