PEOPLE AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work Environment is the one the most influencing factor in any organization and directly associated with the productivity of the human efficiency.  When we are talking about work environment then two things come in our mind.

1.       Healthy Work Environment
2.       Positive work Environment

1.       Healthy Work Environment

Healthy work environment not only benefits employees through improved health and wellness but also benefits customers, shareholders and communities. In this work environment employees ar
e encourage to take responsibility for their own health, safety and wellness and contribute to creating a healthy work environment. This also promote work-life balance and make work a healthy life experience and create a healthy physical, social and psychological work environment as a core business goal.

A healthy organization creates healthy outcomes for its people. These healthy outcomes depend on the business values its employees, employees are more comfortable table in decision making. Relationships are more build more trusted between them they respect each other and communication is two way and open. Employees are recognized for their contributions and remunerations are provided adequate and secured living standard.   

Research shows that healthy people working in a healthy environment are key to business success. The healthy workplace improves employee health outcomes in the business of the company it makes easier to attract and retain qualified employees and enhance morale of the employees and increase the performance.

2.       Positive work environment

A positive work environment is not only important for our physical, mental and emotional health, but is also important for the results that we produce for the company. The better we feel at work, the more likely we will take pride in our job activities and be loyal towards our place of employment.

for positive work environment we have to secure a position that positively suits to the employees. Before they accept a position, they should know what is their key skills are; what type of work you want to do, what kind of role you would like, where you see yourself in five years, and what kind of environment you thrive in. Knowing the answers to these questions will help you to recognize those opportunities that meet those criteria, giving you a running start.

Present an attitude of positivity and approachability. Show coworkers that they are available and willing to help them. Talk with kindness, encouragement, civility and respect. Be fun to work with. Listen to others with interest; and finally, don’t complain, whine or gossip.

 Ultimately they are responsible for creating an environment in which you can learn and grow. The longer they stay on a “dead-end” career path, the harder it will be to stay positive. If they are not happy with the current directions of their career they have to communicate with the manager if you wish to stay with the company or they want look for another job that they feel is a better match.

Involve social and interacting with colleagues in a non-working way and Joining a company team or group. Bring a few games in that they can play over your lunch break. Celebrate birthdays, and other special events etc. Cultivate working friendships. Organize a competitive sporting event. All this help in Positive work environment in the organization.  One of the most important and essential part of the positive work environment is creating a good team spirit within the organization By letting each member know they are a valued part of the team they have to teach they are the members to respect each other for their unique contributions. There are many group exercises designed to foster this kind of unity

 An important aspect of creating team spirit is demonstrating that they are open to communication from everyone, including residents, families and staff. When they walk through the unit be sure they smile, are friendly, and acknowledge people they pass. They should always show that they are aware of and care about each person. This will demonstrate to them that they are aware of them as people, and are also aware of what's happening on the unit. By doing this they will also demonstrate that they are willing to listen and are responsive to their needs.

There are many other ways a supervisor the team spirit. Some of these are:

By verbal and written communication to individuals and the group for jobs well done.

We have to make sure team members know a bit about each other's personal life by setting aside 5 minutes at each staff meeting to have one person tell about something positive that's happened in their life in the past month. Fining reasons to celebrate together, such as birthdays, birth of a baby or grandchild, moving into a new house, etc., and have small parties to celebrate these events. It's especially good to share your celebration with all the shifts on your unit by asking food services to provide a cake, and putting up a sign or banner in the break room saying "Today We Are Celebrating……………". By celebrating together you will be connecting the entire staff. Let them know that you are also part of the team by asking your staff what they need from you to make their job more satisfactory, and doing your best to provide it. Schedule stretch exercises that you do together before report. Have different staff members lead the exercises each day. We have to ensure that humor is part of the daily work environment. Put a humor section on the bulletin board and invite team members to post things they find funny (keeping good taste in mind, of course). Also, encourage them to respectfully find the humor in situations at work. It's important for you as the supervisor to learn to laugh at yourself, and model this for your staff. Let them know that since we all are human we make mistakes. It's much better to find the lesson and humor in mistakes than to become upset over them.

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FAIR COMPENSATION A BIG CHALLENGE

Fair Compensation a big challenge

It is not easy to describe compensation for any of the employee as well as the HR’s while implementing the policies or the employer who is responsible to release the salary, weather it is well paid or not. The reason behind this it depends on many factors. Some of the factors are following from the employee point of view.

Qualification

If companies have some consideration while deciding the salary with the qualification, then the candidates joining from various colleges, institute, and with various degree conflict with self as well as other colleague. If a candidate who is joining a company comes of regular institute and someone from A-grade institute then the expectation of the salary differs. No matter what kind of work is allocation for both of them. Even if anybody has more certificates then also the expectation differs regarding their salary what they are earning.

Comparison of wages

 Various companies have their own compensation parameter but as per the perception of employees they always compare their salary with various companies. But they overlook the task assigned to them which vary company to company. These things happen with their colleague, friends and batch mates also.

Nature of work and time spend in the office

Nature of work and time spend in office always collide with each. Few employees works for a long duration and few complete their task within a given time, this create a dilemma in mind set of the employees during appraisal as employees working for long hours assume that they will be rewarded for their work and long log in hours.

Employers Views

It is very difficult to say about the employer mindset on compensation parameter. In small company, employers are aware of the compensation. Mostly as seen employers want to keep the compensation part as low as they can. In the developing countries were the population or skill employees are available in sufficient quantity they take the advantage of any possibility they can.

In a big companies or MNC’s the compensation is totally depends on the management which is group of decision making team or experts. In some company payrolls are outsources to various consultant companies. Mostly the way for fair compensation for this consultant companies are to do survey in various companies and then implement the best practices. 

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HOW TO EXPRESS YOURSELF IMPRESSIVE DURING INTERVIEW

Expressing in front of any one at the time of interview is not an easy task. But some are smart to make it easy and even got selected. Now the young generations are very dynamic and very flexible to change. So, these advantages make them more effective in the job market. With more highly qualified people available for work this makes jobs market incredibly competitive. New generation job seekers are willing to change, and easy to accept new habits and culture. They are hungry to get jobs and can easily switch job when they get chance or new opportunity. So, now a day’s youngsters are preferred for jobs. 

Youngster has to know the market before entering the job. so, that they should understand about them self very much. Every youth should be true with their resume as now a day’s many of the job seeker is lying with resume it may affect in the long run e.g if anybody is at senior level position and having a good repo in the industry but at any stage it found that he/she has lied in the resume. Whole career get spoiled and it makes a black mark in his/her talent. All the good and hard work ruined. Anyone is well within your right to let potential employers/industries/colleagues – whoever it may be when trying to impress! – know how good you are at certain tasks. Some time ball shaped personalities becomes a very good sales persons and push the boundaries of a team’s structure. Always try to highlight the strong points. If you’re claiming to be an expert in area, prove it. Actions speak louder than words. Just saying you are good at sales or teamwork or management isn't enough. It is an easy to everyone. To do your research! There is such a wealth of information out there; that there really is no excuse to not be fully brushed up on the area you want to stand out in. youth should have to know the market. Putting in the time means anybody should be able to have a two-way conversation with a potential employer as opposed to an interview question-and-answer session. 

If anybody is looking for a new job, or for a promotion, be realistic. Look for the average wages in this area. Asking for higher than this amount will look both cheeky and like you haven’t bothered to investigate the details. A lot of business is still a lot about who you know and not necessarily about what you know. 

Social networking is one of the easiest ways to explore themselves. Now a day’s most popular social networking sites can be used to take the advantage for research, public views, and growth also. It the easiest way to meet the maximum number of people without any boundary and can keep your words publicly. Providing something useful for them could show off your strengths, put you in their good books and make you first on their list if a position opens up. Other benefits buy making an online presence is your accessibility. If you aren't in the social networking then for many people, you simply don’t exist. Connecting through the internet means you can access those you can’t in person. This could potentially build a relationship. Try to make yourself active user in social networking sites.  

Always use your USP (Unique Selling Proposition) because this is the only things that you have and in which you are more confident. The hard truth is that there are plenty of other people who could do your job just as well as you or better than you. So, think what makes you special and accept your weakness and start working on it. Focus more on selling your strong points and admit your shortfalls. Many interviewer ask about your weakness during  interview but many of then tell none. This statement shows that you are unprepared.  Try to make yourself better by doing some extra effort. Best where to do the effort is to get knowledge as much as possible.  Grow your network as big as possible.  Every efforts and practices gives result, but it requires time. Always “be yourself” and accept the verity as soon as possible. The soon you accept the soon you will find the changes within yourself.  World goes on its way and every person has their own view to see the things and  to judge them. The fact that you are trying to better yourself will speak volumes and should increase your confidence.

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BE AN EXCELLENT RECRUITER

Be an excellent recruiter

As we know recruitment is one of the essential part of the HR related activates. We can’t take recruitment unconscientiously. Most part of the HR activities starts from recruitment and if the intake is dreadful in any business then it affect the whole culture of the organization.

It is very necessary to know the type of business before the recruitment. A recruiter is supposed to very much aware of the required skills for a specific business. A recruiter mostly recruits for three levels which are 

1.      Junior level

2.      Middle level

3.      Senior Level

For all this levels few things are common which has to look after by the every recruiter like the defined role and responsibilities for every position or levels, skills, experience, and the qualities to contribute to the business. Recruiters have to create a pool to attract the candidates. It should be clear that as much the volume of the candidates that much will be the good opportunity to full fill the required candidates. A recruiter must have to look after the two sources of candidates.

1.      Internal sources

2.      External sources

For internal sources recruiters have to think for the suitable candidates from inside the business which is also known as IJP (internal job posting) in many organizations. Recruiters have to identify the staff that is capable for a sensible career development moves towards organization and him/her self. For external sources there are many tools to like advertisements it may be online or print media, Job portals, encouraging existing employees to make contacts, contacting universities and colleges, placement agencies and head hunters.

When the all the data of the candidates has been collected then recruiter has to short the few best of all them then have to arrange the interviews. According Dr. Tom Denham there are 8 types of interviews.

1. Informational Interview

The objective of this interview is to ask for advice and learn more about a particular career field, employer or particular job.  Interviewing experts in their field is one more way to become more occupationally literate.  The knowledge that you gain here will make you a sharper and more informed.  You will also make a contact and further develop your network.

2. Screening or Telephone Interview

A phone interview is a very cost effective way to screen candidates.  These can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes.  You should prepare for it like an open book exam.  It is recommended that you have in front of you your resume, the job description, a list of references, some prepared answers to challenging questions and perhaps something about the company.  The vast majority of communication is non-verbal.  Because they can’t see your body language, it is critically important to have positive and polished answers with energetic tone and inflection.  Be sure to ask what the next step is.

3. Individual Interview

This is the most common type and often called a “personal interview.”  It is typically a one-on-one exchange at the organizations offices.  In order to best prepare you will want to know the length of the interview which can usually range from 30 to 90 minutes.  If the interview is 30 minutes you have to be concise and have a high impact with your answers.  If it is 60 or 90 minutes you will want to go into much more depth and use specific examples to support your generalizations.

4. Small Group or Committee Interview

This is where you will be meeting with several decision-makers at once.  This can be an intimidating experience if you are not prepared.  It’s an efficient way to interview candidates and allows for different interpretations or perceptions of the same answer.  Be sure to make eye contact with everyone, no matter who asked the question.  It’s important to establish rapport with each member of the interview team.  Try to find out the names and job titles of the participants.

5. The Second or On-Site Interview

After your first interview, you may be asked back again for a “second date.”  They like you enough that you made the first round of cuts, but they would like to know more about you before making their final decision.  Second Interviews can last either a half or full-day so it is best to check again and get an agenda.  You may be meeting with three to five individuals.  This may include a representative from Human Resources, the department head, the office staff and the department head’s supervisor.  Be alert and enthusiastic at all times!  The more you know about the structure of the process, the less anxious you are going to feel and the better you will perform.  This is the last step before an offer is made.

6. Behavioral-Based Interview

The theory behind Critical Behavioral Interviewing (CBI) is that past performance in a similar situation is the best predictor of future performance.  CBI probes much deeper than traditional interviewing techniques.  You should prepare by thinking of specific examples that demonstrate your competence in core behaviors such as teamwork, problem-solving, communication, creativity, flexibility and organizational skills.  You will want to tell your story and structure it by stating your answers in terms of the situation, the task, what action you took, and what was the result or outcome.

7. Task Oriented or Testing Interview

This is a problem-solving interview where you will be given some exercises to demonstrate your creative and analytical abilities.  A company may ask you to take a short test to evaluate your technical knowledge and skills.  Sometimes a presentation to a group is necessary to determine your communication skills.  Try to relax as much as possible.

8. Stress Interview

During this rare type, the interviewer tries to bait you, to see how you will respond.  The objective is to find your weaknesses and test how you hold up to pressure.  Such tactics as weird silences, constant interruptions and challenging interrogation with antagonistic questions are designed to push your boundaries.  The question you have to ask yourself is: Do I want to work for a company that treats me this way even before the offer is made?  Rethink the corporate culture.

  After the selection of the candidates there should be a decision about their appointment and risk and benefit of appointing should be clearly explain. All the term and conditions between employer and employee has to explain to candidates and should be mutually agree.    

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