When we were kids, our expectations would be equivalent to magical thinking; but as we get older, we learn to regulate our expectations; some much better than others.
Organisational Culture and Sexual Harassment – #breakthebias
It boils down to this: Sexual harassment is not a compliance issue. It is a culture issue.
What is your relationship with work?
Work occupies most of our waking hours, therefore it is in your best interest to have a positive relationship with work in general. This doesn’t mean that you need to absolutely love what you do. But you shouldn’t dread going to work either.
Favouritism in the workplace – Is it happening?
Claiming that your boss is favouring a particular colleague over others is quite a bold accusation. Therefore, you need to have enough evidence to prove it. The best way to navigate this situation is to have the right perspective.
Romantic relationships in the workplace – Should you or should you not?
The big question with workplace romances is – should you pursue the relationship?
Building relationships – Redefining the role of HR in the work place
HR professionals should become the relationship architects of the business.
Interview Coaching
It took the initiative of one of our employees at the time and the support of her colleagues to develop a service to help job seekers.
Candidate Assessment
How we got started with candidate assessments and what it entails today.
Outsourcing – The Next Big Step
Welcome to our second of four posts on how the services at Preferred Personnel Africa (PPA) came to be.
History
After about 8 years of recruiting, PPA was approached with a new challenge that would launch the business into a new phase. Though we had not dabbled in outsourcing before, there was a sense of trust built from the quality of talent and service delivery that our clients saw as transferable skills.
Being presented with the opportunity, Rose (our founder) got on a plane and travelled to the U.S to gain further knowledge on what it would take to establish an outsourcing function in PPA. Returning from her trip, she scaled out the function within the business.
If you want to read up more on the details of our first venture into outsourcing and what we learnt from it, check out this case study here.
Why did we pursue outsourcing?
It was easy to familiarize with the legalities of outsourcing as we had already been in
the HR industry for a few years – and with that, we began outsourcing as a core service offered at PPA.
With over 15 years of outsourcing experience under our belt, we have our outsourcing model almost down to a science. We manage everything from onboarding to payroll to off-boarding, to make our client’s HR functions as efficient as possible. We aim to ensure that not only our clients are supported but so are all our outsourced staff.
In a post pandemic world as everyone tries to navigate the ‘new normal’, outsourcing practices also need to adapt. We are looking to come up with outsourcing models that will accommodate work-from-home and hybrid work environments.
Recruitment – How Preferred Personnel Africa Began
A quick history on how Preferred Personnel Africa started.