Sandeep Babal

Sandeep is a journalism and mass communication graduate with a keen interest in politics and business. He is a part of Research & Content team at HrNxt.com.

How to improve employee development at your company?

There are plenty of ways which can lead to the success of your company. You can pull levers on product development, QA sales, marketing, customer relation, etc. But employee development is something that is not correctly prioritized by many organizations. Employee Development refers to a process where organizations help employees improve by upgrading his/her knowledge…

India becoming a Silicon Valley of its own

India has been long known as the world’s outsourcing destination. From housing BPOs for the world’s biggest tech companies to moving forward as a manufacturing hub for the world, India has come a long way. The country is aggressively reinventing itself as an innovation hub and boasts of 27 home-grown unicorns who are leading the…

CoronaVirus causing the world’s largest work from home experiment

The novel coronavirus outbreak, which began from Chinese city Wuhan in December, has now infected more than 67,000 people and killed over 1,500 in China alone. With the World Health Organization declaring it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the virus has shut forced the Chinese economy on its knees with many analysts failing…

Why you should prioritize employee training?

Imagine you’re given a choice between two drivers for your daily office commute. One is trained and the other is not. Who would you choose? Obviously the trained one. But what if there is no upfront cost for the untrained driver? You still wouldn’t choose him? Yet there are many organizations that don’t engage in…

How Tesla step-up its HR game?

In a casual conversational tone, Tesla’s Anti-handbook Handbook teaches business leaders and HR professionals how to be more engaging with the employees and how can an organization drive its HR policy. Only a few companies in the world have gained so much attraction and adoration as Tesla. The automotive company has a long reputation for…

How internships boost your career?

Often we hear that “You need the experience to get experience”. And frankly speaking, this seems to be the biggest hurdle for young adults stepping into the workforce. Employers today, rely heavily on resumes that speak of extensive work history, be it from an internship, actual job or even from volunteering work. A work background…

SHREK of the Talent Ecosystem

The CXOs are the brain and soul behind every company decision. It is their expertise, knowledge, and capabilities that can either take the organization to new heights or hamper the growth of the company. Choosing a CXO is a tough and tiring task for any organization. There are a lot of factors to be considered…

Will 360° feedback evaluation work for Indian Civil Servants?

The Government of India in 2015 had announced the introduction of a 360° Feedback Evaluation system for the empanelment of Civil servants across departments and the country. The much-hyped plan back then faced a heavy backlash from several political parties and organizations. Taking the opposition into consideration, the government had invited civil bodies to give…

Understanding Acqui-Hire: The emerging trend in talent ecosystem

In this ever-growing start-up ecosystem, the desire to have the best-performing talent in an organization has never been so strong. Particularly in the technological field, there is not enough talent to go around, so companies are changing the way they recruit. One such method made its way to the news recently after Intel “acqui-hired” a…

Four-day week work: The future of work?

The five-day, 40-hour workweek has been the conventional practice in business essentially since its inception by Henry Ford in 1926. But a recent Microsoft pilot program challenging that convention has signaled that when done right, the four-day workweek can yield great benefits for the company, community and individual alike Last year in August, Microsoft Japan…

Indian-origin CEOs heading global companies

India has a big pool of talent, capable of changing the world for good. Indians for long have been making their mark in the world with their brilliant innovations and life-changing discoveries. In the business ecosystem as well, Indians have proved their worth, leading global companies. Especially in the technology industry, Indian-origin Chief Executive Officers…

CoronaVirus: How big corporations are reacting to it?

As the death toll due to the deadly coronavirus reached over 800, the World Health Organisation declared it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Coronavirus has shut forced the Chinese economy on its knees with many analysts failing to predict the growth of the nation after this pandemic.  In an attempt to help out…

Learn the ABC of career transition

Many people at a certain stage in their professional life feel that their progress in one organization or portfolio has become stagnant. They stop getting the same motivation they used to have during the start of their career. Sometimes, it’s because of the lack of growth opportunities, or sometimes due to the lack of objective.…

Unicorn Club: How Indian start-ups are making their mark

The Unicorn Club is a group of new-age start-ups with a valuation above a billion-dollar. Any new start-up that emerges in the ecosystem aspires that one day it will reach this exclusive club. But not everybody is welcome. The term was first coined in 2013 by venture capitalist Aileen Lee, choosing the mythical animal to…