The Hiblog

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.

How companies can empower women in the workplace

We can do more to empower women to reach their potential, give women the freedom to be a mom and a boss, and create more equity at home and the office.

3 ways HR can address pay inequality right now

Pay inequality is the elephant in the room. Ready to do something about it?

5 HR challenges for gaming companies

While a very lucrative industry, there are several challenges that HR leaders face, particularly regarding employee satisfaction, attrition, and retention. Get our insider tips on how to create a workforce of happy, fulfilled employees.

Your hybrid work questions answered: Hear what our HR experts had to say

Which hybrid work model is the best? How do you care for employee wellbeing outside of the office? 4 HR pros share their best practices on everything hybrid work.

4 things to know before starting an Employee Resource Group

A generation ago, diversity in the workplace was a social movement. Today, it’s a business imperative. Get tips on how to start an ERG at your company, and create a more inclusive workplace where everyone can make a difference.

Want to keep your best people? Start with a new approach to performance reviews

Keep your people engaged and motivated by encouraging feedback at every level of the organization, and not just at prescribed moments like a quarterly or annual review.

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…

Announcing Bob’s integration with ADP Workforce NowⓇ

Payroll is the definition of “necessary evil.” It’s arguably HR’s most important task, but the manual inputs and endless spreadsheets make it a painful one. Payroll is definitely an important part of the CFO/CPO working relationship. As part of Bob’s quest to make HR tasks easier and more rewarding, we are happy to announce Bob’s integration with ADP Workforce Now payroll services, and that the HiBob Connector for ADP Workforce Now is now available on ADP Marketplace. Integrating payroll into an HRIS lets you create a seamless, one-platform workflow that…

2020 highlights in Bob

To survive in 2020, we needed to learn to adapt fast. We left work one Friday afternoon in March—you know the rest of the story. Most of us haven’t been back since. To navigate this sudden, multi-continent transition to full-time working from home, we relied on bob’s remote-forward features, such as Shoutouts for communicating critical information, Kudos posts for keeping up morale, and Task Lists and personalized onboarding for easy onboarding. 2020 has been a pivotal year for the Bob platform. We’ve incorporated remote and hybrid needs into every aspect…

The importance of learning and development for your company culture

Learning and development (L&D) is a specialized HR function, empowering employees to gain skills to drive their business performance and, ultimately, their company’s performance. Learning and development programs include: Skill-based training Courses and seminars Conferences Learning and development is an essential part of the employee lifecycle which helps employees feel empowered and creates opportunities for growth in the workplace. Let’s discuss: The connection between learning and development and employee satisfaction How learning and development can increase retention Incorporating learning and development into company culture How to support employee learning and…

Metrics that matter for employee retention

Employee retention is, always has been, and probably forever will be a top concern for HR, recruiters, and management. With its associated costs and cultural impact, keeping retention rates high is a way for organizations to save on recruiting and onboarding costs while increasing employee loyalty and trust. Planning an effective retention strategy needs to go beyond analyzing retention rates and explore the factors impacting retention: culture, recognition, personal development, compensation, and loyalty. Let’s explore some of the metrics most impacting retention: eNPS Career path ratio Salary change Diversity metrics…

2020: the year HR took the wheel

COVID-19 highlighted the importance of powerful, skilled HR leadership, and there’s no better time than now to begin transforming the HR function. As we navigate unprecedented times and transitions, HR’s role has proven itself to be mission-critical for business success. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, we had to rely on HR tech tools to pivot once-colocated teams to fully-distributed teams over the course of a few days, or even overnight.  We’re excited to announce our $70 million Series B round led by investors SEEK and IGP, bringing us to a…

3 tips for attracting top talent

Great companies are run by great people. Without investing in hiring and retaining top talent, you won't be able to achieve big dreams. Retention has historically been a major concern of HR, and rightfully so: high turnover drains morale, hiring budgets, and available talent pools. Want to keep your culture healthy, employer brand positive, and employees satisfied? Check out (and take advantage of!) our three tips for boosting employee retention. 1. Encourage communication Want employees to give you their best? Make sure you want to hear it! From junior employees…

Metrics that matter: salary average and salary change

We work hard for the money, don’t we? It’s almost impossible to talk about work without bringing up salary. What we’re paid is supposed to be representative of our employer-defined worth—and, on a larger scale, how the employer values their workforce. Salary average and salary change are both important HR metrics for measuring how the workforce is compensated as a whole, or in large groups. For companies competing for talent—we see you, EPD recruiters—salary average can help you understand your market position for recruiting. And for those fighting to retain…