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Having trouble with employee turnover? People analytics can help

Your best chance at boosting retention is in understanding your people better. People analytics uses data-driven insights to help HR do just that. Here's how to get started.

Growth rate: Is your company healthy?

Is your company growing? When you review your headcount over time, are there more employees that are leaving than joining? To answer this, you need to measure your company’s growth rate.

5 HR challenges for fintech companies

In stark contrast to traditional financial companies such as banks and old-school insurance companies, fintech companies are innovators and disruptors that are revolutionizing the financial services industry.  With technology at the very core of these companies, HR needs to keep up with modern HR practices and platforms when attracting, engaging and retaining talent. With this in mind, we have defined 5 challenges faced by HR professionals working in fintech:  1. Hiring and retaining the best talent As the fastest-growing segment of the workforce, and as digital natives possessing the technological…

The future of compensation management is simple

When I joined Hibob as a product manager, that marked a shift in my career. Before that, I was in HR for fifteen years, specializing in compensation. I know the challenges of the compensation management process. I know the moment of stress before you send Excel spreadsheets to managers, the sleepless nights hoping nothing was missent or misplaced. And the long hours. The endless cycles. Pulling information from countless sources. This is why I moved from compensation management to product management at Hibob: so I could use my knowledge to…

How to automate onboarding tasks using Task Lists

Onboarding is a delicate process, where every party—HR, managers, and employees—has work to do and something at stake. For HR and managers, onboarding is only one of one million things on your daily to-do list.  How can you make sure onboarding tasks get done without keeping them top-of-mind? At Hibob, we recommend using Task Lists: an automation tool within the bob platform allowing you to create tasks, set triggers, and automate once-complicated processes. Let’s meet the Task Lists feature and then understand how it can be used for onboarding remote…

11 signs you need a good HR system + 4 benefits

What’s a good HR system got to do with it? What’s an HR system but- Okay, maybe Tina Turner isn’t applicable here. Because a good HR system can be everything. The data shows that company culture is good for business—and even has a quantifiable impact on the business’ bottom line. Retention, loyalty, even productivity are related to company culture, with companies that are culture-forward seeing meaningful ROI on those culture-building efforts. If you want to learn how to explain your need for great HR tech to stakeholders, plus twelve signs…

HR solutions need to support diverse teams

Building diverse and inclusive teams is a challenge for all scaling companies. Building diversity and inclusion processes across multiple sites is even harder. While companies employing HR leaders may already be working with HR systems supporting multiple sites, that’s not necessarily true for smaller organizations. The lack of flexibility and personalization that are unfortunate hallmarks of traditional HR solutions make it nearly impossible for growing companies to support multiple sites—and multiple cultures. The new, globalized world of work needs tools that transcend borders. We need multi-time-zone calendars, workflows built to…

Why mobile apps are crucial when working from home

Are you working from home? We are too. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has forced most tech employees to work from home—somewhere that, while reducing the risk of infection, raises the (significantly less dangerous) risk of distraction by children, dishes in the sink, and the extreme appeal of pajamas. Especially for employees who don’t have space for a proper work setup in their homes, getting into the office groove is a major WFH hurdle. Would you believe us if we told you that spending more time on your phone can help?…

What can an employee experience platform do for your team?

HR is no longer synonymous with human capital management. In fact, modern HR professionals see their people as humans instead, without the capital attached. With people in the workplace regularly having a quitting approach, HR leaders need to create a culture that not just engages and retains people but ignites a sense of belonging amongst the company. To do this, the best possible employee experience platform is required and should be employed to the full extent of its capabilities, surpassing traditional core HR functions and overcoming the challenge of helping…

How we hit refresh on bob: Say hi to our speedier, user-friendly platform

You may have already met bob, and that’s great! But, have you seen its new update? We’ve hit the refresh button on our HR management platform that sorts the people stuff, creating a more accelerated and user-friendly experience than ever before. Our design-led product embodies four key principles: clarity, efficiency, consistency, and beauty. We’ve shifted entirely to these concepts and taken a new approach to UX and UI, enhancing bob for all of our users.  Why did we refresh (the already amazing) bob?  The driving factors behind updating bob were…

Event: Microsoft Ignite reflections

As the strategic partnerships lead at Hibob, I had the privilege of being invited to speak on stage at this year’s amazing Microsoft Ignite. This event is the main frontier of innovation and tech. I spoke about our vision and how our component with Microsoft Graph Toolkit plays into that vision. Our platform, bob, was built four years ago with a mission to help fast-growing companies to attract, excite, and retain their top talent. We are moving quickly and are always looking for ways to enhance our people management solution.…

Stockholm meetup: embracingHR tech for success

Yesterday, Hibob, TeamTailor and Peakon joined forces to host yet another sell-out HR meet up in Stockholm’s tech hub, Katarina Sofia. Our expert panel were unanimous in their key takeaways when it comes to HR tech: Identify the unique HR needs of your specific organisation before choosing a system - not the other way round.Embracing integrations is essential for creating the perfect HR tech stack. The discussion panel was moderated by renowned industry influencer Johannes Sundlo (ex-Spotify/Co-Founder of HR Sverige/People Partner at The Talent Company) and  included a great selection of…

bob is So “In”-tegrations: How Pairing with Tech Partners Keeps B2B Business Booming

We’re killing it with integrations. At Hibob, we consider these types of partnerships to be invaluable and think it’s about time we share why. Integrations are essentially two parties joining to optimize their customer and employee experiences, while taking their technological talents to the next level. Integrations with bob lessen manual work and human error, which produces improved accuracy and saves valuable time.   As a high-growth business, we owe much of our success to our wide range of tech partners, integrating so we can offer more through bob. As you…

How to Grow Company Culture and Increase Retention with bob

At Hibob we truly believe that when you grow your culture, you grow your business. We all know the value of company culture and the cost of poor employee retention rate. A high turnover rate can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, while engaged employees who are with you for the long run can save money and increase productivity. We’re breaking down the best ways to cultivate your company culture by addressing retention with bob. Onboard the right way Would you be surprised to learn that 64%…

Best Ways to Use Slack’s Integration with bob

We all know how helpful Slack is for collaboration and bob is for HR, but what about when Slack and bob combine their powers for the greater good? To celebrate bob’s integration with Slack, we decided to share our tips for the top 4 ways bob saves the day when it comes to workplace communication and productivity. 1. When you have no idea where your coworkers are... Whether they’re taking a personal day, holiday, out sick, or working from home, it can sometimes be hard to keep track of your…