Blogs

Sep 24 2021

How to Adapt Your Performance Management for the New Normal

The new world of work requires alignment in how companies manage performance and develop their people.

Sep 17 2021

HR Automation in the Hybrid Workplace: A Guide for SMEs

The emerging trend to “work from anywhere, anytime” has triggered new behaviors and ways of working.

Sep 13 2021

Overcoming Singapore’s Talent Shortage: A Look at Top Talent Hubs

The business world is currently scrambling to find talent with today’s in-demand skills, particularly technology skills.

Sep 10 2021

How to Accurately Hire Quality Candidates?

When it comes to judging the success of your hiring practices, quality of hire should be the number one metric.

Sep 06 2021

The Future of Work

Modern companies need to pay greater attention to their employees. This attention is not only in the form of productivity checks but also asking if their people are genuinely happy.

Sep 03 2021

Employer-Employee Relationship: Trends, Gaps & Pain Points in Numbers

As experts in international HR & payroll consulting,we frequently study the evolving landscape of human resource management.An important aspect of this study is anticipating & assessing information gaps & pain points in employer-employee relationship

Aug 27 2021

Taking HR on the Go: Navigating 21st Century Business

Successful businesses are able to navigate such difficulties through the necessary foresight of utilizing an HRMS that will enable fluidity in their business dealings and other administrative tasks.

Aug 23 2021

High volume Hiring:Select Your Best-Fit Candidates Effectively

Your usual manual hiring process wouldn’t be as effective when you have to process hundreds or maybe thousands of candidates at one go. Not only will the process be extremely human-intensive, but you might also miss out on important insights.

Aug 20 2021

Emotional Intelligence for Leaders of Tomorrow

Emotional intelligence goes beyond the administrative nuts and bolts of being a great leader and emphasizes how your emotions affect others and how you can fine-tune the knowledge to drive behavior and create positive outcomes

Aug 16 2021

Employe Experience: The New Currency in HR

A key market trend is the aspect of Employee Experience being delivered with a mobile-first and consumer-like tech experience for a work-from-anywhere world.

Aug 09 2021

The Bright Side of COVID-19 - From HR and Business Perspective

The pandemic has shut down many economies, as well as businesses. Hence, many businesses have learned to allow employees to work from home, which was unthinkable before.

Aug 06 2021

How Will the Future of Shift Work Be Shaped?

It is clear that although many of their roles are considered ‘essential’, shift workers have borne the brunt of COVID-19. The pandemic has put different kinds of pressures on this segment of the labour market.

Aug 04 2021

Driving HR Transformation Through "Workforce Experience Design" (Webinar Synopsis)

Design Thinking must be leveraged in 2021 to create holistic journeys and experiences for the entire workforce.

Jul 30 2021

CICO: The Intelligent Time Capture Machine

The CICO mobile app allows users to stay away from commonly touched surfaces and register their attendance using their smartphones.

Jul 23 2021

Taking Gradual Steps in Adopting HR Technologies

A desktop system usually includes a manual set-up, access only from your office desk, and manual installation of updates. An HR SaaS, on the other hand, is the complete opposite of that.

Jul 16 2021

Leveraging Tech Candidate Data to Increase the Effectiveness of Talent Acquisition

An AI-powered offer management platform can automatically take all the actionable insights from the past, process the data, and provide predictive analytics to improve hiring, specifically during the last mile: the salary package proposal.

Jul 09 2021

How Gamification is Revolutionizing Pre-Employment Assessments

In the current candidate-driven market, most hiring managers recognize the need to evolve their recruitment approach to attract the tech-savvy generations.

Jul 02 2021

Language Matters: The Science Behind Inclusive Job Ads and Why it's Crucial for Business Growth

It is not only demonstrated through increasing revenues, but also backed by psychological principles stating that buyers behaviour is influenced by their empathetic response - whether a person empathizes with, or feels close to, a brand.

Jun 25 2021

3 Factors to Consider When Implementing An Employee Mental Wellbeing Program

In a fast-paced city like Singapore which ranked second-most overworked city in the world just last year, is employee wellbeing being discussed and tended to enough?

Jun 18 2021

5 Evolutions Spurred by a Remote Workforce

The long-term effects of our remote reality on the workplace vary in severity, depending on a company’s line of work.

Jun 11 2021

Singapore’s SME’s take on the challenge of expanding abroad!

Diversification can reduce risk, by not being dependent on one market.

Jun 04 2021

Rethinking Our Approach to New Technology

Over the past decade, organisations around the world have seen a dramatic rise in technologies that allow employees to work in more efficient and powerful ways.

May 28 2021

3 practical ways to choose your HR solution!

"There are 3 key aspects any organisation must focus on for a successful HR Digitization Process"

May 21 2021

HRMS Software: The key tool for your digital transformation

We’ve observed that the adoption within the organisation has slowed down because many employees experience fear of adopting new technologies.

May 14 2021

Using AI to reduce Human Bias in hiring

According to a reputable research body, humans intrinsically practice bias when it comes to judging other humans. This bias is an inherent construct present in us human beings, and it is inevitable in current human resource (HR) practices.

May 06 2021

Q1 2021 (Jan - Mar): Global HRTech Investments & Startup Funding

The HRTech market segment gained strong momentum in the fourth quarter of 2020, and more importantly, it has continued to maintain that momentum well into the first quarter of 2021 (Jan - Mar). The start-up space is thriving.

Apr 27 2021

Uncovering Hidden Dynamics by Leveraging Organizational Network Analysis (ONA)

ONA Tools, Market, Use cases and Case studies to help leaders uncover the hidden dynamics that drive performance by diving deep into the social capital of their organisation.

Apr 21 2021

Emergence of Digital Employee Recognition in the New Normal

With a strong understanding of what employees want, designing your own Rewards and Recognition program isn’t too hard.

Apr 09 2021

How to reduce HR costs with Workforce Planning

Workforce planning is an essential element of people analytics. This field combines analytics, data, and continuous workforce assessment to predict workforce demand, skill gaps, and training activities in the long run.

Apr 08 2021

2021 SINGAPORE HR TECHNOLOGY MARKET MAP UNVEILED

SHOWCASES 80+ PRODUCT PROVIDERS SERVICING THE SINGAPORE MARKETPLACE Initiative supported by Institute for Human Resources Professionals (IHRP), Singapore Human Resources Institute (SHRI) and Singapore Polytechnic

Apr 01 2021

The future of pay: Earned Wage Access

Looking at the shifts in technology and how people have the ability to get anything almost instantaneously, an employee's wage shouldn't be any different

Mar 26 2021

Trending HRTech tools in Talent Acquisition

Talent Acquisition needs to be as adaptable and as flexible as the rest of the organisation to address future goals.

Mar 24 2021

Maximising the ROI on your Data Science employee learning programs

Post-training, if employees are not provided project-based lessons, ROI on learning programs (specifically for Data Science) can be significantly low.

Mar 19 2021

How to Build Diversity & Inclusion with HR Communications

As more and more companies shift to hybrid environments, visual communication plays a central role in conveying your cultural narrative of D&I.

Mar 08 2021

Top 5 HR Technology Trends for 2021

In recent years, HR technology has focussed the spotlight on people management. The majority of the current workforce, comprising millennials and Gen Z, have grown up with internet access and technology.

Mar 02 2020

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are Important- Are You Still Building a Business Case?

Why Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are Important? The business case of having a diverse & inclusive workforce has been established by umpteen research, but organizations are still finding themselves at the crossroads for leveraging tech.

Feb 10 2021

Smart Compensation Planning Softwares are in demand. And here's why!

Today, we have robust cloud-based compensation software that can completely automate the entire complex activities of the Total Rewards teams.

Feb 08 2021

Best HR Tech Articles and Resources- January 2021

Best HR Tech Articles and Resources- January 2021

Feb 03 2021

Designing for the Empty Chair (Webinar Synopsis)

The global pandemic has accelerated digital transformation in 2020 and the pace of change will only continue in 2021 and beyond.

Jan 28 2021

10 HRTech Trending Tools in 2021

In 2021, HR will continue to lead the organisation's digital HR transformation initiatives; redefining who, how, where and when work gets done.

Jan 26 2021

Future of HR: Embracing Digitization and Disruptions

Today, HR functions are tasked with the challenge of supporting their organisation in times of uncertainty & unpredictability. This new reality requires that the C-suite lean in to enable the reinvention of the workforce and workplace.

Jan 27 2021

2020 Global HRTech Investments & Start-up Funding

2020 has truly been the year of Data & AI penetrating almost all sectors of the workforce.

Jan 25 2021

Why should SMEs have an HRMS tool?

The world is going digital, everything you want or need is available at the tips of your fingers. We live in a virtual world & the digitization of processes and communication is here to stay.

Jan 18 2021

Enrich the customer experience by starting with your employees

Practically every organization is in the middle of some sort of digital transformation, and one of their principal drivers is to improve the customer experience.

Jan 11 2021

Best HR Tech Articles and Resources - December 2020

“Best Articles and Resources on HRTech: December 2020”

Jan 11 2021

Performance Management in a Post COVID scenario: Emerging Trends and Tools

PERFORMANCE drives ENGAGEMENT and not vice-versa. When people perform well, they get engaged. And that should be the key focus when HR teams re-design and revamp their performance management systems.

Dec 21 2020

All about OKR's

No matter if you are a founder, CXO, HR leader, a venture partner, or a key decision-maker in the management, you are sure to have come across Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).

Dec 16 2020

7 Reasons why HRTech implementations fail

HR is at the forefront of the transformation of the workplace. It is slowly shifting its focus from being tactile to being more strategic. The current digital workforce compels HR to expand its horizon of functions.

Dec 15 2020

Why AI Recruiting Chatbots are all the buzz these days

Selecting the right employees is a determining factor for any organization’s success and this holds true for every type of organization. Talent acquisition is a herculean task, it’s tough to have a quick time-to-hire along with a high quality of hire

Dec 10 2020

The Pressure Cooker is starting to explode: Mental Health Crisis 2020

Over 1000 Mental Wellness Start-ups (including 4 in Singapore) fighting against all odds to make a difference!

Dec 08 2020

Best Articles and Resources on HRTech: November 2020

Best Articles and Resources on HRTech: November 2020

Nov 25 2020

Top 5 Myths about Implementing a Digital Recognition Platform

A digital employee recognition platform complements your recognition framework and offers modular features. Ensure internal support, treat your employees as customers when launching the platform, and continuously leverage its features.

Nov 24 2020

HR Megatrends for 2021: The Three Gamechangers (Webinar Synopsis)

Keeping in mind the indispensable role of HR for growth and sustainability in the current scenario, hrtech.sg organized a webinar titled “HR Megatrends for 2021: The Three Gamechangers”.

Nov 17 2020

HR Megatrends for 2021: The Three Gamechangers

Companies are looking to CHRO’s to lead the pandemic response as well as play a role in corporate responsibility, overall growth strategy, and company culture & the best companies are investing heavily in building empathetic and flexible workplaces.

Nov 10 2020

Best Articles and Resources on HRTech: October 2020

Best Articles and Resources on HRTech: October 2020

Oct 15 2020

Leveraging HR Technologies for best-in-class Talent Development

With remote work now becoming a norm, leveraging new-age Learning Technologies as part of the L&D is not just a good-to-have, but a key imperative for success.

Oct 08 2020

Best Articles and Resources on HRTech: September 2020

Best Articles and Resources on HRTech: September 2020

Sep 21 2020

Leveraging HRTech For Best-In-Class “Talent Engagement”

Webinar #3 of the 4-part Institute for Human Resource Professionals (IHRP) Tech Talk Series, showcased how new-age HR Technology solutions can create best-in-class Talent Engagement to boost employee engagement quotient, productivity and growth.

Oct 05 2020

Six ways to engage and motivate employees while working remotely.

When the year 2020 began, no one had imagined that the pandemic would completely change the way we work and communicate with our teams. How can we make sure employees are engaged and motivated even when they are working remotely?

Sep 18 2020

Leveraging HRTech for best-in-class Candidate Experience

Engagement is not an aspect that organisations should focus after a Candidate joins. It should start right from the time a Candidate shows interest in joining the organisation.

Sep 18 2020

How COVID is Proving That Data-Driven Wellbeing is a Necessity

Remote working brings a raft of challenges, from engagement to Quarantine Fatigue; while COVID leaves everyone with less access to Specialist Care. Here, we explore these issues and how data-driven Wellbeing can keep you resilient to these challenges

Sep 10 2020

Best Articles and Resources on HRTech: August 2020

Best Articles and Resources on HRTech: August 2020

Aug 25 2020

RPA: Driving HR Transformation

RPA is the foundation of Digital Transformation that can optimize operational efficiencies & increase productivity, while delivering cost savings and service improvements

Aug 11 2020

Best Articles and Resources on HRTech: July 2020

Best Articles and Resources on HRTech: July 2020

Aug 03 2020

HR Technology Case Studies- Singapore

With every passing day, it is becoming certain that HR Technology is going to play a key role in this Digital Transformation. Hence, a critical facet of focus for Enterprise HR teams is to adopt a digital HR mindset.

Jul 23 2020

“Mental Health Awareness at Work” - Need of the Hour!

4 Singapore Mental Wellness apps - Joye.ai, Intellect.co, Safe Space, Mindfi - fighting against odds to instill awareness.

Jul 09 2020

Best Articles and Resources on HRTech: June 2020

Best Articles and Resources in #HRTech space in June 2020

Jun 26 2020

Covid-19 Impact on HR : How Digital HR can support People Operations in times of crises?

“Every year, we try to analyse global macro-level social and economic trends to make predictions about the future of work. And now, living a global pandemic that has changed the way we work overnight.”

Jun 08 2020

Best Articles and Resources on HRTech: May 2020

Best Articles and Resources in #HRTech space in May 2020

May 11 2020

Best Articles and Resources on HRTech - April 2020

Best Articles and Resources in the #HRTech space- April 2020

May 04 2020

Running a HR Tech business during and after Covid-19

Slowdowns are part of business life cycle that are naturally necessary interventions & detoxify the entire global business. Businesses should see opportunities in every adversity. This is a great time to take a break, introspect, analyse & action.

Apr 20 2020

10 Recommended HRTech tools for Remote Working

Hiring, engaging and retaining a “remote workforce” is the new normal.

Apr 07 2020

10 Best Articles and Resources on HRTech- March 2020

Top 10 Articles and Resources in the #HRTech space- March 2020

Apr 01 2020

2020 Singapore HRTech Market Map

Multiple factors accelerating the Digital HR adoption in Singapore including the Singapore Government’s productivity focus and the world’s largest work from home experiment

Mar 13 2020

20 Non-traditional Job boards for Singaporean Job-seekers & Employers!

Beyond the traditional job boards, new-age HRTech tools are now available in abundance for both Singapore employers & job-seekers to connect!

Feb 20 2020

Do you really know whom you hire?

Hiring the “right fit” talents is onerous enough and all the more important to recruit talents who are “safe” and have “integrity”. Data shows that 35% of CVs or resumes have some form of discrepancies.

Dec 11 2019

Re-defining Recruitment with Instahiring!

Recruiters are experiencing a significant shift in the market that now prefers to hire professionals for ‘gigs’, rather than permanently. This can be accounted to the changing preference of the millennial leading to boom of the ‘freelance market’.

Nov 20 2019

Employee Empowerment: A Business-Critical Requirement

The modern working environment has extra pressures that were not foreseen even just 10 years ago.  We have a multi-generational employment landscape which creates its own tensions between groups of people who have different needs and expectations.  The ubiquity of technology and ever-improving Wi-Fi means that people can work from anywhere.  Not just between home or the office, but between countries and in different time zones.

Nov 07 2019

HR Onboarding: Drive Organizational Success Going Into 2020

Onboarding provides Human Resources team with a gold mine of opportunities to engage their employees with relevant content about the company, get them assimilated culturally into the organization and build an organizational or career roadmap for them to enable them to envisage a long-term future with the company.

Oct 15 2019

Choosing the Right Champions: How ONA conquers the Change Adoption Trap

The influence of top informal leaders is 40% greater than the average influence of formal leaders. By positioning informal leaders as early adopters of strategic changes, executive teams can mitigate the risks that make up the change adoption trap

Oct 03 2019

People First

People are complicated, on all sides of the equation .. Too complicated for an algorithm as all variables on all sides are constantly changing, especially when building a team of different skills, personalities, and points of view

Sep 26 2019

HRMS for SMEs: It's a need, not a want!

Digitalisation is for here to stay. And it is imperative for businesses of all shapes and sizes to use it to their benefit and jump onboard.

Aug 28 2019

How Mobile Apps are Transforming Human Resources

HR managers spend a huge amount of time on paperwork and such processes can be integrated into an employee app, allowing more time for what they’d rather be doing: Strategic HR planning.

Aug 16 2019

Simplifying Employee Bonus Programs

When we got to the details as to how they (enterprises) manage the (compensation) programs, it’s often on a spread sheet with formulae and macros. No wonder it’s complex and cumbersome, let alone the errors and rounding issues as well as the multiple

Jul 19 2019

Will machines replace your job in the future?

In fact, a new term has been coined to describe the people that will take on this challenge – they are known as the Adaptive Talents. These Adaptive Talents will evolve with the technologies. They will fit alongside and complement the automation

Jul 08 2019

Establishing Agility in HR

There are many tools available online that can aid organisations in adopting agile practises for HR. My suggestion is to consistently test your policies to optimise for simplicity

Jun 28 2019

6 months and the role is still open. Now what?

Once the role is out in the market for a long period of time, most candidates hesitate to consider it, as they believe something is ‘wrong’ with the role or the manager or the organization in general

Jun 19 2019

Strategically Scaling HR with People Analytics

Having stronger people analytics functions enables you to dig deeper into your people metrics to discover trends and insights. It is important for HR to have access to an integrated view of people data across all HR systems because <b>making decisions based on incomplete data can be disastrous…</b>

Jun 05 2019

How to hire the right people, the right way and fast?

Using modern recruiting technology that provides a great candidate experience will help candidates see your company in a positive light, and thus improve your employer branding and make the whole process measurable

May 22 2019

The interview is dead, long live the interview

…we believe every candidate should have a chance to showcase their talent, not just some. This removes bias from the hiring process and levels the playing field

May 15 2019

It’s About Time Recruitment Got Automated

By combining the power of targeted digital job ads with multi-channel job posting, you can reduce the amount of unqualified applicants while saving time that was spent on posting jobs manually on each portal

May 07 2019

Recruitment Redefined: A Game-Changing Way to Attract Top Talent

Gamification redefines recruitment by bringing science and fun to the art of recruitment. It introduces an exciting and equalizing element to the ever-monotonous process of recruitment.

Apr 29 2019

Is Machine Learning the recruitment Gamechanger we’ve been waiting for?

The great news is that machine learning can help you connect with applicants a lot earlier in the hiring process. Candidates don’t want computers; they want people.

Apr 22 2019

Performance Management – Desperately calling for Open Minds!!!

Since time immemorial, all great things we have achieved as a race have happened when we have acknowledged a problem, approached with an open mind sacrificing our self-interests and tried to work towards a solution that can be implemented. Great are the times for those who are in Performance Management because we can be the winds of positive change for a better future.

Apr 15 2019

Unleash the Power of Teams

…the workplace of today has shifted from the more traditional and hierarchical pyramid structure, to more empowered teams of teams. Due to this shift, there is more focus on a need for shared values and culture, and for an agile communication and execution strategy

Apr 09 2019

Snackable self-paced learning for the modern (deskless) worker

The best form of training delivery is to downsize content into ‘snack-able’ modules - Nano Learning.These are housed on the cloud and readily accessible for the worker to refer to

Apr 01 2019

Onboarding should be a Pleasure, not a Pain.

Onboarding is a critical weakness for a majority of organizations that stalls new hire momentum. A poor onboarding experience threatens to disengage enthusiastic employees during their crucial first weeks on the job

Mar 25 2019

The Science of Hiring

Predictive analytics for hiring uses modern data and assessment science to project candidates’ fit and likelihood for success based on positive behavioural patterns among current employees

Mar 15 2019

Digitally Engage Your Mobile Workforce for Better Business Returns

Studies have shown repeatedly that employee engagement is directly linked to a company’s bottom line.

Feb 18 2019

Dining Out On HR Technology

Of course, if we look at HR technology engagement, one could argue that every time a ‘user’ (diner) consumes a piece of your HR Technology (tasty dish) it should be treated as a special occasion. Configurations may appear to be more manageable, but by their very nature they are restrictive and simply can’t cater for the user experience that today’s users would expect when using technology

Feb 11 2019

Performance Appraisal is NOT Performance Management. Make it continuous, make it holistic.

For any organization that is moving from annual appraisal mode to continuous performance management, it is a change in culture. Organizations which adopt this culture will be able to keep their employees engaged and drive towards performance

Jan 29 2019

The Tech Of Tomorrow is already here: Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has changed the global business environment as we know it, and this is most apparent through changes in traditional HR practices brought about by the emergence of cognitive technology. From hiring, payroll to team management, AI has enabled companies of all sizes to boost process efficiency, make people-centric decisions and focus on employee engagement. With a talent war brewing, this is an exceptionally crucial step for companies to take in order to retain their best talents.

Jan 18 2019

Ready! Get Set! BOT!

The roles and functionality of Chatbots have advanced significantly, thanks to advancement in cloud computing powers. The question really is to have clarity of your Bot’s purpose and taking the first step to understand how bots can work virtually as your digital workforce to operate business with higher efficiency and productivity.

Jan 10 2019

Where’s the Human Touch in Recruiting?

Today tools such as AI and machine learning, video and chatbots will enable recruiters to find qualified candidates faster. But they can’t replace the human touch in recruiting.

Jan 02 2019

HRTech Stack recommendations for Start-ups

Every employer aspires to keep their employees engaged and empower them by providing the best-in-class work environment.

Dec 26 2018

Creating a Culture Of Wellness

Effectiveness of wellness strategies differ based on the company culture.

Dec 17 2018

Technology & Culture: Two sides of the same coin

The biggest risk that we run with digitalisation is that it is the perfect recipe for the cultural fabric to get weaker, if not executed and adopted properly

Nov 01 2018

Singapore’s HRTech Start-ups attract more VC funding in Sep 2018!

As Singapore Inc adopts HRTech solutions rapidly, start-ups focusing on this sector in Singapore are buzzing with activity. There are over 100 HRTech startups - many with a roaster of local and global customers. With the increased pace of sales, more VC funding seems to be following suit.

Oct 29 2018

100 HRTECH Start-ups in singapore and still counting

Singapore has a thriving job market. But, its employee turnover rate is among the highest in Asia Pacific. According to a 2018 report of Workday, 46% of Singaporean employees are planning to leave their jobs within a year.