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Will this tool, meant for giving constructive feedback, end up encouraging backbiting? 

PwC’s survey of 10,000 people in China, India, Germany, the UK and the US provides insights into how people think the workplace will evolve and affect their employment prospects and future working lives.

Did you know there are well-paid jobs that let you splurge, travel the world, eat to your heart’s content or drink the most exquisite liquors as part of your role?

91 per cent of Indian professionals are interested in learning about job openings, and 46 per cent ‘feel flattered’ when they hear from recruiters.

15% of the employees surveyed feel the leadership style at the top level needs change.

Are employee engagement and experience two sides of the same coin or is there something that differentiates the two? HRKatha finds out.

A study by Namely takes cue from 1,25,000 employees and digs into real data points—real employees, real HR departments, real companies—and not just hypothetical situations.

56 per cent of the respondents are considering leaving their current job to start their own business.

A 100-hour course to train developers to create applications for the mobile platform.

While resting seems unproductive, research shows it may be one of the most productive of activities.

A study of 33 million clicks and 2.5 million applies across pay-per-performance job ads, suggests that CTA rate is impacted by the length of the job title, job description, device and also the nature of the job.

Employee verification companies in India still lack diligence and awareness for ensuring tightly-knit, standardised holistic processes. What purpose do they solve? Are they mere checkboxes? HRKatha explores!

The two-pizza team rule states that a team should only include as many people as two pizzas can feed.

Employees also expect their bosses to work upon improving accountability, positivity, honesty and work ethic.

While PSUs offer comparatively lower salary than private players, they offer job security, work-life balance and hoards of other benefits. Is that why employees stay put with a PSU or is it the comfort that makes them linger on? HRKatha reviews the war of talent between PSUs and private companies.

Kohler organised a 5-day campus residential programme at IIM Bangalore for its key dealers and channel partners.

HBR Ascend suggests four skills that can increase Gen Y’s productivity and efficiency at work.

Online hiring in the City of Joy is up by 40%, followed by Baroda (36%), Ahmedabad (20%) and Mumbai (15%).

While most people hesitate to talk about their mental wellbeing, it is crucial for one to sustain both work life and personal life, in general.

Be it negotiating salaries during hiring, to bring down employee cost for the organisation, or disclosing the management’s decision to let go of people, HR always ends up having to do the dirty job. On the one hand there is the management that requires HR to execute a certain task beneficial to the organisation, and on the other, there are those people whose careers are at stake—a catch 22 situation for HR. It is left to HR to decide whether they should balance out the situation or get their hands dirty, by blindly following the management’s orders.

Tech Mahindra firing:  CHRO’s call for ‘Downsizing with Dignity’Downsizing is inevitable, but it has to be done with dignity else unions will play their role. CHROs spoke to HRKatha on several lessons from the entire episode.

As part of this six-week programme, student participants will be assigned a range of skill-enhancing tasks.

Coding platforms are helping companies with critical talent identification, workplace engagement and making right hiring decisions in a cost-effective way.

Industry leaders share their perspectives on a case that involves glitches in the employee referral process.

Do unusual titles really make a difference or can they place things out of context, leaving others scouting for details about the role?

If 70 per cent of the male respondents in a survey preferred a man as direct manager, 41 per cent of female respondents also voiced a similar opinion.