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Job descriptions are often viewed as a mundane formality that is needed for a job posting. The truth is that a JD is the first touchpoint for a potential candidate to learn about your company. It serves as a powerful talent marketing tool if used in the right way. During my experience, I have seen people simply copy descriptions from job sites for similar roles and post them without much editing. This is far from the right approach and companies are losing the opportunity to

Performance Management Systems (PMS) are designed to help companies evaluate their employees fairly and efficiently. A PMS will also highlight gaps in organizational policies and processes while aligning employees to the common business goal. There are many facets of a successful PMS that include employee’s strengths, weaknesses, behaviour, task completion, proficiency and much more. With many approaches and philosophies, it might be difficult to define a performance manageme

During my work as an HR professional for over 17 years, I have experienced my apprehensions against performance management systems (PMS). There are questions that are frequently asked by companies, that are rooted in conventional practices. Most of the time, these practices shift the focus from people and performance to only business and bias. I firmly believe that leading by example is the best way to go. So here I am discussing some frequently asked questions with a few rea

The Performance Management season is upon us and I thought it would be a good time to share some insights into the challenges of performance management systems. A performance management system (PMS) is a process to monitor and align the objectives of the organization with the individual skills, competencies and deliverables of employees. The focus is on the delivery of promised results and improvement through learning and development.