HR Insights Blog

The insights displayed below are derived from the Top Employers HR Best Practice Report, a detailed report, derived from the Top Employers Institute’s research, covering current trends in Talent Management and Talent Management Processes. Scroll down on this page to get access to the full report.

As many organisations face key strategic decisions more frequently at the moment, it has become clear that making decisions about Talent Management is just as important as making decisions about business issues. Knowing your workforce in terms of their unique qualities, how they respond to change, what drives them and how you can keep them pushing your organisation forward is not only a matter of necessity, it is the smart thing to do if you want your organisation to perform at its best

We are currently in the middle of the Top Employers 2014 Certification cycle. We are assessing employers in more than 60 countries and we are seeing many great examples from what Top Employers are offering their employees in order to create optimal employee conditions for their people. The 2014 results are obviously not in yet, but we can show what Top Employers are offering this year. And there is one emerging trend that is visible across various employee conditions: the degree to which technology is influencing employee conditions.

Keep track of your former employees (corporate alumni networks); they can be the future of your business.alumni corporate networks Reading the news today gives a clear status: there are many unemployed people. This means that recruitment is becoming easier. Nevertheless, most HR and Recruitment managers admit it becomes more challenging everyday to recruit the right person for the right function. As a matter of fact, the challenge is not to recruit anymore; it’s to get the Top Talent for your company.

What’s the most important thing to today’s employee? Their growth. Our research shows us that the number one reason that employees leave an organisation is a lack of career development opportunities. We’re seeing Top Employers putting an emphasis on mentoring and coaching their people with the aim of continuous development.