What is Supplier Diversity and Why it is Important?
Diversity is an important concern in the modern world. In the recent years, there has been an increasing scrutiny regarding the diversity initiatives that companies are undertaking. Workplace diversity has become increasingly importance and now there is a heavier push for equal employment opportunities for all, regardless of gender, race, disability or sexual preference and orientation. We talked about workplace diversity at length in our blog before, which you can visit here. However, there is another facet to diversity that is getting quite a lot of attention. Supplier diversity is about giving small companies, owned by minorities and other disadvantaged …
Top 7 Skills Every Talent Acquisition Professional Should Have
Why is it important to think about the skills of your team of professionals? Talent acquisition is the lifeline of any business. It is the crucial process through which organizations acquire their most important asset – people. Most business leaders agree that having the right people in your organization is extremely important. People can make or break organizations. You can have the best marketing strategy or the most effective plans to grow your business and still not succeed if you don’t have the right people taking care of the execution. That is why talent acquisition is so important for organizations. …
Types of Cloud Service Models and Major Cloud Service Providers
Why Cloud Computing? Globally, businesses are turning towards cloud computing and cloud services. Providers are coming up with innovations leveraging cloud computing to provide tools and technologies. These are, however, not products but services. This trend saw a healthy growth in year 2020. With the COVID–19 pandemic, more and more businesses leveraged cloud services to their advantage. Even essential services, like healthcare and government, are now moving towards cloud adoption. This is all because of the many benefits offered by cloud services. Cloud removes most disadvantages and causes for concern as regards rapid technological advancement. It essentially eliminates the need …
Diversity and Inclusion In 2021
In our earlier article, we talked about the rising significance of the role of Diversity and Inclusion in the corporate world. We provided some tips on managing a healthy Diversity and an Inclusive mindset at the workplace, in the COVID-19 situation, where most people are now working from home. We also touched upon why its important to keep up the momentum behind the push to Diversity and Inclusion at the workplace, and how it can be lost in the remote work situation. And lastly, we provided some tips to effectively manage Diversity and Inclusion at your workplace. As we are …
Recruitment Best Practices and Trends For 2021
Introduction 2020 has been a year of unprecedented situations and social and economic upheaval. This year has left an indelible mark on us collectively. With the COVID-19 situation disrupting many industries and how they function, to the rising awareness of the need for equality to all people regardless of race, gender, class, creed or orientation, we have seen and lived through events that we will talk about for the rest of our lives. These situations have given way to some very pertinent questions. The question of how to effectively acquire and manage human resources is one of the most pertinent …
Top 5 Challenges to Enterprise IoT Adoption
Introduction With the strides taken in communications technology like the Internet, the upcoming 5G technology and with more efficient connectivity for devices, the appeal of connecting “smart” devices together has increased so that they can collaborate autonomously, be more responsive and merge the digital and physical universes. This phenomenon, called the Internet-of-Things (IoT) has been touted as a technology with the potential for huge disruption in the way we conduct our lives and the way we conduct business. Successful adoption of this technology can have far reaching results. One of them is the advent of Enterprise IoT. The use of …
A Detailed Step-By-Step Guide To Hiring The Right Candidate
Hiring the Right Candidate Is Easy When You Follow the Right Guide Is there a standard hiring process that you follow while choosing candidates for various positions in your organization or do you simply go with the flow? A few organizations follow a detailed, rigid, multi-stage recruitment process that’s been tried and tested to deliver the best outcome regardless of the positions for which they are hiring. But many companies follow a ‘Take it as it comes’ approach to hiring because they simply cannot add one lengthier task to their never-ending to-do lists. Are you also in the second group? …
The Road to 5G – Key Trends and Highlights
Wait, but what is 5G anyway? Nowadays, when it comes to telecommunications, the favorite topic to talk about is the advent of 5G and its far-reaching effects on the various technologies that are dependent on mobile networks: IoT, social networking, high fidelity communications, virtual reality etc. To be honest, this evolution will radically change the way we communicate with each other and our devices. However, to really understand the extent to which 5G will change the face of mobile telecommunications, we need to have a broad understanding of what 5G really is. 5G is the fifth generation of mobile networks. …
How To Manage Diversity At Workplace In The Post COVID-19 World
We humans identify ourselves in wide range of ways and no two humans are the same. In broader terms we are diverse in nature along the lines of sexual orientation, race, gender identity, religion, age or ethnicity. We are also different in our physical abilities, strengths, weaknesses, level of education and many other factors as well. When we talk about diversity in the workplace, we mean that the workplace represents the diversity of the community it serves. Inclusion means that each person irrespective of their personal, social, physical or other differences, is equally empowered to voice out her/his opinions and …
Top 7 Factors to Consider When Choosing a Hiring Agency
These days, the talent industry has become more and more competitive, with many organizations trying to find new candidates who can meet the skill and experience criteria for their positions. With so many factors to consider and a dearth of skilled and experienced talent out there, it becomes difficult to find the ideal candidate. In such a scenario, recruitment agencies are a good fit to offer the right talent solutions to organizations. We all know that a recruitment agency helps you to source the right talent for your hiring needs. Outsourcing your requirements to a recruiting agency can help you …