INNOVATIVE PRACTICES IN HR AREAS: Recruitment and selection Learning and development

Rewards and recognition

Career planning Compensation and benefits

Performance management
Leadership and development Organization structure

Employee satisfaction

Making workforce more efficient by implementing various plans Developing organization with the employee

Reduces attrition
Employee satisfaction Helps becoming a wanted employer

Differentiates form other company's work environment

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Employees as its key asset High level of senior management commitment:

Communicates & share information with

employees on regular basis Stand in lunch queue as everyone else Play active role in employees events No hierarchy & everyone is equal Take input from employee before taking decision
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Vigorous recruitment process

Interviews with HR manager, Potential supervisor,

Supervisors manager, Potential peers & Skill assessment Employees referrals

Social events are organised regularly where employee & their family both participate

Petit infoscion is held in which employee's children get an opportunity to visit parents workplace
Companys stocks are given to its employees

Every employee receives avg. of 47 hrs of training per year

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Has strong Concern for people - as told by one of the employee Health facility
Unlimited medical coverage Education on health management First aid workshop

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Stress reduction workshop Newsletter on health Subsidized health club facility Nutrition facility

Relocation : Many of the P & G (India) are relocated in Singapore for this :
Education about new location is given For next 2 years company will take care of any education,

training or job of spouse of employee

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All initiatives are driven by task force and HR dept. is facilitator Flexitime working, telecommuting, job sharing, reduced hours of work, etc are in place
Dedicated data base which collects employees suggestions on just about anything
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No one breathes down your neck

Flexi time, telecommuting & reduced hour employment in place Personal need based leaves besides statuary leaves are there

10 days for getting married 10 days for preparing for competitive exams 8 weeks for legal adoption of a child 5 days for a employee who has suffered bereavement in family 5 days for a new father
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Sound of success is the HP tune which is played at employees Bday or at other achievement occasions in the entire building
Annual family ball & party On Special day employee can take his family out for dinner at companys cost once a year (eg -BDay)
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All employees are eligible for stocks Employees are encouraged to develop themselves by training & tuition Hiring involves hiring manager, functional manager & HR manager Common lunch room for all Annual picnic is organized

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Employees importance - Any important

decision is communicated to employees couple of hour before media release

Clubs like presidents club & regional club are there and top performers are given membership to them
Communication is given due importance
every employee gets update of company each morning along with CEOs message (if any)

Every job is scoped in terms of four categories

Entry
Career Specialist Master

Recruitment through employee referrals is preferred Some welfare steps taken are
Company takes care of employee wards

admission into a school Holiday homes Flexi hours are used sometimes Camera linked crche
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Saturday Kids club employees kids are brought to workplace and there is a special instructor for learn through fun
Wise guy is knowledge management portal which is accessible to all the employees Recognition is integral part of culture
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Placement is taken care virtually that is campus and company are always linked through portal
It has 8 week induction program named oasis

Lateral recruitment through referral is preferred

Stocks are given to employees
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Pay revision in six months Employee portal Anthra Loyalty awards

On completion of one year watch On completion of five year paid holiday

Regular parties and celebration of festivals

Inter industry competition b/w welfare activities
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Popular awards like

Best trouble shooter Best mentor

Best leader

Regular health checkup camps

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Wipros matrimonial site

NIIT started Disco passes

Cognizant has a assessment center to identify future CEO from star managers
Sapient corp. has emphasis in community building so that employees can offer goods and services IBM has cafeteria pay package
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Induslogic has a practice to vote best employee every quarter where he/she gets an opportunity to dine Misc. Examples with COO
Shree cement is only company in India to ban tobacco within premises

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Recruitment & Selection

Diversity among employees Google

Employee referrals by employees which comprises 50% of all hiring at SAP Labs India, Bangalore
Non standard pool of talent: housewives with a gap in career

Bar Raisers: group of 34 employees who have veto power in an recruitment decision
Short stories: The Company compiled 52 short stories, one for each week, the company used to introduce new recruits. The stories talk about its history and evolution, technology and people who made a difference The family, when an employee joins, his parents or spouse get a welcome letter.
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SMEs(Subject Matter Experts) Ewelcome- The EWelcome gateway lists certain universal
systems of the company and helps new comers get familiar with such things

Seven days of training every year is mandatory for all employees, even to chairman and the directors
GOLD (Godrej Organization for Learning and Development): Web-based learning tied up with UK - distributes e- learning modules among the workforce
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MAD (Mutual Admiration) cardboard leaves on which

they scribble messages of appreciation and pin them onto the MAD tree in the cafeteria.

Smart Work and Smart Reward: It is directed towards

improving employees productivity. It rewards those who complete tasks in fewer working hours than stipulated

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CAREER PLANNING
Career Success Centre:
An online portal and a one stop shop for all career related resources. The portal helps employees plan and develop their careers according to business needs.

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COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

1. Paternity leave 2. Extra three months maternity leave at half the salary leave 3. No attendance monitoring 4. Unlimited sick leave

5. Equal privileges for employees across levels: employees at all levels travel in the same class, stay in similar hotels, work out of standard cubicles, log in their own leave.

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PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
360 degree feedback system Performance Task Force: A cross functional team constitutes 20 members

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LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT

Food for thought: Inviting employees in groups to chat with Managing director over lunch in an informal environment 2. Succession planning 3. Employee empowerment 4. Reach out: The president of the company meets the employees.
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ORGANIZATION AL STRUCTURE

Flexi and Part time Shift jobs Skits Employee Engagement Manager People Champions Orientation along with parents People Movement Management Review Committee

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