It is easy to see that having flexible work arrangements provide a lot of benefits for both employers and employees. With flexible work arrangements, employees will be able to manage their time more effectively. For example, employers with young children will be able to come in to work late after sending their children to school. They will even be able to work from home so that they can take better care of their children. Parent-child bonding is essential and if parents neglect their children because of work, the consequences on their children’ lives might be irreversible (Jeanne Segal, 2019). Alternatively,...
Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace
Mental wellness is a positive state of mental health. It is essential and needed to help us lead a fulfilling life. However, despite the increased attention on mental health and wellbeing in the workplace in recent years, do people really know what it means? Everyone is talking about it, from news outlets, to your colleagues and bosses, to your family and so on. Despite the increased attention, many people still live with mental disorders and suffer from psychotic disorders in silence. Why is this so? The Government of Vietnam estimates that approximately 15% of the population requires mental health care...
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Why A Recruitment Agency Instead of In-house Staff?
There has to be a reason for their existence. Why have so many recruitment agencies formed and flourished over the last few years? Why has the industry grown so rapidly? Advantages of using a recruitment agency First, larger firms have many reasons to use a recruitment agency. These firms have a lot of ongoing activities and they will need to hire a huge amount of manpower in order to manage the necessary workload. Hence, this might be a strain on the human resource department of the company. In addition, the HR department might be unable to find sufficient people in...
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Employer Branding for Recruiters
In this era of industrial revolution, the labor market of Vietnam is becoming more and more dynamic, causing many businesses to face challenges such as “brain drain”, employees “hopping jobs” too frequently. Therefore, to attract and retain talents for businesses effectively, employers need to update and apply different measures. In particular, one method that is currently in trend is: Employer Branding — the process of building a brand for employers. The Concept of “Employer Branding” Employer Branding is a familiar concept that has been around for quite a long time. Employer Branding process aims to increase brand recognition, promote a company or...
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2021 Effective Recruiting Practices & Talent Intelligence
As a measure to cope with changes over the past year, businesses are forced to save costs by reducing the budget for different parts of their business operations. Besides companies that choose to optimize recruitment costs, others have completely abandoned their efforts to recruit talents. You can approach this recruitment issue differently in 2021 by applying existing methods to your recruitment strategy. Let’s take a look at some effective recruiting practices that can help your recruitment process to be more cost-saving and effective. The right timing for a job ad If you still don’t have a specific plan for your...
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Vietnam: The New Powerhouse for Outsourcing Services
Vietnam has seen one of the highest growth rates in providing outsourcing services in the world. In 2005, the country barely housed any form of business process outsourcing (BPO), however, over the course of just ten years, this all changed. Many organizations have since turned their attention to Vietnam for outsourcing, such as for IT services, data entry, call centers, among others, and as a result, in 2015, such services contributed to $2 billion of the country’s GDP (GEP Consulting). With this figure continuing to grow, it is clear that in recent times, Vietnam has become a major player on...
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