Are your organisation’s performance management and training up to scratch? How does your staff turnover stack up against like-minded organisations? Are you spending too much (or too little) on recruitment? A new benchmarking report from Nous Group has found that NFP organisations have increased their HR spend over the last three years, and have been […]
When your people are well, your organisation stands to benefit from higher productivity and higher staff retention.
Having a policy in your workplace – to frame staff actions on mental health and provide clarity for helping employees and managers speak openly and find solutions – can help set the foundations for supporting the mental health of employees and strengthening your organisation.
There are thousands of reasons to invest time and energy in fostering greater wellbeing in your workplace. And whatever role you play in your NFP, there are many things you can do to encourage greater wellbeing amongst staff and volunteers. Here are six, totally cost-free ideas to get you started.
NFPs have one significant advantage over organisations when it comes to staff and volunteer satisfaction: intrinsic meaning and purpose in their work.
But that doesn’t always make pinpointing or meeting the other needs of staff much easier.
That’s where Dr Ramon Wenzel can help.
If 2024 isn’t the year that “AI will change everything”, what will this year hold when it comes to people, culture and work in Australia’s NFP sector?
Here’s a look at the top 5 trends the EthicalJobs.com.au team sees shaping recruitment, HR and P&C leaders and teams at Australian not-for-profit organisations over 2024:
Ping pong tables? Foosball? A beer fridge? Roving masseurs? These are some of the benefits that Silicon Valley-type startups spruik as exciting perks to attract employees.
But while trendy start-ups may have cornered the market on providing funky offices equipped with personal pastry chefs, are these perks really what your ideal candidates actually want in an NFP workplace?
Here are the top five perks that for-purpose jobseekers actually want from a new workplace.
Sexual harassment is a risk in almost every workplace. It can cause significant physical and psychological harm to victims – and also to people who witness it.
So what can you do to ensure your organisation is creating a safe, affirming and positive environment for all staff?
One way organisations can avoid today’s so-called “Great Resignation” is to invest in building brands that are as compelling internally as they are externally. When leaders partner with marketing and human resources to explicitly align individual roles with an organisation’s inspiring brand purpose, organisations can transform an exodus of employees into an influx of talent.
Once you’ve hired great people, keeping them engaged isn’t always easy. But employee engagement is really worth focusing on. Here are the key steps for planning and running an effective engagement survey at your NFP.
So you lost a superstar employee to greener pastures – perhaps enticed by a promotion, a salary increase or an opportunity to take a new direction or explore a long-held passion.
But now they’re keen to come back and you’ve just come across their updated resume in your applicant management system. What should you do?