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Diversity and Inclusion

Celebrating Heritage Day in South Africa: Unity in Diversity

Heritage Day epitomizes the cultural and ethnic diversity of South Africa. It serves as a reminder to South Africans to embrace the spirit of uBuntu (humanity) and show love for one another—because indeed, there is Unity In Diversity.

September 22, 2021 Azraa Shaik

Heritage Day epitomizes the cultural and ethnic diversity of South Africa. It serves as a reminder to South Africans to embrace the spirit of uBuntu (humanity) and show love for one another—because indeed, there is Unity In Diversity.

Data and Analytics

How Augmented Intelligence Helps the Manual Grading of Video Responses

Manually scoring video interviews is a time-consuming and cognitively demanding task. Learn how Augmented Intelligence helps evaluators in grading video responses.

September 21, 2021 Kuldeep Yadav

Manually scoring video interviews is a time-consuming and cognitively demanding task. Learn how Augmented Intelligence helps evaluators in grading video responses.

Develop and Accelerate

How to Build a Hybrid Workplace and Nail It

Transitioning into a hybrid workplace is not easy—it needs many considerations. Read this blog to learn how you can successfully implement hybrid working.

September 16, 2021 Chris Salmon

Transitioning into a hybrid workplace is not easy—it needs many considerations. Read this blog to learn how you can successfully implement hybrid working.

Assessment and Selection

Detecting “Indianism” in Spoken English through Assessments

Should Indianism be the main factor when assessing candidates’ Spoken English skills? Read this blog to learn what the term means and what you need to take into account in the assessment.

September 14, 2021 SHL Editor

Should Indianism be the main factor when assessing candidates’ Spoken English skills? Read this blog to learn what the term means and what you need to take into account in the assessment.

Life at SHL

How to Manage Stress and Anxiety in the Workplace

Many workers around the globe reported a deteriorating mental health ever since the pandemic. Read our tips on how to manage stress and anxiety in this challenging time.

September 9, 2021 Sabrina Wijaya

Many workers around the globe reported a deteriorating mental health ever since the pandemic. Read our tips on how to manage stress and anxiety in this challenging time.

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Develop and Accelerate

Managing Leadership Talent in a VUCA World

Learn how SHL’s Mobilize optimizes the fit between leaders and their context to produce better performance and tangible business results in a VUCA world.

September 7, 2021 Hemlata Bora

Learn how SHL’s Mobilize optimizes the fit between leaders and their context to produce better performance and tangible business results in a VUCA world.

Develop and Accelerate

How You Can Avoid the Pitfalls of Hybrid Working

Hybrid working is taking over work culture—and it is there to stay. Read this blog to learn its impact on your business and how to implement it successfully.

September 2, 2021 Chris Salmon

Hybrid working is taking overwork culture—and it is there to stay. Read this blog to learn its impact on your business and how to implement it successfully.

Workforce Trends

Post-pandemic Hiring: Making Your Process Faster, Easier, and More Predictive

In the world of post-pandemic hiring, is it wise to make reactive changes to the process? Read this blog to learn about the best approach to improve your process.

August 31, 2021 Erin Crask

In the world of post-pandemic hiring, is it wise to make reactive changes to the process? Read this blog to learn about the best approach to improve your process.

Leadership

How Managers Can Confidently Lead in an Uncertain Future

For the past year, leadership has been challenged through many changes and turbulence. Read this blog to learn how you can lead in this uncertain future.

August 26, 2021 Kristina Iniguez

For the past year, leadership has been challenged through many changes and turbulence. Read this blog to learn how you can lead in this uncertain future.

Life at SHL

People Science: A Spark that Keeps Burning

Read Sarah McLellan’s thoughts on the four letters that ignited a passion for People Science and learn how you can use it to make a difference.

August 24, 2021 Sarah McLellan

Read Sarah McLellan’s thoughts on the four letters that ignited a passion for People Science and learn how you can use it to make a difference

Assessment and Selection

Contact Center Hiring in the Era of Digitalization

Advance your contact center hiring strategy, avoiding high attrition rates while creating an impactful customer experience.

August 19, 2021 Andrew Nelesen

Advance your contact center hiring strategy, avoiding high attrition rates while creating an impactful customer experience.

Leadership

Why We Need Empathetic Leadership More than Ever

Empathetic leadership is a sign of a strong and healthy organization. But why does it matter so much and how to develop it in the workplace?

August 17, 2021 Sabrina Wijaya

Empathetic leadership is a sign of a strong and healthy organization. But why does it matter so much and how to develop it in the workplace?

Leadership

How to Navigate the Shifting Target of Return to Work

3 questions the best leaders ask themselves daily to navigate the shifting reality of remote work vs. return to work.

August 13, 2021 Erin Crask

3 questions the best leaders ask themselves daily to navigate the shifting reality of remote work vs. return to work.

Diversity and Inclusion

A Woman’s Place is Everywhere

A woman’s place in our society has always been challenged. Let’s reflect on the hardships women have experienced throughout the history and celebrate their strengths.

August 9, 2021 Azraa Shaik

A woman’s place in our society has always been challenged. Let’s reflect on the hardships women have experienced throughout the history and celebrate their strengths.

Assessment and Selection

Video Interview: How to Future-proof Your Online Hiring Process

Learn 3 top tips to conduct structured video interviews that fairly evaluate shortlisted candidates and select best-fit talent for the job.

August 6, 2021 Danielle Fullick

Learn 3 top tips to conduct structured video interviews that fairly evaluate shortlisted candidates and select best-fit talent for the job.

Assessment and Selection

How to Create Impactful Candidate Experiences

Learn how to transform today’s challenges of virtual recruitment into real and meaningful experiences that are personalized for every applicant.

August 3, 2021 Danielle Fullick

Learn how to transform today’s challenges of virtual recruitment into meaningful, personalized, and impactful candidate experiences.

Assessment and Selection

Transforming Talent Acquisition in the New Reality

From retail to restaurant—new realities are transforming talent acquisition trends in various industries. What can you do to strengthen your talent strategy?

July 29, 2021 Erin Crask

From retail to restaurant—new realities are transforming talent acquisition trends in various industries. What can you do to strengthen your talent strategy?

Assessment and Selection

Competency Assessments, Flatpack Furniture, and Chain Restaurants

Creating workplace competency assessments may seem far from running furniture stores or restaurants. However, they share some common success formulas.

July 27, 2021 Yin Lin

What common success formulas do competency assessments, furniture stores, and chain restaurants share? Learn what they are in our blog.

Develop and Accelerate

Transform the Career of Your Hidden Talent with Science

Learn how to discover hidden talent by using context and how you can make people decisions with superior accuracy and efficiency

July 23, 2021 Niyaatii Swami

Learn how to discover hidden talent by using context and how you can make people decisions with superior accuracy and efficiency

Life at SHL

How Culture of Experimentation Attracts Employees

Sushma Kumar is the head of Professional Services for SHL India, based in Mumbai. In this blog she shares how SHL’s culture of experimentation attracts her to work for them.

July 20, 2021 Sushma Kumar

Sushma Kumar, Head of Professional Services for SHL India, shares how SHL’s culture of experimentation attracts her to work for them.

Leadership

Gender Diversity in Leadership: Why Simply Hiring More Women is Not the Answer

Learn why hiring more women is not the answer to increasing gender diversity in leadership and how to make your succession planning efforts more inclusive.

July 15, 2021 Shivangi Shukla

Learn why hiring more women is not the answer to increasing gender diversity in leadership and how to make your succession planning efforts more inclusive.

Assessment and Selection

7 Strategies for How to Hire Better Managers

How can organizations select people leaders who will truly help the organizations thrive? Learn our best strategies for how to hire better managers.

July 13, 2021 Erin Crask

How can organizations select people leaders who will truly help the organizations thrive? Learn our best strategies for how to hire better managers.

Assessment and Selection

The Butterfly Effect— How Covid-19 Transformed Campus Recruitment

Let’s peek at how Covid-19 has created a strong case for virtual campus recruitment and how to ensure a long-term, sustainable digital hiring strategy.

July 8, 2021 Lalitha Spoorthi

Let’s peek at how Covid-19 has created a strong case for virtual campus recruitment and what can we do to ensure a long-term, sustainable digital hiring strategy.

Develop and Accelerate

The Post-pandemic Boom and What That Means for Talent

The world’s economy is getting ready for a post-pandemic boom. Learn how HR’s focus on how to manage and recruit talent post pandemic has changed.

July 7, 2021 Mohamed Farid

The world’s economy is getting ready for a post-pandemic boom. Learn how HR’s focus on how to manage and recruit talent post pandemic has changed.

Workforce Trends

3 External Factors that Influence Sales Transformation

Learn 3 important external factors that lead to B2B Sales Transformation and how you can bring your sales functions to the next level.

July 6, 2021 Andrew Nelesen

Learn 3 important external factors that lead to B2B Sales Transformation and how you can bring your sales functions to the next level.

Develop and Accelerate

You Need a Break: Set Boundaries, Disconnect from Work, and Come Back Stronger

Read our brilliant tips about how to disconnect from work, build healthy working habits, and improve your performance.

July 1, 2021 Erin Crask

Read our brilliant tips about how to disconnect from work, build healthy working habits, and improve your performance.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Power of Youth: Pursuing Equality and Inclusivity

South Africa’s Youth Month reminds us of how the power of youth can transform a society. Learn how it can inspire us in our pursuit of equality and inclusivity.

June 30, 2021 Azraa Shaik

South Africa’s Youth Month reminds us of how the power of youth can transform a society. Learn how it can inspire us in our pursuit of equality and inclusivity.

Diversity and Inclusion

Demonstrating Allyship by Respecting Queer Spaces

LGBTQ allies can demonstrate support for the community by learning about and respecting the history and importance of queer spaces.

June 29, 2021 Darrin Grelle

LGBTQ allies can demonstrate support for the community by learning about and respecting the history and importance of queer spaces.

Develop and Accelerate

10 Minutes of Quiet Time Increases Your Productivity by 27%

SHL, in partnership with The Quiet Company, has been exploring the biometric and psychological benefits of taking a break from the endless demands of our digital lives. Here’s what we found.

June 24, 2021 Gethin Fisher

Learn what SHL and The Quiet Company found about the biometric and psychological benefits of quiet time amid the demand of our digital lives.

Life at SHL

The Role of Fate in Leading Your Career Path

Chan Yung Phang leads SHL’s professional services team in China. In this blog he shares his experience on the role of fate in shaping his career path.

June 22, 2021 Chan Yung Phang

Chan Yung Phang leads SHL’s professional services team in China. In this blog he shares his experience on the role of fate in shaping his career path.

SHL Blog Our Insights on the 21st Century Workplace

Heritage Day epitomizes the cultural and ethnic diversity of South Africa. It serves as a reminder to South Africans to embrace the spirit of uBuntu (humanity) and show love for one another—because indeed, there is Unity In Diversity.

Manually scoring video interviews is a time-consuming and cognitively demanding task. Learn how Augmented Intelligence helps evaluators in grading video responses.

Transitioning into a hybrid workplace is not easy—it needs many considerations. Read this blog to learn how you can successfully implement hybrid working.

Should Indianism be the main factor when assessing candidates’ Spoken English skills? Read this blog to learn what the term means and what you need to take into account in the assessment.

Many workers around the globe reported a deteriorating mental health ever since the pandemic. Read our tips on how to manage stress and anxiety in this challenging time.

Learn how SHL’s Mobilize optimizes the fit between leaders and their context to produce better performance and tangible business results in a VUCA world.

Hybrid working is taking over work culture—and it is there to stay. Read this blog to learn its impact on your business and how to implement it successfully.

In the world of post-pandemic hiring, is it wise to make reactive changes to the process? Read this blog to learn about the best approach to improve your process.

For the past year, leadership has been challenged through many changes and turbulence. Read this blog to learn how you can lead in this uncertain future.

Read Sarah McLellan’s thoughts on the four letters that ignited a passion for People Science and learn how you can use it to make a difference.

Advance your contact center hiring strategy, avoiding high attrition rates while creating an impactful customer experience.

Empathetic leadership is a sign of a strong and healthy organization. But why does it matter so much and how to develop it in the workplace?

3 questions the best leaders ask themselves daily to navigate the shifting reality of remote work vs. return to work.

A woman’s place in our society has always been challenged. Let’s reflect on the hardships women have experienced throughout the history and celebrate their strengths.

Learn 3 top tips to conduct structured video interviews that fairly evaluate shortlisted candidates and select best-fit talent for the job.

Learn how to transform today’s challenges of virtual recruitment into real and meaningful experiences that are personalized for every applicant.

From retail to restaurant—new realities are transforming talent acquisition trends in various industries. What can you do to strengthen your talent strategy?

Creating workplace competency assessments may seem far from running furniture stores or restaurants. However, they share some common success formulas.

Learn how to discover hidden talent by using context and how you can make people decisions with superior accuracy and efficiency

Sushma Kumar is the head of Professional Services for SHL India, based in Mumbai. In this blog she shares how SHL’s culture of experimentation attracts her to work for them.

Learn why hiring more women is not the answer to increasing gender diversity in leadership and how to make your succession planning efforts more inclusive.

How can organizations select people leaders who will truly help the organizations thrive? Learn our best strategies for how to hire better managers.

Let’s peek at how Covid-19 has created a strong case for virtual campus recruitment and how to ensure a long-term, sustainable digital hiring strategy.

The world’s economy is getting ready for a post-pandemic boom. Learn how HR’s focus on how to manage and recruit talent post pandemic has changed.

Learn 3 important external factors that lead to B2B Sales Transformation and how you can bring your sales functions to the next level.

Read our brilliant tips about how to disconnect from work, build healthy working habits, and improve your performance.

South Africa’s Youth Month reminds us of how the power of youth can transform a society. Learn how it can inspire us in our pursuit of equality and inclusivity.

LGBTQ allies can demonstrate support for the community by learning about and respecting the history and importance of queer spaces.

SHL, in partnership with The Quiet Company, has been exploring the biometric and psychological benefits of taking a break from the endless demands of our digital lives. Here’s what we found.

Chan Yung Phang leads SHL’s professional services team in China. In this blog he shares his experience on the role of fate in shaping his career path.

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