SHRM South Asia Blog

There is a lot of anxiety surrounding us. Everyone is striving daily to be better in their game. More so, the stress of the unknown or the unpredictable makes people anxious. Every time you sit down to relax, there is an underlying, unnerving feeling of someone stepping up their game, which might give them an edge over you. To a certain extent, this is a welcome stress as it keeps you attentive and alert at all times. It incites you to keep honing your skills. But it has a huge detrimental impact when it overpowers the better in...

Over the years, Employee eXperience has become a critical component of any successful organization, and companies usually focus on creating a positive experience for potential employees, from the job posting to the final offer. Now that's easier said than done.

Employers need to make sure that the job descriptions are crisp and clear and targeted to potential job seekers persona, the job requirements are well-defined, and the interview process is fair and engaging.

However, in today's world, EX has taken up a new avatar, and the term hyper-personalized experience as a buzzword has gained immense...

With Women's Day just around the corner, it feels like the right time to ask – are we evaluating diversity against the correct parameters? 

I was once planning women in tech campaign, the objective of which was to hire more women for our engineering function. And while we prepared for the launch, I was asked by a senior leader to advertise only the job openings for testing and scrum master roles because "that is what most women do in technology." With stereotyping like that, even if the engineering function ended up with 50% diversity, it meant...

Quiet quitting often is a consequence of managers’ failure to display inspirational leadership and allowing them to have negative experiences at work as a means of ejecting them from the organization. If employees don't receive direction on their job priorities, ongoing growth, and long-term career progression, they are likely to resign. This can tarnish an employer's reputation as a good place to work, create a trust deficit, and even hurt customers’ sentiments when key employees exit.

What Exactly is Quiet Firing?

Quiet firing is when, instead of going through the typical termination process, a...