An effective employee portal can significantly reduce errors, centralise data, and automate workflows, which helps HR professionals save hours each week. It also provides teams with direct access to their leave balances, enabling them to submit time-off requests and reducing the need for direct contact with HR. For businesses of any size, a single [...]
When a company decides to invest in HR software, understanding the return on investment (ROI) is a natural and necessary step. ROI can vary depending on the company’s current state. Some organisations transition from one software platform to another, while others move from entirely manual, spreadsheet-based processes. The ROI will differ depending on where the [...]
About the Company ZION Bar & Restaurant is a catering business employing between 35 and 39 people. Payroll is managed in-house, alongside other HR responsibilities. Until 2023, all payroll and HR processes were done manually. This was time-consuming and inefficient, so the company set out to find a modern solution that could centralise employee [...]
In the competitive world of hiring, the candidate experience is no longer just a small detail. It has become an important part of finding the best people. The way you treat candidates shows them what your company culture is like and gives them a peek at how you treat your employees. When a company [...]
The EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970) is about to reshape how organisations manage and report on pay equity. For business leaders and HR teams, this isn’t just another regulatory hurdle - it’s a real opportunity to build trust and fairness across the company. This guide gives employers a clear path to compliance, showing what [...]
Employer branding is, at its core, your company’s reputation as an employer. It is shaped by your values, culture, workplace, and all you provide to employees, both tangible and intangible. In practice, employer branding means shaping how people inside and outside your company talk about what it’s like to work there. On islands like [...]
HR demands have changed: organisations now face pressure to fill roles quickly, comply with complex regulations, and provide a smooth employee experience. They also need to offer strategic insights to leadership. The days of relying on manual spreadsheets and filing cabinets are over. Today, being efficient and effective in HR means embracing digital transformation. [...]
Writing a job description often feels like a simple administrative task, something to tick off the hiring checklist. But, in reality, it serves as one of the most powerful recruitment tools. A job description is essentially your first interaction with a potential candidate; it’s your company’s first opportunity to communicate its purpose, values, and [...]
Employee Onboarding Excel Checklist templates are one of the simplest yet most effective tools HR professionals can use to create a smooth, structured onboarding experience for new hires. By transforming scattered tasks into a unified, trackable process, a checklist ensures improved employee engagement and reduces onboarding mistakes.This guide explores the common pitfalls of manual onboarding, [...]
HR and recruitment teams face growing pressure in today’s competitive hiring environment, where poor hiring decisions can impact every corner of an organisation. From rising turnover to under-resourced teams, the challenges are real—and often trace back to inefficient recruitment processes. With talent shortages increasing and the average time to fill a vacancy in Europe [...]