Winnie Tam, Author at Eduk8u Grad School Asia

How a Payroll Audit Can Rescue Your Business

As much as you don’t want your business to get involved in a series of legal battles due to payroll mistakes, you also don’t want to get into other troubles,

Is HR Really About Hiding Behind Paperwork to Appear Busy?

Supposedly, there is this notion that much of HR activities revolve around administration, payroll, recruitment, and misconduct management of employees, such as writing show cause and or warning letters. “So

What Does it Mean to Work SMART?

You might have probably heard the cliché: work smarter, not harder! Well, if you haven’t, it’s a popular phrase that has been around for a while. Of course, I know

Is HR really about hiding behind paperwork to appear busy?

To many, HR revolves around administration – that is, hiring and monitoring employees. “So what’s the fuss about their claim that they’re always busy?” “If busy, with what exactly?” Well,

HR Trends for 2022: How the Modern Workforce Looks Like

The world is currently living in the aftermath of the pandemic. Its effect also hit the workplace, causing a lot of changes. These changes revolve around why we work, how

How a Career in HRM Bring out the Best in You

I need not stress the fact that any organization that aims to function well – especially as they concern maximizing its workforce to increase productivity and realize its goals –

5 SMART Goals for HR Professional

As an HR professional, you tend to be familiar with the concept of SMART goals. However, you might be confused about how it relates to HR. Is HR about setting

Is Payroll Outsourcing Right for You? Here’s How To Know

If you have a plan to outsource your payroll, then you should read this article. Here we are going to discuss why payroll outsourcing is right for you? Moreover, you

Vocational Education: The Way Forward?

The common knowledge that society places a high value on white-collar jobs has made many parents want academic success for their children as they consider vocational education – otherwise known

Why HR is the Next Sought-After Career

You may be wondering why the HR manager role ranks among the top 40 careers globally. The reason is simple: HR is one of the fastest-growing fields, and the HR

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After being Laid off in HR, What Next?

You have just received the news that you’ve just been laid off or retrenched. It’s terrible news. Despite the cause, it’s a shocking event that can leave you in a

How to get Recruited as a HRBP While Still Learning

With the growing popularity of the HRBP, you might be left behind if you fail to include the role in your career aspirations. This is because there are more serious

How HRBP Leads To Leadership Development

A critical look into today’s business landscape will show how it is being shaped by technological innovations and intense competition. Organizations, in a bid to outperform themselves, are now familiar

Pursuing a Career as an HRBP: What You Need to Know

If you are passionate about getting involved in human resource management in Malaysia, especially as a business consultant or helping a business unit in personnel development and strategic planning to

Integrating HRBP Knowledge with Organizational Strategy

Here we are going to discuss about how human resources business partner knowledge integrate with organizational strategy. As we know that the one of the major determinants of organizational performance

Building Resilience Through HR

Life comes with many challenges that might be inevitable. Sometimes these challenges overwhelm us and we think of giving up. However, with great resilience, one could be able to scale

What Constitutes a Great Employee Total Rewards Package?

The transformation that has occurred in the workforce industry within the past few years has revealed that salary and benefits are no longer enough to constitute the total rewards package

How to be a Solid HR Business Partner?

Human resource management in Malaysia continues to take different turns in the service delivery of the HR department. With the expectations of HR roles to include increased value, the role

Leveraging People-Related Data in HR Decision Making

Data has become the next big thing in every industry, and the reason behind its current position cannot be discounted. Insights yielded by data obtained can help to make informed

HR Career Tips: 10 Best Pieces of Career Advice From HR Professionals

What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received? To help you with your career path, we asked business leaders and HR experts this question for their best advice. From active

Benefits of Succession Planning

The saying goes, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” If you are in charge of an organization whose economy is blossoming and the performance of the

How to Deal with your Bad Boss

There is a common assumption that millennial employees are “job-hoppers” that are quick to change jobs within a short time, in search of greener pastures or to advance their careers.

Daily Actions That Set The Tone For Workplace Culture

Whosoever has spent a reasonable amount of time in a leadership position will come to terms with the importance of positive culture in improving organizational productivity. Managers who also double

Why You Should Help Exiting Employees Reskill and Upskill

As the global world continues to change rapidly, its impact on business activities is being felt. While the shelf life of some skills is gradually fading, the shift to a

Employee Value Proposition: Enhancing Value for Company and Employees

Research indicates that a majority of millennials are on the lookout for new positions. Usually, compensation and benefits are used to determine whether or not an employee will remain in

Minimizing Workplace Negativity to Improve Productivity

Nothing drains the morale of an employee faster than an environment that is characterized by consistent negativity. Apart from sapping their energies, it also makes employees unwilling to assume new

Working From Home Increased Productivity: A Reality or Fallacy

It is no longer news that the COVID-19 pandemic shattered work-life across the globe, with workers having to work from their homes. Jobs that were thought to be impossible to

Workplace Sexual Harassment

Of recent, the number of reported cases on workplace sexual harassment has been alarming. In many organizations, employees are sexually harassed and oppressed by their employers or higher-ranked employees. This

The Growing Role of People Managers in HR

After many years in HR and business transformation consulting, along with senior management corporate roles and understanding the landscape of Malaysia in human resource management (HRM), we decided to launch

The Changing Environment of Employee Management

Malaysia, with its good physical infrastructure system, export (varied) sector, fin tech, and professional services, is currently aiming towards global competitiveness and employee management. As a result of the changing

Before You Fire

“Where a workman, irrespective of whether he is a member of a trade union of workmen or otherwise, considers that he has been dismissed without just cause or excuse by

Development of Organization with Agile Leadership

The struggle by many organizations to become more agile is a result of the conflict between an organization’s existing stable structures and processes, and its proposed speed and flexibility. Organizations

Importance of Design Thinking in Leadership

We can’t deny with the importance of design thinking in leadership because every day comes with its distinct challenges, especially in the aspect of sales and customer relationship management in

Leadership Mindset Change to Adopt Digitization

Despite digitization, most enterprises still hold strongly with the traditional prescriptive methods which include a visible hierarchy of structure, command, functions, appropriate controls, and standardized processes. Digital technologies continue to

Author: Winnie Tam