HR trends: Managing Employees

About the series: CV-19 has accelerated many trends, including (or especially!) those related to HR and recruitment. Companies that want to hire valuable candidates – who don’t quit after 3 months – have to make sure they keep up with the newest trends. What’s even more important: the need to implement new strategies in the right way.

Trends that are introduced too fast and/or by the wrong department will backfire by e.g. generating additional costs, negative employer branding, losing valuable candidates, longer recruitment processes, low(er) candidate experience, etc.

To help companies avoid these mistakes, we put together a summary of the most important trends along an employee’s life cycle – with their accompanying threats and – where possible – adding relatively simple quick wins – everything backed by stats and real cases.

This week, we are sharing trends and threats related to Phase #4 out of 5: Managing Employees.
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“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” by Coco Chanel 

LMGTFY: Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel (August 19, 1883 – January 10, 1971), French fashion designer and business woman. Founder and namesake of the Chanel brand. Known for popularizing a sporty, casual yet feminine style. The only fashion designer listed on Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

Inspirational quote: “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different” Coco Chanel

“Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.” by Harper Lee

LMGTFY: Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016), American novelist who won a Pulitzer Price in 1961 for To Kill a Mockingbird. Awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007.

Inspirational quote: “Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it” Harper Lee

Where will you meet us?

We are very pleased to share our knowledge and experience gained through years of working with experienced professionals, managers & executives. Read this blog post to find out about our newest lectures, webinars, podcasts, webcasts, training sessions and alike!

Where will you meet us in June?

Date: June 7, 2021 / 17:45 – 19:15 CET
Important! Registration: by May 31, 2021 / 12:00 CET
Topic: Headhunt the headhunter for your job search!
Speaker: Sandra Bichl
Format: online, for registered group members
Language: English
About & details:
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HR trends: Onboarding

About the series: CV-19 has accelerated many trends, including (or especially!) those related to HR and recruitment. Companies that want to hire valuable candidates – who don’t quit after 3 months – have to make sure they keep up with the newest trends. What’s even more important: they need to implement new strategies in the right way.

Trends that are introduced too fast and/or by the wrong department will backfire by e.g. generating additional costs, negative employer branding, losing valuable candidates, longer recruitment processes, low(er) candidate experience, etc.

To help companies avoid these mistakes, we put together a summary of the most important trends along an employee’s life cycle – with their accompanying threats and – where possible – adding relatively simple quick wins – everything backed up with stats and real cases.

This week, we are sharing one trend and threats related to Phase #3 out of 5: Onboarding.
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“Power’s not given to you. You have to take it.” by Beyoncé

LMGTFY: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (born 1981), American singer, songwriter, and actress. Lead singer of the 1990’s R&B girl-group Destiny’s Child. Throughout her career, both with Destiny’s Child and solo, Beyoncé has sold over 100 million records worldwide and won 22 Grammy Awards.

Inspirational quote: “Power’s not given to you. You have to take it” Beyoncé

Career Consultant Diary: “Update my LinkedIn profile? I’ve gotten divorced”

Being a Career Consultant for Executives is often misunderstood or romanticized or both. Sandra Bichl, founder of Career Angels and experienced international Career Consultant, decided to bring more transparency to her/our profession by sharing random days of her work in the form of a “diary” – the delay (sometimes of a year) ensures confidentiality. Below an example of how personal a job of Career Consultant can be.
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The job market according to LinkedIn globally: Summary of April 2021

Which European country had the biggest increase in the number of job ads in April? Where in Africa was the only decrease noted this month? What do executives have to say about the job market?

With the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Career Angels wanted to understand how it actually affected the job market. We started to observe and analyze the changes that it brought. We have summarized the job market according to LinkedIn globally looking at April 2021.

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“Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.” by Henry Van Dyke

LMGTFY: Henry Jackson van Dyke Jr. (November 10, 1852 – April 10, 1933), American writer, educator, and clergyman. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg, elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Author of Christmas stories and poems.

Inspirational quote: “Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to” Henry Van Dyke

“Headhunt the headhunter for your job search!” – free session for experienced managers & executives in Europe who are currently looking for a job (or getting ready for it).

Headhunters are often a mystery to many candidates – usually when it comes to understanding, “Why aren’t they more proactive in helping me. If I find a job, they make money!”.

During this interactive meeting, we’ll explain:
– a headhunter’s role in recruitment processes (incl. how & when they are compensated)
– how to contact them effectively & actively – but not hyperactively to avoid being perceived as too pushy or desperate!
– why it’s important to communicate with headhunters and why you should never ghost them (even if they ghost you)
– how to fine-tune your LinkedIn profile to be found at the research stage
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