The basic hiring strategy and talent requirement is different for the private and public sectors. In such a scenario, are they ready to drink from the same pool?

Millennials are frequently blamed for their lack of duty and discipline at the workplace, and often called the entitled generation. Senior HR professionals share their opinion on this.

Pingali Chandrasekhar aka Chandru spent 24 long years with Standard Chartered Bank as chief of the human resources function, before becoming an entrepreneur. A pharmacist-turned-HR professional, Chandru, founder and CEO, iCube Consortium, Singapore, has built expertise in all facets of human capital management aligned to business strategy.

He speaks to HRKatha on issues pertaining to HR including automation of the function and managing the boss.

Here are some strategies employed or measures taken by reviewees, to which the managers often fall prey and end up forming biased notions.

IR is simply the science and art of togetherness. Learn about the appropriate length, width, depth and time for industrial relations.

Referred employees hit the ground running but eventually join the complacent herd.

Companies such as HSBC, for example, warned on March 2 a shift of 1000 jobs from London to Paris if Britain exits the EU.

Mindfulness is emerging as a high interest area in companies worldwide as a way to encourage employees and managers to be more balanced and productive at work.

Companies seek to fill up specialised workforce deficit, propose sweeter compensation deals.

Despite the challenges they pose, it is not too difficult to deal with venomous superiors.

Effective internal communication is critical to organisational well-being.

The bank is in the process of building a team of young meritorious individuals, who like to challenge the status quo and bring in new ideas, innovation and approaches.

Wipro has been on the list consistently since 2012. Tata Steel has also won for the fifth time but not in a row, as it was not part of the list in 2014.

Design thinking draws upon logic, imagination, intuition, and systemic reasoning, to explore possibilities of what could be, and to create desired outcomes that benefit the end user,  be it the customer or the employee.

There are leadership differences between men and women, which make for gender diversity in the workplace.

The telecom company has tried to address a serious issue with a change in policy, which will ensure that women employees will get the same role or an equivalent one once she returns from her 22 weeks of maternity leave.

A Korn Ferry Hay Group study reveals that women outperform men on emotional intelligence competencies.

On an average, women comprise 3 per cent of the telecom workforce. However, at Telenor, the share of women employees has gone up to 11 per cent.

The programme takes care of women’s needs as mothers and home-makers so that they can give their best to their professions as well.

The career-transition programme for women professionals who have taken a six-month break or more, provides an opportunity to work on live projects at flexible timings.

India’s newest carrier has launched a social media campaign, #WomenWhoMakeUsFly.

In a recent study by Accenture, nearly three-quarters of the respondents – men and women alike – said that “the digital world will empower our daughters”.

Companies often debate between costs and the perceived value – both tangible and real – and HR has a hard time selling the concept. 

The digital world of work is forcing radical changes in organisational structures and talent strategies.

There have been several media reports since the evening of March 2, 2016 on the same. One tech website has reported that the retrenchment could be as big as one-third of the total workforce.

Actions speak louder than words: Most people feel they will be held more accountable for their speech than for their gestures or body language.