Top HR consulting firms in Kenya: Hottest HR Trends to Watch for 2018

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Top HR consulting firms in Kenya Hottest HR
Trends to Watch for 2018
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In 2018, the hottest HR trends will focus more
than ever on the employee satisfaction and
employee experience. Technology will continue to
stick in HR, with new and varied platforms and a
more holistic method also shaking and improving
things up.
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• For years, sophisticated technology has acted as
  a tool to help with everyday tasks the focus
  will be technology as a way of life in the place
  of work.

• In 2018, the focus of Best HR companies in Kenya
  is on technology how it can be used to search
  people, connect people, engage people, retain
  people and even replace people and what else to
  do when that happens. 

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These are the biggest buzzing trends we see
coming to HR in this year, and they all involve
technology.

• Switch from Employee Engagement to Employee
  Experience
• Focus on Passive candidates
• Concentrate more on remote workforce
• Gasification technique
• Rethink Performance Management
• Blind hiring
• Flexi Work arrangement
• Privacy and Data ownership

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Switch from Employee Engagement to Employee
Experience
With the rising impact of millennial and the
improving transparency catalyzed by the
digitalization age, workforces are expecting a
more pleasing enjoyable work experience. 2018
will be a year where managers of Top HR
consulting firms in Kenya starts to focus on
developing the Employee Experience, the
improved system that integrates three major
dimensions
Culture
Performance management
Engagement
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Focus on Passive candidates

• Headhunting of passive candidates has always
  been part of the hiring process in the company.
  But nowadays, its different from simply sifting
  through aspirants resumes on a career/ job
  website. The introduction of social media
  platforms has made it easier to get in touch with
  applicants easier than ever before.

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Concentrate more on Remote Workforce

• Its no surprise that many startups or small
  companies are built with remote teams. From a
  companys perspective, concentrating more on
  remote workforce opens up the pool of candidates.
  Besides, by offering remote work capabilities, it
  is an effective way to boost job satisfaction
  through an improved the work-life balance. With
  the use of video conferencing collaboration
  tools evolving every single year, this trend will
  only continue on the upswing.

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• Gamification Technique

• Gamification is an emerging technique that has
  been working very smoothly and effectively into
  distinct types of industries. In company
  perspective, gamification technique can be used
  as
• An applicant screener
• Turning tests of critical skill sets
• The result benefits both the employers and
  candidates.

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Re-think Performance Management

• The method of once annually performance review
  simply does not work or exist anymore. Few
  research states that organizations that give
  regular employee performance feedback have 15
  lower turnover rates.
• Some studies revealed that only 8 of companies
  say their performance management procedure is
  effective in improvi9ng business value which is a
  shockingly low number for such a core Human
  Resource function. Managers/ Employers need to
  start re-thinking about the same in a way that
  fruitfully works for todays workforce.

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Blind Hiring

• Some industry, and say companies, was rocked in
  2017 by allegations and counter-claims of bias in
  the workers. Well, the simplest way to minimize
  such controversy? Make recruitment a blind
  process.

• Theres even software built to automate selecting
  and anonymize applicants. This allows for a more
  diverse employees built on merit.

• By making hiring a blind process that is,
  stripping away any information on a CV that may
  disclose demographic data the first and
  foremost step of screening can be done based
  purely on achievements and abilities.

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Flexi Work Arrangement

• Organizations are turning to alternative/
  flexible work schedules and outworking as a way
  to retain employees make work-life balance.
  The progress in sophisticated technology tablet
  devices, companies often find that outworking
  helps diminish overhead costs.

• Few studies also showed that outworking on a
  part-time basis can increase employee
  productivity by up to 15-16. Its also a
  pleasant incentive and money-saver for employees,
  which retain top talents.

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• Privacy and Data ownership

• In the past few years, the privacy seems to be
  less valuable of an issue. For 2018 there will be
  more debates about privacy as well as data
  ownership. As part of their effort to progress
  people analytics, companies are capturing extra
  info and data of their employees. There are
  plentiful new instruments available that can
  capture persons data real-time, and use it to
  give an indication of the mood in several parts
  of the company.

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• Its crystal clear that these technology-driven
  hottest and emerging trends will impact the HR
  sector sooner rather than later. Many of the
  trends are already manageable by the companies
  and will simply grow in the specific industry.

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Our process is easy
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Whether its recognizing internal positions
vulnerable to AI replacement or exploring social
media-related methods to search passive
candidates, all technology-driven changes reveal
some level of the learning curve. Thus, its a
worthwhile goal to start preparing for the future
today.
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