Covid-19 has created new opportunities for manufacturers and distributors in Malaysia’s medical devices industry. These are fuelling a greater demand for digital marketing, business development and research professionals.
A VUCA business environment requires companies to hire professionals with fresh perspectives. With several new autonomous universities emerging in the last few years and a new arts university on the horizon, employers must embrace candidates from diverse educational backgrounds.
Remote work has its advantages, but a lack of physical proximity could adversely affect some key areas of talent management.
Since Covid-19, the global trade ecosystem has been undergoing massive changes in terms of digital transformation. To keep this going, we urgently need to re-evaluate our approaches to human capital, say PeopleSearch Singapore’s Ng Se Wei and Gilbert Ong.
As Japan’s hospitality industry continues to be battered by Covid-19, business entities and hospitality professionals are being forced to pivot, but all is not lost.
You might be updating your hiring process by jumping on the technology bandwagon, but have you neglected the importance of the high-touch approach? Do your company’s job ads provide candidates with a sense of the organisation’s culture, and highlight opportunities for professional development and growth?
Upskilling and reskilling amount to nothing if you don’t know how to showcase your skills to prospective employers. Stating that you’ve worked in a particular job role, no matter how similar it is to the role you’re applying for, is no longer sufficient to secure a job interview.
Covid-19 has made HR practitioners look into Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) more closely than ever before, but often, companies end up neglecting one of the elements in this equation. Many also do not fully harness D&I in order to create positive business impact.
The current Covid-19 crisis poses a “systematic risk” to your career. Mitigate such risks by developing competencies that people would be willing to pay top dollar for.
Our conversations with HR leaders and mid/senior-level executives indicate that in spite of the advantages of remote work, top performers have misgivings.