Salary negotiation is probably one of the most overlooked parts of the recruitment process. And yet, it can make all the difference when it comes to securing the right candidate. Many candidates reach this stage with a simple assumption: “I’ve been selected. The...
“It is not equal, so it is not fair.” I heard this phrase several times over the course of my career as an HR manager. And yet, it is based on a fundamental misunderstanding: equality and fairness are not the same thing. Equality means applying the same rule to...
Four months of search, six interviews, an assessment, references checked, a business case and finally, an accepted offer. Then, just hours before signing the contract, the candidate pulls out. Our immediate response is almost always the same – “there must have been...
Here is a seemingly simple question: how many times have you moved house or to a different region or country? It would probably be considered inappropriate if asked so directly in a job interview. Yet behind this deliberately provocative question lies an interesting...
“A company that needs HR is a company with bad managers.” The statement is blunt and deliberately provocative, but it highlights a real issue: when managers are unwilling to address problems directly, HR ends up dealing with them instead, from everyday workplace...
In a recent publication, the CEO of Anthropic highlighted a key paradox: the widening gap between the theoretical capabilities of AI and it actually being adopted within organisations. Today, AI is capable of automating or enhancing a significant share of...
