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Dropbox Hacked, Is HR Data Secure in the Cloud HRIS?
Recently, a headline highlighted the hacking of more than 68 million Dropbox passwords. This has brought a lot of scrutiny to the security of the cloud-based data storage. The company, Dropbox, has revealed that user IDs and passwords of 68 million users were stolen in a 2012 data breach that took place 4 years ago. … Read more
Does HR Technology Simplify Functioning of Start-up Founders as HR Head?
What is the first thought that comes to your mind when you think of human resources in start-ups? Is it the absence of an HR department? Or the thought of unwritten HR policies? Or both? Take a moment to think. How would it be, if your company’s CEO was managing the HR functions too? Today, … Read more
How to Make Employee Performance Reviews More Effective
Recently, the news of Adobe, SAP, Microsoft and other Fortune 500 companies eliminating annual performance reviews has been doing rounds in the HR world. The traditional annual performance appraisals are fundamentally flawed with unclear employee goals, irregular feedbacks and no employee recognition programs. It’s true that these once-in-a-year assessments do not improve employee performance, and … Read more
Cyber Security Alert: It’s Time to Protect HR System from Cyber Risks!
Apple Vulnerabilities in iOS 9.3.5 On 25th Aug’16, Apple issued a sudden iOS 9.3.5 software update that included a patch for some security vulnerabilities. iPhone and iPad owners who are using iOS 9 should right away update this software version to keep away any sort of intrusions. The sudden software update release from Apple has … Read more
HR Lesson: Human Resource Management System and the Olympics
The Rio Olympics 2016 Sports lovers, across the world, had a wonderful time witnessing the spectacular 31st Summer Olympics event. This international sports event, scheduled between 5th to 21st August in Rio de Janeiro, united 10,000 athletes to compete in 28 different sports. Billions of people in more than 200 countries glued themselves to their … Read more
Why U.S. Companies are Losing Faith in Traditional Performance Reviews
Go on the Google search bar and type “Performance Reviews”, you will come across several stories of multinational companies eliminating annual performance reviews. A report published by Bersin by Deloitte stated that, only 8% of companies in their survey reported their performance management process drove high levels of value. 58% felt their process was not … Read more
Identify Workforce Planning Needs to Make your Business Successful!
Think about it. Do you know what will be your organizational goals over the next few years? What kind of skills and employees will be needed to achieve those goals? Are you aware of existing performance gaps in your workforce? Do you have well-defined strategies to fill those gaps? If you do not have answers … Read more
Is your Performance Management too Complex? Empxtrack can Simplify it!
As stated by Wikipedia, “Employee performance management process includes activities which ensure that goals are consistently being met in an effective and efficient manner. The process helps focus on performance of the organization, department, employee, or even the various processes that are a part of the organizations business. A well-defined performance management enables an organization … Read more
Top 4 Nonprofit Recruitment Challenges and How to Overcome them
Is your nonprofit organization competing hard to recruit top talent? Are you concerned about increase in employee turnover rate? Due to limited financial budgets and manpower, nonprofit organizations face a unique set of recruitment challenges. Recruitment Challenges for Nonprofits Unable to Streamline Effective Recruitment Process Nonprofits raise limited funds from donations, government funding and individual … Read more
Have Disengaged Team? Meet Employee Needs with Online HR tools!
“If organizations increase investment in workplace practices which are related to employee engagement by just 10%, they would increase profits by $2,400 per employee” as stated by Accenture. The workplaces are changing… And today, the way people perform business functions is evolving rapidly. Introduction of online HR tools has given a new life to multiple workplace practices – employee engagement being one of the … Read more
