50K passionate “Employee Experience” champs across the globe!

The number is impressive, right? There are around 50K profiles on LinkedIn that have “Employee Experience” mentioned on their profiles. Not just that, there are about 27,90,000 results on Google for this term. So what is this all about? Is this important? Do we really need this?

The right question would be – Do employees need this? I am sure that most of the employees would agree to this. There are many blogs, articles, papers that have various definitions around “Employee Experience”. Let’s not get into making this complicated, Employee Experience is a journey and not a sprint race. This is the most popular image that you will come across when you think about Employee Experience.

Although it may mean different to difference people, but the main objective is to make the journey meaningful during your stay in the company and even after you have left the organization.

Here is a list of top 10 countries who have these passionate folks that are working towards enhancing your employee experience: Is your country in this list 🙂

a) Australia – 2145

b) Finland : 560

c) Sweden : 240

d) India : 2558

e) Germany : 420

f) US : 25642

g) Canada : 4855

h) UK : 3476

i) Norway, Czech  : 50 & 81 respectively

One more interesting stats that came around this search is the years of experience and years in current position. This is a good sign that employee experience is a serious business. 

Now that you have some data in hand, would be great to know your views around this topic “Employee Experience”. Do you think this trend is here to stay? How can we as professionals work towards making this a meaningful experience for the employees?

Regards

Rambling Recruiter

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World’s biggest Social Media Statistics of Banks 2015 – 2018

Confession time!!! Had to wait for exactly 365 days to come up with this blog. Had made a small attempt to capture the social media statistics of banks in 2015 , 2016. 2017 and here we are exactly a year later to explore the progress of social numbers.

Being a student of social media, I do understand that it’s not an easy task to manage, create, implement, and track social media numbers along with its impact. So before you get into the data part, would like to thank the Digital Marketing, HR, Talent Acquisition, Corporate Marketing teams of all these banks who have surely created an impact on their customers, clients and candidates via their social sites. So keep it going and keep inspiring.

So enough of Talking, let’s look at the DATA!!!! (We are all so obsessed with Data)

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Few Key takeaways:

• All of these banks have a dedicated YouTube Channel
• SBI is the top bank with maximum followers on Twitter (Currently at 3.69 M )
• 62% of these banks have a dedicate careers tab on their LinkedIn Company Page
• IDFC Bank has seen an amazing growth in all of its Social Channels (200% increase on YouTube and 141% on Instagram)
• HDFC has seen 62% increase on YouTube Subscribers , as compared to 2017
• RBL Bank and Bandhan Bank has see maximum increase on their YouTube Handle – 448% and 483% increase since 2017
• And one more, SBI again leads in the space of Instagram too with 836K followers

Looking forward to your views and comments on this blog post.

Regards,

Rambling Recruiter

World’s biggest Social Media Statistics of Pharma Companies (2015 -2018)

Confession time!!!! Just like the previous blog about Banks, had to wait for 365 days to come up with this blog too. Had made a small attempt to capture the social media statistics of Pharma companies in 2015 , 2016. 2017 and here we are exactly a year later to explore the Statistics of 2018

So before you get into the data part, would like to thank the Digital Marketing, HR, Talent Acquisition and Corporate Marketing teams of all these companies who have created an impact on their customers, clients and candidates via their social sites. So keep it going and keep inspiring                                                                                                  

So enough of Talking, let’s look at the DATA!!!! (We are all so obsessed with Data)

Presenting “World’s biggest Social Media Statistics of Pharma Companies”

Few Key takeaways:

• All of these Pharma companies have a dedicate careers tab on their LinkedIn Company Page
• Cipla has the highest increase in Facebook Followers as compared to 2017 ie 22%
• Sun Pharma has seen an increase in Youtube subscribers ie 173% rise as compared to 2017
• Zydus Group has seen 92% increase in their Twitter followers as compared to 2017.
• Pfizer and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories have seen an good increase on their YouTube Channel in terms of subscribers ie 51% and 117% respectively

Looking forward to your views and comments on this blog post.

Regards

Rambling Recruiter

The first ever HR Unconference in India!!

Just like me, I am sure that you too might have been curious to know more about the word “Unconference”. I guess this is exactly what the team at HRInteract wanted to achieve. Well, they did manage to connect and engage with over 150+ HR Professionals.

So coming back to the term Unconferences , its often used variations on the format/method developed by Harrison Owen in 1985. Owen’s 1993 book Open Space Technology: a User’s Guide discussed many of the techniques now associated with unconferences, although his book does not use that term.

#DidYouKnow : The term “unconference” first appeared in an announcement for the annual XML developers conference in 1998.

It was my first time to attend such an Unconference and it was worth it. Great to see 150+ passionate HR folks in one big room suggesting topics and discussing it with each-other. The format was unique, as each topic had a board owner and the participants could move around and contribute on each of the topics around the room.

The USP of this was that HRInteract team would then come up with a book that would be co authored by each of the 150+ HR professionals present in the room. Yes, you read it right. A book that will be published by the community and for the community.

In case you want to actually see glimpses of the event, here you go : https://goo.gl/MW6z9A

Would be great to know your views on this interesting way to connect and participate. You can also follow HRInteract on Twitter.

Regards

Rambling Recruiter

#Tascon18 : India’s biggest TA and Sourcing Conclave

For starters, #tascon18 was trending on Twitter 🙂

#DidYouKnow : #TASCON18, Talent Acquisition and Sourcing Conclave is an event conducted by Sourcing ADDA, a community for Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Professionals. Aimed at highlighting the latest trends, best practices and strategies in Talent Sourcing & Recruitment, it is also the perfect platform for industry professionals to network with thought leaders and like – minded individuals

Now that the context is set, time to explore about the action that took place at TASCON18 via Tweets. Yes, you read it right. Twitter is an amazing place where we can all learn, network and gain insights.

#TASCON18 in 280 characters:

I am sure you would have loads to talk about these interesting insights. So what are you waiting for. Continue this conversation using #TASCON18 and do follow SourcingAdda. We as HR folks need to have regular conversations that will help us all work together as a community.

Regards

Rambling Recruiter

What took you so loooong! #Hashtags

Yes, you read it right. This was Tweeted on 20th March, 2015.

But as they say, All’s Well That Ends Well.

500+ million users, 70% of Linkedin users are from Outside of Us. 40 million students and recent college graduates on LinkedIn. What’s in it for us! Well, LinkedIn has been kind enough to help us all leverage hashtags and find relevant topics easily. So now all you have to do is click on a hashtag that you see on LinkedIn or you can also search hashtags via the search box.

Here are a few examples of how you can find relevant topics via hashtags

a) This is a topic that I am keen to explore and learn. So all I have to do is enter this topic and filter it | People | Jobs | Companies | Groups | etc

b) There has been a lot of talk around #EmployeeExperience, so do leverage this and explore some amazing content using relevant hashtags

c) Great opportunity to find relevant topics that are of your interest such as DevOps, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning etc.

So how are you planning to leverage Hashtags on LinkedIn! Would be great to know your views, ideas around this interesting addition on LinkedIn.

Regards

Rambling Recruiter

How can HR folks leverage GIF’s to communicate with candidates?

#DIDYOUKNOW : The Graphics Interchange Format, better known by its acronym GIF (/dʒɪf/ JIF or /ɡɪf/ GHIF), is a bitmap image format that was developed by a team at the bulletin board service (BBS) provider CompuServe led by American computer scientist Steve Wilhite on June 15, 1987. It has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability.

No doubt they are popular, no doubt we use it regularly while communicating with our friends. Recently my friend Ashish Peshave tweeted that LinkedIn has added GIF in the message box. Hence thought of writing this blog post. Thanks Buddy for the news 🙂

So coming back to the question… can HR folks leverage GIF’s to communicate with candidates? You might think “Why on earth would a candidates like to see a GIF from HR?” Time to walk the talk. Out Hiring Champs at Tieto have created a series of GIF’s around various Domains that they are hiring for. Hence these creative GIF’s were shared with the prospective candidates and also on Corporate Social Media Channels. And guess what; also to the once which have been offered. Yes, you read it right. Offered Candidates.

The Impact: Most of them replied back thanking the recruiter for sharing information about the areas, domains, skills etc they will be working on. This helped them to also share it with their friends who were working on similar domain/ skills.

Advantage:

• Short Duration has a positive impact – 20 – 30 seconds
• Easy to share (Not a heavy file)
• Can be shared via Whatsapp (Biggest advantage)

So, can HR folks leverage GIF’s? The straight answer is YES. This is just one of the example of how GIF’s can be leveraged by HR folks. Here are few more examples:

• A GIF can be sent to Drop Out Candidates
• Alumni (Ex- Employees)
• Prospective Candidates
• Thank you note to walk-in candidates
• Key HR policies to be converted in GIF’s for employees / external candidates
• And the list is endless…..

It all depends how who and what messaging you want to convey via GIF’s.

Here are the few GIF’s for external communication:

Do you want to work with a company that both challenges and cares? https://goo.gl/nEUnSi

Tieto is the leading healthcare and welfare IT provider in the Nordics, with over 40 years of Nordic well-being expertise : https://goo.gl/73rdRL

#DidYouKnow Tieto is #1 cloud service provider in the Nordics : https://goo.gl/rGHcNN

Looking forward to your views around probably a new way to communicate. What say?

Regards

Rambling Recruiter

Asia’s biggest HR Tech Conference is back aka #SHRMTech18

This is the 4th year of Asia’s biggest HR Tech Conference is back aka #SHRMTech18. Was fortunate to attend #SHRMTECH16 and #SHRMTECH17. Just like both the years, this year too it will be an amazing event filled with passionate HR folks.

Here are a few highlights of what to expect at #SHRMTech18

• Interact with 1100+ HR & Technology Professional
• Listen to 70+ Global Speakers
• 25+ Demos & Knowledge Sessions conducted by Industry Thought Leaders
• 400+ Organizations
• 150+ CHRO’s, CXO’s, CTO’s and CIO’s under one roof

Having said that, this is what I am looking forward to explore at #SHRMTech18

1) Key Note Address by Vineet Nayar , as he will be sharing his experiences and expert views on how technology can bring about transformation in workplaces for not just HR professionals but also to multiple stakeholders.

2) Mark Riley’s session around Humans vs Machines. I am sure you would be keen to know more about it. Well, all you need to do is either attend the event or follow #SHRMTech18 on Twitter

3) Panel Discussion | Women in Tech: Time to Lead the Way! Enough said. You just can’t miss this one.

4) Enhanced Employee Experience. This one is close to my heart.

5) Panel Discussion around Chatbots, VR and AR go to Work! Are you excited already??

6) List of Top 30 Indian HR Influencers on Social Media. Check out the previous list right here: SHRMTech17

7) Jason Averbook and William Tincup sharing insights around Intelligent Things come to work

8) What’s Internet of Things (IoT) got to do with HR and People?

9) SHRM Big Debate | The Future of HR in a Tech Driven World! Is there or isn’t there?

10) To gain insights for the HR leaders at the event and meet Twitter Friends 🙂

Are you excited already? Well, you can explore more about the event on http://www.shrmtech.org and don’t forget to catch all the action on Twitter too, just follow #SHRMTech18

Regards

Rambling Recruiter

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#AccelHERate in just 280 characters!!!

At first it seems tough to imagine that one can learn so much via just 280 characters. Well, this is the reality. It was time to AccelHERate and guess what #AccelHERate was the hashtag that created a storm on Social Media. To add to this, 300+ passionate folks under one roof, made it even more special. Kudos to the entire team at JobsForHer for creating this amazing platform. Keep it going and keep inspiring.

Was fortunate to attend AccelHERate ie India’s Biggest B2B Conference for Companies Committed to Increasing Women’s Participation in the Indian Workforce. Wanted to take this opportunity to share some interesting insights that came out of this Conference. It ranges from interesting insights from Neha Bagaria – Founder, JobsForHer, Barkha Dutt – Senior Journalist, Keynote address by Sharmila A Karve, Panel Discussion and Round Table discussions throughout the day.

So let the journey begin. These are some of the most interesting tweets that came across during the event made in 280 characters. You read it right. One can learn loads via 280 Characters. 

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I am sure you would have loads to talk about these interesting insights. So what are you waiting for. Continue this conversation using #AccelHERate and do follow JobsForHer. We as HR folks need to have regular such conversations that will help us all work towards increasing the participation of women at workplace.

Regards

Rambling Recruiter

 

Empowered HR Community – HRInteract

There are HR events and more HR events. I am sure you would have attended many of them. Recently was fortunate to attend a HR Event that was organized by a bunch of passionate HR champs. The idea was about Co – Creating an “Empowered HR Community”. So, lets go ahead with some of the unique points that make this community different from others.

1)     To foster fellowship amongst HR practitioners from varied Industry backgrounds.
2)     To enhance professional development by interactive sharing sessions and experiential learning related to HR by accomplished professionals / leaders.
3)     To acquire and continuously develop new knowledge and skills related to HR through research of latest technologies and best practices demonstrated by organizations
4)     To co-operate with educational and research institutions in developing schemes of instruction in HR principles and practice, stimulating student participation in HR & management education and in the activities of HR Interact.

The Key Note Speaker of the event was Divyanshu Ganatra aka India’s first blind solo paraglider. Yes, you read it right. The audience was spell bound for almost 40 mins when Mr Ganatra took the stage. His experiences right from his struggle days to the moments when he became India’s first blind solo paraglider, to the moment when people said “How can blind people use or learn computers”, to “how it took him 7 years to find an instructor, but just 5 days to learn paragliding”  One must be present in the room to hear him speak with such passion and conviction.

Post this inspiring key note from Divyanshu, it was time for the Mentor Mr Adi Raheja, a facilitator who is driven by the passion to enable individuals and organisations to discover their best selves. He does this through his writings, experiential workshops, inclusive consulting and group process facilitation. He introduced an interesting concept known as “World Cafe”  A world café or knowledge café is a structured conversational process for knowledge sharing in which groups of people discuss a topic at several tables, with individuals switching tables periodically and getting introduced to the previous discussion at their new table by a “table host”.

Explore some interesting snapshots of this event.  Always great to see 150 + passionate HR professionals participating and co – creating an empowered community.

 

For those who missed the event can explore the amazing insights right here : https://twitter.com/HR_interact 

Good Luck to Team HR Interact : Dinesh Gupta, Sunil Kashikar, Sudesh Verma, Parag Mehta, Viju Gangadharan, Jashan Joshi, Anshuman Mukherjee, Sheben Rawat, Manish Pipalwa.

Looking forward to your views around HR Communities and how can we leverage it to make our HR community more engaged and empowered.

Regards

Rambling Recruiter