1.
Meritocratic culture is key to
inclusivity, says Comviva HR
A supportive platform that fosters equity and inclusivity
ensures a fair chance for everyone to succeed at the workplace. Vaishnavi
Shukla, HR head of Comviva, a completely owned subsidiary of Tech Mahindra,
believes that employees must be provided platforms and support systems that
empower them to navigate personal and professional challenges, to not only
succeed but to flourish within the organisational fabric. She has spent about
10 years in this organisation now, and it has been a very fulfilling journey
with her two stints put together. She would say the second stint has been very
empowering, encouraging, experimental, and closure oriented, where she has
grown into a professional who could lead by example, having leaders who have
led by examples and done some transformation work. This has really helped us to
innovate, do different things, and deliver efficient results. The second stint
has helped her establish herself as a trusted and hands-on HR partner, somebody
who's risen to the ranks, and work hierarchies, and understood different
domains. Bringing diverse perspectives to the decision-making of the
organisation is the biggest experiment that we've been able to do in the last
three or four years. It helped us in many ways including getting diverse
perspectives right from the people for whom we are making those changes. At
Comviva, working toward a mutually viable decision is now an established
practice. As an organisation, they are very open to rehiring ex-employees
across domains and already have an alumni base where we do a lot of
engagement. The rehire percentage has also increased by at least 40% in the
last three to four years across domains.
2.
GITAM wins the Talent
Insights Pioneer Award in Academia
For a deemed-to-be University like
GITAM, the prime driver for choosing LinkedIn Talent Insights was the
ever-increasing dynamism in recruiter requirements and the unique job
specifications of various employers. GITAM could leverage LinkedIn talent
solutions to cultivate a skill-based culture and keep ahead of the skills
curve, thereby winning the “Talent Insights Pioneer” in “Academia”. Dr
Rojeena Mathew, Director-Competence Development, Gitam Career Guidance
Centre, talks about how LinkedIn Talent Solutions began as an
innovative experiment but over time, helped fine-tune GITAM’s campus
recruitment training strategy. She highlights how the tool enabled GITAM
to:
- Discern early trends, optimally
allocate training resources, and provide training inputs to students based
on the existing market demand
- Attain the key objective of Skill Gap
analysis i.e. actually analyse gaps in the academic and training
curriculums and act decisively to fill these gaps
- Leverage unconventional approaches by
cross-referencing the available solutions to suit academic and training
curricula
- Develop job roles, skills and
certifications that were in demand and trending, preparing students for
likely future job markets
- Cultivate a skill-based culture. For
example, create a cross-discipline demand for coding skills through
hackathons, coding clubs and training
- Ascertain the whereabouts of GITAM
alumni for mentorship of students, internship assistance and conducting
seminars and workshops
LinkedIn Talent Awards is
a data-driven recognition awarded by LinkedIn to companies based on their
utilisation of LinkedIn Talent Solutions and activities on the LinkedIn
platform. The 2022 edition recognises the companies leading the future of work
by demonstrating remarkable adaptability, innovation and creativity throughout
one of the most challenging years for talent.
3.
Resilience
is all about anticipating what is going to happen, says Pearson’s Mark Couchman
During an insightful
discussion into how to build resilient organisations, Mark Couchman, Director
of Global Corporate Business, ELL Pearson, gave a sneak peek into their
organisational approach: Anticipate, Prepare, Respond and Adapt. For an
organisation to continue on the path of success, it must have an agile and
resilient core. This is especially true in today’s times, with the world of
work having to deal with multiple disruptions on the geopolitical, economic and
technological fronts.
How can resilience to
disruptions and agility to quickly adapt to change become an integral part of
the organisation? By crafting a workforce that is keen on learning, is ready to
upskill and continues to thrive even in uncertain times.
At TechHR 2023, Asia’s largest work tech and HR conference, People
Matters hosted a Think Tank session where the who’s who of the industry came
together to discuss The Workforce of Tomorrow: Building A Resilient &
Sustainable Organisation. The session was chaired by Saurabh Sharma, Global
Head TA, OLX Autos (Asia, LatAm & US), and the panel included Mark
Couchman, Director Global Corporate Business, ELL Pearson, and Nanjappa B S,
Head HR-APAC, LATAM, Enabler Functions and Employee Relations, Infosys. Pearson, a global
leader in learning, is constantly making its presence felt in more than 200
countries with its extensive range of AI-powered language solutions and
assessments. Pearson is currently assisting over 2,000 organisations worldwide
not only pinpoint skill gaps but also, chart effective learning journeys by
implementing interventions and empowering workforces with credible skill
credentials.
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