In this Q&A, Vipin shares tips on tackling a crisis and managing workforce. He stresses on the importance of determining priorities and executing them in an orderly fashion; he also stresses on the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
“Can’t hack it: Tech’s diversity efforts are a failure.” — CNN
Recruitment is a chaotic process, which is now being simplified by technology. There are skill assessment tools, websites, job portals and many other things to assist the hiring process. The purpose of using technology for assessment and the interview process is to obtain useful information from the applications and find the perfect candidate for a job. Especially in cloud computing which is all about use of hardware and software to deliver services over network.
In this Q&A, Monika speaks about building accountability and encouraging micro-breaks to keep teams recharged and refueled amidst the crisis. She stresses on the importance of collaboration and shares tips for improving efficiency among teams to thrive. “Don’t resist change, rather embrace it”, she opines. Monika Gunalan serves as the Director, HR Business Partner at Postman, an API development collaboration platform. She has completed her Master's in Business Administration and has a decade’s experience in aligning HR strategies for accomplishing business results.
For decades, an ideal job has been considered to be a full-time, 9 to 5 job with benefits. But this ideal is now being deconstructed to fit the new skill economy with new expectations.
In a report published in 2019 by IBM, it was reported that the average cost of a single data breach is over USD 3.92 million.
We read every day that we’re in the fourth wave of Industrial Revolution, and businesses are adapting and changing by the minute to thrive in this new dynamic. Technology has become an essential component of every business, including HR.
Just a decade earlier, storing and maintaining data was a nightmare: there weren’t enough processes, inadequate infrastructure, and the lack of technological know-how to create that data into valuable information. However, with rapid technological advancements, we now live in a data rich environment. Around 2.5 quintillion bytes of data is generated and processed every day. Even the AI/ML algorithms have matured slowly to process this data. Therefore, it only seems fitting that data science is a job that has observed a high demand in the market lately.
It is said that workers don’t leave jobs, they leave managers. The best managers have learned not only the “hard” skills that are common in every single workplace (budgeting, analytics, certifications, and licenses), but they also have an often-inherent mastery of “softer” skills. And it’s no secret that the best managers not only develop but keep employees.
Today, we are thrilled to announce our iconic 1-Click integration with leading applicant tracking system, Jobvite. Our customers using both iMocha and Jobvite now no longer have to toggle between the two to send assessment invites or review scores. Everything can be done right from Jobvite’s platform – this means a leaner hiring process, saving time, and eliminating manual processes.
We had the pleasure of speaking with Fiserv’s Dr. Sonal Modi on best practices to implement and champion organization’s upskilling programs in order to thrive in today’s changing work environment. This transcript is a snippet of the conversation and has been edited for clarity. If you’d like to receive the complete recording of the webinar click here.
