European companies are focusing primarily on employee wellbeing to become an employer of choice. ‘To succeed, a holistic approach is essential,’ says Lorenzo Andolfi, HR Research & Intelligence at SD Worx. ‘And that means targeting the 7 pillars of wellbeing.

Sourcing, attracting, assessing, recruiting, engaging and retaining the absolute best people have never been more crucial to organisations. However, with many changes to the world of recruitment over the past few years, today’s talent acquisition leaders must gear up for another big change: the incoming generations. Keep reading to learn how to reshape your job advertising strategies to attract the next generation of talent successfully.

With so many companies struggling to fill their vacancies, one would expect them to scour all possible touchpoints with employees to become more attractive. However, this isn’t the case for the majority of European companies. ‘A major opportunity lost’, says Veerle Coffé, Marketing and Communications Director at SD Worx Staffing Solutions Belgium.

When done right, career development conversations can be a powerful tool that boosts the overall employee experience. However, some misconceptions may prevent your organisation from harnessing the full power of this key driver. Below, we’ve untangled 6 common myths associated with career development sessions.

Why AI is the next wave of HR recruitment?

The life of a recruiter is not an easy one tending to sway from feast to famine quicker than you can say ‘CV’. Throw in increasing pressure to find and acquire the best candidates, the labour intensive process of candidate screening and constant macro economic disruption from events like the financial crisis, Brexit and a pandemic, you start to get a picture of the challenges involved.

The challenges HR teams face have already been extensively documented. Attractive rewards, the war for talent and poor employee retention being just some of them. “There’s no panacea to these challenges”, says Nils De Bremaeker, CFO at WorxInvest. “But help is on the way from an unexpected angle: fintech can boost the added value of HR tech.”

Creating the right conditions for your staff to have long and happy careers has become more challenging than ever before. And digitalisation has made the future of some positions highly unpredictable. According to Jill Everaert, Manager SD Worx Academy at SD Worx Belgium, your best bet is to create an employee-driven learning culture, look for passion and talent in your team and foster it with a customised offering.

Core values help your company define its identity and orient its people. However, these principles aren’t always easy to instil in others, so ensuring your workers understand and follow them can be tricky. Recognition of value-driven behaviour could well be the missing link. Here are some tips to get you started.

As the healthcare industry in Belgium is mature and there is a war for talent, SILVA Medical, a Belgian hospital group, faced issues in its recruitment processes and candidate experience. The non-profit has always had strong assets in terms of attracting talent, but these were not highlighted, and its communication left room for improvement. The HR department wanted to catch up with a delay in the digitalisation of the organisation

With start-ups popping up everywhere, new working methods and a war for talent, the need to stand out with an inspiring corporate culture has grown. Ashvin Pudaruth, Managing Director of SD Worx Mauritius, boils it down to a simple choice: ‘Either you make culture, including values and leadership, a strategic priority or you don’t; there is no middle way.’

About 1 in 3 hybrid employees feel disconnected from their corporate culture. Here are 4 ways to counter that feeling, from introducing collaboration tools to tackling proximity bias.

Koen’s long-time dream to relocate to Spain became a reality when Dutch company Launch! became a part of SD Worx SAP solutions and he took the opportunity to move to sunny Andalusia. 

In March 2022, Koen moved from the Netherlands to Malaga, Spain. He is a Service Delivery Manager at SD Worx SAP solutions and serves as the central point of contact for clients and manages colleagues. Read on to discover more about his relocation adventure.