The aim of our projects is to develop concrete results that can be widely used and bring added value for business and education. These are prototype solutions, such as…
- practical, often digital tools or learning apps for use in companies and vocational training,
- Curricula for new courses
- Recommendations for action
- research reports
- etc.
See for yourself in our results library. Maybe there’s something interesting for you.
Report on concepts for dual study programs with integrated bachelor’s and master craftsman qualifications to enhance vocational-academic permeability in Europe.
Module handbook for the Building Technology program with integrated vocational training and master craftsman qualification for practice-oriented skills development.
D.1.3.1 Information Packages on Future Needs in the Wood Sector
The future of the wood industry is green, circular, and technology-driven. Key focuses include sustainable wood use, reducing CO₂ emissions, material efficiency, recycling, and the transition to a circular economy.
With new information packages, we aim to bring teachers, advisors, parents, and young people closer to the most important trends, insights, and skills that will shape this vital sector in the future. The materials also highlight the importance of innovation, digitalization, and the connection between tradition and advanced technologies.
The information package for teachers, parents, and advisors provides insights into future labor market requirements, examples of best practices, and guidelines for introducing young people to green careers in the wood industry. It is intended for anyone who supports and guides young people in deciding on their educational and career paths.
The package for young people (ages 12–15) encourages exploration, curiosity, and creative thinking. Through easy-to-understand content, practical tasks, and thought-provoking questions about the environment, technology, and the future, young people are actively encouraged to understand their role in helping to shape a more sustainable world.
Also, check out video content showcasing key highlights of the future of the wood industry – from digital transformation to the importance of biodiversity. Why is wood the raw material of the future?
The life cycle of a tree.
D.1.3.2 Career Profiles in the Wood Sector
Wood processing is a sector that combines tradition and innovation, offering diverse career opportunities for young people who want to contribute to sustainable development, shape the future, and work with natural materials. From wood technicians, wood engineers, researchers, and foresters to carpenters, joiners, designers, planners, and entrepreneurs – careers in the wood sector are varied, dynamic, and vital for preserving natural resources and advancing technological design and sustainable management.
Many experts work with wood. Their work ranges from research, processing, and design to the development of new technologies and methods that enable better use of this renewable resource. Wood technicians work daily with processing wood and producing functional and aesthetic products, while wood engineers develop innovative technologies for more sustainable wood use. Foresters ensure the healthy growth and preservation of forests, which are crucial for ecosystems, while carpenters design furniture and other wooden products. Planners and designers create unique and modern products that respect traditional woodworking techniques. Watch the video presentations of careers in the wood sector:
Head of a Carpentry Workshop, Chainsaw Instructor, Carpentry Assistant, Carpentry Architect, Carpentry Technician, Materials Technician, Carpentry Assistant. We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the filming of the videos:
Kos Carpentry, Hrovat Carpentry, Slovenian Forestry Service, Local Unit Kamnik, Department of Wood Science and Technology at the Biotechnical Faculty in Ljubljana, School of Woodworking in Škofja Loka, and all participants featured in the videos.
Only the three German videos can be found on the project website; the Slovenian ones are available both on YouTube and on the project website.
To dispel myths surrounding the wood sector, we have created brochures about in-demand careers and trends in wood processing. They are available in two versions – one for students (ages 12–15), and the other for teachers, parents, and advisors..
Content:
- New positive insights into working in the wood sector that are often overlooked.
- An overview of future-oriented careers: from designer to production manager, project manager to researcher, and more.
- What knowledge is provided through education in wood and forestry – both at secondary schools and universities.
D.1.3.3 New Learning-Materials – Insect Hotel & Leonardos Bridge
To inspire students in grades 3 to 5 to engage with wood – a modern, sustainable, and creative material – we have developed free worksheets that can be downloaded as courses.
With the help of the worksheets, students learn about the properties of wood, gain insights into the importance of insects in the ecosystem, develop technical and artistic skills, expand their subject-specific English vocabulary, and – most importantly – create their own wooden product!
The materials are designed so that teachers can easily integrate them into biology, technology, art, or English lessons. They can be used individually or as a complete unit, for a single day or as part of a longer project. Each activity guides students through exploration, planning, creation, and reflection – fostering their creativity, independence, and sense of responsibility toward nature.
Why Use Worksheets?
To encourage students to work independently, the worksheets are accompanied by video tutorials.
- They are ready to use immediately
- Interdisciplinary and hands-on
- They promote creative thinking and sustainable behavior
- They inspire students to work with wood and natural materials
Insect-Hotel
Insect Hotel – Biology, Technology, Art, and Foreign Languages
Video Tutorial: Building an Insect Hotel
To make things easier, the video tutorial for building the insect hotel is divided into two parts.
Leonardos Bridge
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian artist, inventor, scientist, engineer, anatomist, architect, musician, writer, and more – a true Renaissance figure. He was one of the most brilliant minds in human history. Among many other things, he also designed a bridge around 1502 that became known as the “Leonardo Bridge.”
Important Points About Leonardo’s Bridge
- A Bridge Without Screws or Nails: Leonardo designed a bridge that holds together purely through its geometric stability. The parts were stacked in such a way that the bridge’s weight reinforced itself.
- Made of Wood – Simple Materials, Clever Design: Built from simple wood, it was affordable and easy to construct, yet technically advanced.
- Portable and Quick to Build: It was designed as a foldable and portable bridge that soldiers could quickly assemble and disassemble – ideal for military purposes.
- Modular Design: The bridge sections could be assembled in various lengths, providing flexibility depending on the width of the river.
- Modern Reconstructions: Today, there are several reconstructions of Leonardo’s bridge – one of the most famous is located in Norway, in the town of Ås, where a 108-meter-long wooden pedestrian bridge was built according to his plans.
- An Example of Innovative Thinking: The bridge is a perfect example of Leonardo’s genius: a fusion of art, science, and engineering.
Video tutorial for the construction of Leonardo’ s bridge
D.2.1.1 Wood Competence Network
Through various project activities, we continuously build a network of competencies comprising SMEs, industrial companies, and other organizations throughout the project. We aim to display this network on the maps below and make it accessible to everyone.
All organizations listed below share the common characteristic of actively participating in LifeLongWood’s career orientation activities, such as job shadowing for young people or hackathons, or supporting these and similar offers for students.
The list of LifeLongWood supporters and stakeholders is regularly updated.
Would you like to learn more about the project and cooperation opportunities? Contact the project partner in your region – we look forward to your interest!
Through our various project activities, we continuously build a network of competencies over the course of the project, which includes SMEs, industrial enterprises, and other organizations. We aim to make this network visible on the following maps and accessible to everyone.
The organizations listed below share the common trait of actively participating in LifeLongWood’s career orientation activities, such as job shadowing for young people and hackathons, or supporting these and similar offers for students. The list of LifeLongWood supporters and stakeholders is continuously expanding.
Would you like to learn more about the project and cooperation opportunities? Get in touch with the project partner in your region – we look forward to your contact!
Overview
The project Talent4LIFE aims to improve the development and retention of employees with focus on employees aged 45+. Therefore, it develops a model including instruments for Talent Management based staff retention for European businesses. Being an agile and adaptable company is key to react to changes and hence master current and future challenges.
A Talent Management System is a comprehensive approach involving the whole organisation. In contrast to the conventional approach, which only focuses on developing the high performers, what is about 3-10% of an organisation’s employees, a Talent Management System sees all employees as talents and acknowledges them as crucial for the business success.The basis is provided by the three pillars of Talent Management:
- the organisation’s strategy, giving the direction,
- the corporate culture, paving the way, and
- HR practices, implementing personnel processes.
Empirical Research study
The emprical research study consisted of focus groups on the one hand and an online survey on the other hand.
In each of our six project countries, a focus group was launched to find out more about the companies, their Talent Management or HR-System as well as their practices. The results were not only a stand-alone output as part of the empirical research study, but also informed the questionnaire development of the online survey.
190 companies located in the project’s partner countries across Europe completed the Talent4LIFE online survey. The key results are highlighted below. The Research Report is available for download in English, the Executive Summary is available in all partner languages (DE, EL, EN, ES, HU). The other languages apart from German can be found on the project website.
Key facts
- 190 companies took part
- Almost three quaters (73,7%) do not have a Talent Management System in place
- the number of Talent Management practices influences the companies’ futureproofness*
- 1 of 3 does not capture the skills or competences of their employees
- Only 1 of 5 make personal development plans for all their employees
Handbook
The Talent4LIFE Handbook is designed for all those, who are concerned with HR agendas and related challenges, such as HR professionals or business leaders. It aims at improving employee retention and development through implementing a talent management system. Although this handbook has been developed with particular reference to employees 45years+, it is designed to be inclusive of all employees, regardless of age or generation.
The structure of this Talent4LIFE Handbook is based on the employee lifecycle. The employee lifecycle pictures the way of every employee in a company from the beginning, which is the recruitment of the employee, to the exit when an employee separates from the company. The employer can support their employees in each of the different phases creating a cycle, which is why it is called employee lifecycle management.
Using employee lifecycle management, companies try to comprehend their employees’ career path and optimise their experience within the company. The better employers understand their employees’ experience and perceptions, the better they can react and support them in order to retain their talents and stay competitive.
Content
- Introduction to talent management & comparison of different generations’ needs
- Recruit – key aspects of the recruiting process
- Onboard – A company’s first test, in which employees check, if the company keeps its promises. Implement a smooth onboarding process, in which new employees learn, what is expected from them.
- Develop – Reflects the employer’s perspective: further training and development to retain employees
- Grow – Reflects the employee’s perspective: Where do I want to go?
- Retain – the whole offer the company makes to its employees
- Offboard & succession planning – a professional offboarding strategy when an employee leaves
Using employee lifecycle management, companies try to comprehend their employees’ career path and optimise their experience within the company. The better employers understand their employees’ experience and perceptions, the better they can react and support them in order to retain their talents and stay competitive.
Personal Development Plan
The Talent4LIFE personal development plan (PDP) is an online tool that can be used to support an employee appraisal or any other form of development talk between the employer/HR personnel and the individual employee. They will be guided through the process with information and tasks in work sheets.
When opening the tool online, the employer/HR personnel and the employee will receive core information on talent management and the use of the PDP and have access to a guideline for a step-by-step guidance.
Behind each of the four steps is a worksheet to be filled out by the employer/HR and employee together. The worksheets contain a set of questions and respective fields to fill out (e.g. ratings, hitlists, desired measures). All steps build on each other to some extent but it is not mandatory to fill out every sheet or every field.
Steps
- Personal Development Evaluation to balance the view of employee and employer
- Core talents for further development steps
- Work-life balance to review the individual workload, working model and further offers
- Developments & Milestones: agreement on goals & measures
- Results available for download and upload
After going through the PDP (estimated time: 1 hour) the core talents, the work-life balance measure, development goals and milestones to reach them are displayed for the individual employee. This is further supported by information on how to use this table and how to proceed from here.
In accordance with GDPR, inserted data is only saved temporarily and on your computer. All content can be downloaded and saved locally on your own computer. For a later revision or a repetition of the process, you can reinsert the data into the tool.
Green Paper
The Talent4LIFE Green Paper embeds the project results into the policy discussion. It aims to contribute to the interconnection of different stakeholders in the context of employee retention, with a focus on workers aged 45+ and the relevance of talent management.
We want to raise awareness among policy makers and stakeholders so that the importance of options for supporting SMEs is consciously perceived at the various decision-making levels. Relevant topics such as the future of work, requirements and challenges for modern HR departments in terms of employee retention and talent management are covered.
It is important to us to share knowledge and learn from each other. Therefore, we attach great importance to the dissemination of already implemented projects with similar topics in order to build on existing knowledge.
Content
- Key notes from official authorities and stakeholders
- Key notes from the project consortium
- Best practice examples from the partner countries and across Europe
Summary of the research study on the quality of work-based learning in Europe. Results of literature review and field research to identify current VET provision.
Self-Evaluation & Stress Test Tool. This web-based tool allows WBL responsible persons to assess the quality of their offers and conduct a stress test against future trends.
Explorative Research Report of Work Based Learning Processes. Cross-national report in English on the organization and delivery of work-based learning.
Overview
The most valuable assets for your sustainable business success in these volatile days are people. But not just any people:
- Motivated, high performing people
- Their skills and knowledge
- Their creative potential and
- Their openness to learn and grow.
Talent Management 4.0 seems to be the most promising approach for companies to attract and maintain these key people and talents to better deal with a fast-changing world and global developments like the Covid-19 pandemic, demographic and climate change, digitisation, automation, and globalisation.
Talent 4.0 Project has developed different resources to enable Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to apply modern Talent Management and Analytics in their business strategy and HR practice. Furthermore it wants to draw a strong contribution to bridge the gap between current VET practices and business needs.
This European project partnership
- finally develops and tests a special Talent Management training programme for HR responsibles, business owners and managers.
- performs an investigation research to find out about the current status of talent management practices and training needs of SMEs
- collects available talent management tools and instruments for important Talent Management processes of SMEs
Background
“Trust in Talent”, a recent study conducted by Kienbaum, revealed that only every second European company seems to have their own talent strategy and over 80 % of HR responsibles see a strong need for effective talent management (Kienbaum Institut@ISM 2018).
Overall there is no doubt about the fact that there is still some kind of difference and gap between models and approaches in the business world and the (VET) education systems in Europe. Out of our experience from representing and supporting of business and companies we can clearly see that the megatrend Talent Management:
- has not fully entered especially the world and thinking of smaller enterprises (SMEs) and
- has the huge potential to act as a translator between business world and education world
- Talent Management can be seen as huge potential to bridge the gap between business and education systems.
Aims
The Talent 4.0 Project wants to achieve four aims
- Analysis of the current situation of talent management especially in SMEs in Europe with a special focus on identifying overlaps and synergies with European VET policies and instruments (e.g. ECVET instruments, EQF/NQF descriptors, learning outcome approach etc.) and deduction of needs and requirements on the level of training and (web 4.0 based) instruments
- Development of knowledge, skills and competences in SMEs about talent management and talent analytics (web4.0 based) as well as European VET policies and instruments which support the talent management process
- Development of a collection of instruments and tools about talent management and talent analytics (with special focus on web 4.0 based instruments for talent analytics)
- Achieving a better understanding on company level for European VET policies and instruments via the “translation tool” of talent management
Research Report
The goal of the investigation research report was to investigate the needs and requirements of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the partner countries Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Sweden and Cyprus, in the field of talent management. By analysis of the results from the individual national reports, desk research and key findings it was aimed to answer how talent management can function as a bridge between business and VET system realities. The results of this investigation research report further inform the development of the other intellectual outputs of the Talent 4.0 Project – the toolbox and the training programme.
The survey about Talent Management was conducted online via the web tool “limesurvey”. It was performed in seven different countries of which all are members of the European Union. A total number of 331 SMEs took part in the survey.
Toolbox
Talent Management has become one of the key pillars and most current topics in HR. It involves and combines the use of a wide array of digital instruments and approaches making it a holistic and continuous process to drive performance and growth. As a result, successful talent management has become an essential parameter for the success of companies inspiring the development of numerous tools to support them in its efficient undertaking. These tools appear in various forms such as education and specialization mediums, web-based platforms, applications and checklists.
Talent 4.0 has developed a toolbox featuring a selection of useful and practical resources catered explicitly for your needs as a small and medium sized company that SMEs, Consultants, Education & HR Professionals and Experts, as well as anyone else with interest in the field, can easily benefit from.
To support the easy browsing and exploration of the resources available, the toolbox divides them into the five main pillars of Talent Management. Each tool is presented separately and visitors are given clear information about its type, scope and target group as well as the cost if any it entails.
Go through our Toolbox check out the selection of Tools and Good Practices Talent 4.0 partners have accumulated to support and help SMEs. Browsing the Toolbox you will find an assortment of Tools and Good Practices that include:
• Management Platforms/ HR Online Software
• Online Guides
• Surveys
• Evaluation Forms
• eBooks
• Webinars – eCourses
• Podcasts
01 Tools to check-in to Talent Management 4.0
The Check-in to Talent Management section of the Talent 4.0 platform features a selection of tools and resources that will help you better understand and put into practice key concepts of Talent Management in the workings of your enterprise.
Browsing through the tools listed in this section, you may find and take advantage of educational resources and web archives with advice, guidance and opinions to support you in elevating your capacity in talent management. It also lists a selection of platforms with a suite of tools that will help you introduce a holistic, integrated Talent management approach to your company.
Tool 01 Talent Management Tutorial
Talent Management Pilar: Check-in, General, Introduction
Link: Talent Management Tutorial on Tutorialspoint.
Type of Tool: Online Recruiting Software
Target Group: No pre-knowledge necessary, Beginner
Languages: English
Description
A website that offers a tutorial on talent management featuring information and resources that affords visitors what the process entails, its benefits and importance. It provides basic explanations and sub-pages that are more detailed if the reader wishes to inform him/herself on more on specific areas of talent management, such as processes, approaches and methods.
Scope/Objectives
The tool aims to give the reader basic knowledge and understanding about talent management as a whole as well as guide him/her to emulate and utilize approaches and tools to improve in specific or all of the pillars of talent management. .
Applicapility
The tool is easily accessible and divided into many small sub-pages, which makes it useful for anyone working with people. The amount of time spend on reading can be chosen individually and it can be accessed from different devices.
Price: The use of the website does not entail any cost to the user.
Tool 02 What is talent management?
Talent Management Pilar: Check-in, General, Introduction
Link: Video “What is Talent Management?”
Type of Tool: Online Recruiting Software
Target Group: Beginner, HR-Manager, CEO
Languages: English
Description
A video by the Gregg Learning which explores the various approaches and interpretation of what Talent management is. It wishes to assist viewers in understanding the core idea behind talent management and the contribution and positive effect it can have in the workings of companies and organizations.
Scope/Objectives
The video aims to help viewers understand key elements of successful talent management.
Applicapility
This tool can be a valuable resource for any professional or individual wishing to attain a basic understanding of what Talent Management constitutes and further explore the concept and its application in the workings of an organization
Price: This video is freely available on Youtube.
Tool 03 Transform your workplace
Talent Management Pilar: Check-in, General, Introduction
Link: “Transform your workplace” podcast
Type of Tool: Podcast
Target Group: Talent Management Beginner to Advanced
Languages: English
Description
The ‘Transform Your Workplace’ Podcast features a series of interviews and audio presentations on Human Resources for Small Businesses. The podcast covers every aspect of Talent Management hosting industry experts, thought-leaders, HR experts and entrepreneurs who discuss and introduce ideas that can transform the workings of an organization. Each episode focuses on a new topic, ranging from HR, communication and culture to business growth, leadership and workplace trends and listeners can pick up tips, tools and insights they can use to enhance their effectiveness in Human Resources and Talent Management.
Scope/Objectives
The podcast intends to provide advice and tips, building up the knowledge and skills of SME executives and managers so that they can transform their workplace into a friendlier more attractive and effective environment.
Applicapility
The tool can easily be set-up and used by any SME who wants to attract new staff, it is easily accessible from any place with internet connection.
Price: The podcasts is available for free.
Tool 04 HR Basics
Talent Management Pilar: Check-in, General, Introduction
Link: HR Basics Youtube Channel
Type of Tool: Youtube Video Playlist
Target Group: HR Beginner to Intermediate
Languages: English
Description
A series of videos providing a concise introduction to various terms and approaches in regards to human resources management and Talent Management, helping viewers develop their knowledge and conception of the field. Each video offers a brief presentation of a term and helps viewers attain an understanding of what its term entails and its importance in the workings of a corporation.
Scope/Objectives
HR Basics video series, features a series of short courses, specifically designed to highlight what it´s needed to know about each particular human resource management topic. Ultimately, the series wishes to help professionals and executives with an interest in the field to elevate their knowledge and skills in Human Resource Management.
Applicapility
This tool can be used in SMEs business as the very first resource to know which concepts are associated with talent management and what areas of the company can be involved to manage it.
Price: HR Basics videos are free.
Tool 05 Factorial
Talent Management Pilar: Check-in, General, Attract, Develop
Link: Factorial HR Software Solution
Type of Tool: Web-based HR Software (HRIS) for SMEs
Target Group: HR Beginner to Advanced
Languages: English
Description
Factorial is a HR software that supports SMEs in their human resources processes. The platform provides functions for centralized document management, employee benefits administration as well as an organization chart generator and a shared calendar for the employees of a company. Additionally, it features a compensation management application through which users can manage employee payroll, dole out bonuses based on individual, team, or company goals and even optimize the offering of benefits like gym memberships or commuter reimbursement. It also produces automatically generated reports that can help users monitor everything from absenteeism to age distribution and turnover rate.
Scope/Objectives
Factorial provides a simple and easy-to-use tool with everything that a business might need to manage Human Resources. The platform helps speed up and simplify HR processes so that SME owners/manager/executives can improve the management of their team, reduce structural costs and improve decision making
Applicapility
The platform is specifically designed to be available for free to SMEs and to help ease their operations. Factorial has multiple features that users can choose from and SMEs can benefit from to improve the management of their business and their employees. These include: Document Manager, Reports & Analytics, Holidays & Absences, Employee Portal, Organizational Chart, Time Tracking.
Price: Factorial is a paid service. Costs depend on the number of employees managed.
Tool 06 Bamboo HR
Talent Management Pilar: Check-in, Attract, Develop, Retain
Link: Bamboo HR Software Solution
Type of Tool: HR Software Solution (HRIS)
Target Group: HR Beginner to Advanced
Languages: English
Description
The BambooHR platform allows business owners and HR managers to collect and organise all the information they gather on individual employees throughout their employment in the company. From new application tracking for new recruits to performance reviews for established employees; from on-boarding to off-boarding, BambooHR allows HR professionals and employers to collect, store and analyze information on all employees. Moreover, it provides insights into how changes can allow HR managers to get the best out of talent in their company and so that the company can go on to achieve greater things.
Scope/Objectives
The central idea behind BambooHR is that it takes all of the pain out of the paperwork of HR and allows managers and employers the additional time they need to focus more on attracting, developing, motivating and retaining the actual people they hire.
Applicapility
Bamboo HR was set up to address the talent management needs of SMEs and offers a one-stop-shop for everything an SME might require in the field. Reviews of the service equate BambooHR to having an actual HR professional working in their SME, developing talent management programmes that are specific to the company. Consequently, it would be a good resource for SMEs to use, especially those who are new to talent management or who are struggling to keep up to date with the talent demands of the company.
Price: BambooHR requires businesses to pay for the use of their platform. However, as their use of BambooHR is fully customizable, SMEs will need to log on to this web page and choose which features of talent management they would like their package to include.
Tool 07 HR Zone
Talent Management Pilar: General, Attract, Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: HRZONE > Talent
Type of Tool: Online Talent Management and HR Platform
Target Group: HR Beginners to Advanced
Languages: English
Description
HRZone.com is an online platform that serves as a go-to destination for HR professionals and business leaders looking for advice, guidance, opinions and up-to-date information on how the working life and responsibilities of the modern HR professional are being shaped. The site serves as an online human resources publication helping global HR professionals adapt to the ever-shifting demands of a rapidly-changing world.
Scope/Objectives
The tool seeks to educate and inform users about HR and Talent Management, also keeping them up to date with the latest trends, debates and key developments.
Applicapility
This resource provides up-to-date information & good practices information about modern talent management processes in business realities that can be useful for executives and staff of SMEs. It grants them the chance to acquaint themselves to key issues and tools in the field as well as follow and become aware of new practices they can adopt in their line of work.
Price: free; it requires a registration as a member for full access.
Tool 08 Cornerstone Solutions
Talent Management Pilar: General, Attract, Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: Cornerstone Solutions
Type of Tool: Talent Management Software – cloud based
Target Group: HR Intermediate to Advanced
Languages: 60 Languages
Description
Cornerstone is a comprehensive platform that offers an end-to-end integrated, people-centric Talent Management suite that helps companies identify, attract the best talent as well as motivate and further develop it so that it can contribute to their success. At the same time, it affords the tools and the capacity for them to engage their staff and help them further their knowledge and skills to fulfill their career and personal goals in their everyday work.
Scope/Objectives
This tool is designed to support the entire Talent Management Process as well as parts of traditional HR tasks offering dynamic technology to support both company executives and their employees in developing skills, coaching for growth to creating a culture that engages and inspires.
Applicapility
This tool is an advanced resource to support for companies of all sizes and is designed to accommodate any local and any language or regulation.
Price: Interested parties can book a demo for this tool and then can request a quote directly from the platform.
02 Tools for Attracting Talent
In this section you may find a collection of tools to assist you in enhancing your capacity in the first pillar of Talent Management, Attract. This involves the capability to attract, engage and select talented individuals and the best candidates to become employees.
The list of available tools includes pedagogical resources, e.g. webinars, to support you in attaining a better understanding of the concepts involved and elevate your skill in this specific pillar of Talent Management. Moreover, it makes it consists of software that can support you in your recruitment process available along with online platforms to assist you in collecting and analysing information about candidates supporting you in selecting the best candidates for the job.
Tool 01 Employer branding Podcast
Talent Management Pilar: Attract
Link: Employer Branding Podcast
Type of Tool: Podcast
Target Group: HR Beginner to Intermediate; Marketing;
Languages: English
Description
A Podcast hosted by Jörgen Sundberg, CEO of Link Humans, that invites international employer brand leaders, rebels, and innovators to share their favorite tactics and strategies for talent attraction & employer branding. The Episodes are around 20 minutes long with an easy to follow Q&A format giving listeners insights and practical tips from a wide array of industries and companies in employee attraction. They also appear remixed as articles on the Link Humans blog and Undercover Recruiter — a popular resource on modern recruiting.
Scope/Objectives
The podcasts provide listeners with the opportunity to learn practical talent attraction & employer branding strategies from the best in the business.
Applicapility
Listeners are presented with the opportunity to enhance their conception and knowledge on employer branding and most importantly take up practical tips and effective practices they can employ in the working of their own company.
Price: The podcast is free.
Tool 02 Attracting and Hiring Talent – Webinars
Talent Management Pilar: Attract
Link: Attracting and Hiring Talent – Webinars
Type of Tool: Series of Webinars
Target Group: HR Intermediate to Advanced
Languages: English
Description
These series of Webinars guide and support SMEs to develop their overall talent attraction strategy by elevating their ‘Employer Brand’, their capacity to position themselves as ideal employers for new talents – prospective employees. In that regard, they present managers and recruiters with several non-traditional methods to attract and retain existing talents to their team. They are educating them in optimizing the use of technology such as CV search and job postings and integrated networking and social media features for their hiring process. Moreover they are advised on how to deploy smartphone applications and on-the-go hiring tools and many other innovative ways to reach a wider pool of talents, and to improve their overall attraction and retention process.
Scope/Objectives
A series of webinars to increase users’ awareness of new trends in Employer Branding, educating them on how to attract talent by leveraging their company’s appeal as an ideal workplace.
Applicapility
Webinars offer an interactive and easily accessible tool for individuals interested in exploring new key themes on Talent Attraction as well as to interact with each other and the coordinator (auditor) of the seminar.
Price: The webinars are sponsored and free of charge.
Tool 03 Factorial HR Software (HRIS)
Talent Management Pilar: Check-in, General, Attract, Develop
Link: Factorial HR Software Solution
Type of Tool: Web-based HR Software (HRIS) for SMEs
Target Group: HR Beginner to Advanced
Languages: English
Description
Factorial is a HR software that supports SMEs in their human resources processes. Among many other features the platform provides an applicant tracking system (ATS) for more efficient hiring. Other functions are centralized document management, employee benefits administration as well as an organization chart generator and a shared calendar for the employees of a company. Additionally, it features a compensation management application through which users can manage employee payroll, dole out bonuses based on individual, team, or company goals and even optimize the offering of benefits like gym memberships or commuter reimbursement. It also produces automatically generated reports that can help users monitor everything from absenteeism to age distribution and turnover rate.
Scope/Objectives
Factorial provides a simple and easy-to-use tool with everything that a business might need to manage Human Resources. The platform helps speed up and simplify HR processes so that SME owners/manager/executives can improve the management of their team, reduce structural costs and improve decision making
Applicapility
The platform is specifically designed to be available for free to SMEs and to help ease their operations. Factorial has multiple features that users can choose from and SMEs can benefit from to improve the management of their business and their employees. These include: Document Manager, Reports & Analytics, Holidays & Absences, Employee Portal, Organizational Chart, Time Tracking.
Price: Factorial is a paid service. Costs depend on the number of employees managed.
Tool 04 Mighty Recruiter Software – Recruiting the easy way
Talent Management Pilar: Attract
Link: Mighty Recruiter Software
Type of Tool: Online Recruiting Software
Target Group: HR Beginner to Intermediate
Languages: English
Description
This online software supports in publishing and distributing job offers through different channels, makes the process of candidate management and ranking easier and offers quick analytics and reporting. Mightyrecruiter has an easy set-up and offers to build a career-site in only few steps.
Scope/Objectives
This tool aims to make the process of attracting the right staff easier by letting the software take over many steps in the recruiting process and leaves time for the relevant choices at the end of the process.
Applicapility
The tool can easily be set-up and used by any SME who wants to attract new staff, it is easily accessible from any place with internet connection.
Price: This online tool is free but you need to pay to post jobs to job boards and to get candidates contact information.
Tool 05 Greenhouse Recruiting Solutions
Talent Management Pilar: Attract
Link: Greenhouse for SMEs
Type of Tool: Online Recruiting Software
Target Group: HR Beginner to Intermediate
Languages: English
Description
Greenhouse is a ‘for pay’ Talent Acquisition software that supports small and medium sized companies in their recruitment process. The platform helps corporations to elevate their effectiveness in hiring, by “improving the process for everyone involved – from hiring managers and recruiters to candidates themselves”. Most importantly, through its site, Greenhouse offers a wide array of free resources that can help visitors enhance their knowledge, understanding and skills in recruitment and hence attraction of Talent. These include eBooks, Webinars, Case Studies, Success Stories as well as a regularly updated blog featuring articles with information and advice on the field.
Scope/Objectives
The platform features a selection of solutions and resources that can help inform, educate and guide executives and managers through the recruitment process, thus helping them boost their capacity to attract and select the most suited individuals for the needs of their company/organization.
Applicapility
This tool is open and easy to use, so that any executive, manager or an individual with interest in the field can browse through the resources available and take advantage from the ones that best fit his/her needs or interests.
Price: Guidance resources are free but the online software solutions are a paid service.
Tool 06 HRZONE
Talent Management Pilar: General, Attract, Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: HRZONE > Talent > Acquisition
Type of Tool: Online Talent Management and HR Platform
Target Group: HR Beginners to Advanced
Languages: English
Description
HRZone.com is an online platform that serves as a go-to destination for HR professionals and business leaders looking for advice, guidance, opinions and up-to-date information on how the working life and responsibilities of the modern HR professional are being shaped. The site serves as an online human resources publication helping global HR professionals adapt to the ever-shifting demands of a rapidly-changing world.
Scope/Objectives
The tool seeks to educate and inform users about HR and Talent Management, also keeping them up to date with the latest trends, debates and key developments.
Applicapility
This resource provides up-to-date information & good practices information about modern talent management processes in business realities that can be useful for executives and staff of SMEs. It grants them the chance to acquaint themselves to key issues and tools in the field as well as follow and become aware of new practices they can adopt in their line of work.
Price: free; it requires a registration as a member for full access.
Tool 07 Bamboo HR Software (HRIS)
Talent Management Pilar: Check-in, Attract, Develop, Retain
Link: Bamboo HR Software Solution
Type of Tool: HR Software Solution (HRIS)
Target Group: HR Beginner to Advanced
Languages: English
Description
The BambooHR platform allows business owners and HR managers to collect and organise all the information they gather on individual employees throughout their employment in the company. From new application tracking for new recruits to performance reviews for established employees; from on-boarding to off-boarding, BambooHR allows HR professionals and employers to collect, store and analyze information on all employees. Moreover, it provides insights into how changes can allow HR managers to get the best out of talent in their company and so that the company can go on to achieve greater things.
Scope/Objectives
The central idea behind BambooHR is that it takes all of the pain out of the paperwork of HR and allows managers and employers the additional time they need to focus more on attracting, developing, motivating and retaining the actual people they hire.
Applicapility
Bamboo HR was set up to address the talent management needs of SMEs and offers a one-stop-shop for everything an SME might require in the field. Reviews of the service equate BambooHR to having an actual HR professional working in their SME, developing talent management programmes that are specific to the company. Consequently, it would be a good resource for SMEs to use, especially those who are new to talent management or who are struggling to keep up to date with the talent demands of the company.
Price: BambooHR requires businesses to pay for the use of their platform. However, as their use of BambooHR is fully customizable, SMEs will need to log on to this web page and choose which features of talent management they would like their package to include.
Tool 08 Cornerstone Solutions
Talent Management Pilar: General, Attract, Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: Cornerstone Solutions
Type of Tool: Talent Management Software – cloud based
Target Group: HR Intermediate to Advanced
Languages: 60 Languages
Description
Cornerstone is a comprehensive platform that offers an end-to-end integrated, people-centric Talent Management suite that helps companies identify, attract the best talent as well as motivate and further develop it so that it can contribute to their success. At the same time, it affords the tools and the capacity for them to engage their staff and help them further their knowledge and skills to fulfill their career and personal goals in their everyday work.
Scope/Objectives
This tool is designed to support the entire Talent Management Process as well as parts of traditional HR tasks offering dynamic technology to support both company executives and their employees in developing skills, coaching for growth to creating a culture that engages and inspires.
Applicapility
This tool is an advanced resource to support for companies of all sizes and is designed to accommodate any local and any language or regulation.
Price: Interested parties can book a demo for this tool and then can request a quote directly from the platform.
Tool 09 Recruitee Talent Acquisition Platform
Talent Management Pilar: Attract
Link: Recruitee – Talent Acquisition Platform
Type of Tool: Online Talent Acquisition platform
Target Group: HR Beginner to Advanced
Languages: English, German, French, Dutch
Description
Recruitee is a Talent Acquisition Platform specifically designed to support businesses – from SMEs to a large corporation- to source the right talent and to automate many of the tasks associated with sourcing and finding the best candidates for the job. It is available across Europe; however, the online platform is currently only available in English. As well as sourcing candidates from the primary job advertisement platforms in different European countries, the platform also allows HR managers and employers to source candidates from social media platforms, including LinkedIn, Facebook, Dribble and GitHub.
Scope/Objectives
This tool aims to support HR managers and employers to streamline their recruitment processes and attract candidates from across Europe. The platform states that HR professionals and recruiters spend on average 8 hours per week on remedial, repetitive tasks related to savings CVs and applications, sending emails and arranging interviews, etc. By using the Recruitee platform, recruiters could streamline this process as they provide automated CV and application import when a response to a job ad is received. It also facilitates the scheduling of job interviews and updated applicant tracking.
Applicapility
One of the main issues affecting SMEs when it comes to talent management is a lack of time to invest in robust talent management processes. With Recruitee, many of the processes associated with attracting the right talent are taken care of through the platform and many of remedial tasks, which take time away from busy managers, can be automated.
Price: The tool is initially available on a free trial, or as a complimentary demo before signing up. However, once the free trial expires, pricing in split across three different levels which differ only in the number of job openings you can advertise and the number of talent pools you can create.
03 Developing Talent
The Develop pillar of Talent Management involves the actions and steps taken by an organization to empower its employees and support them in expanding their knowledge and skills. It is a process that promotes the improvement and nurturing of employees for them to become reliable assets and benefit the organization in the long-run.
This section features a selection of tools in the form of online guides and checklists as well as online tools and platforms that will guide and support you in becoming more effective in this strand of Talent Management.
Tool 01 7 Steps For Creating an Employee Development Plan
Talent Management Pilar: Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: 7 Steps to an employee development plan
Source: Slind Team
Type of Tool: Guide
Target Group: Managers, Executives, HR Staff
Languages: English
Description
Realizing the importance of opportunities for growth and improvement in the workplace for employees and businesses alike, Slink (an employee scheduling platform) has developed a simple guide to walk managers and executives through developing an employee development plan. One that will have a win-win effect, allowing Employees to get the training and development they need and grant employers a more engaged and better-trained workforce. The guide reviews both the things they should avoid or be careful of before laying out a seven-step plan for them to develop an effective employee development plan.
Scope/Objectives
The Guide instructs managers and executives on how they can best approach the task of formulating an employee development plan that best addresses the needs of their staff and most importantly serves the purposes and goals of their business.
Applicapility
All steps put forward can be adapted and be carried out by an SME. However, limitations due to its size and/or financial capacity may come into question affecting its capability to design and execute a development plan
Price: The guide is free.
Tool 02 Building Tomorrow’s Talent: A Practitioner’s Guide to Talent Management and Succession Planning
Talent Management Pilar: Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: Order the book online (Amazon)
Type of Tool: Book
Target Group: Managers, Executives, HR Staff
Languages: English
Description
Written by two human resource practitioners who have implemented development programmes in Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies, this book covers multiple essential themes of talent management. Serving as a user-friendly workbook, it provides readers practical ideas and tools to help them enhance their talent management processes and HR programs.
Scope/Objectives
Building Tomorrow’s Talent is a must read for anyone who is trying to get their hands around how to implement a succession planning process in their companies. This book is a hands-on, practical resource guide that walks readers through all the pertinent steps to creating a succession planning process.
Applicapility
Building Tomorrow’s Talent provides practical ideas and tools to help others create and enhance these programs in their own organizations. Reader are given step-by-step instruction for starting a Talent Management program from scratch, or taking an existing program to the next level.
Price: The book costs approx. 5$ (used) up to 90$ (new), price accessed on 27.04.2020.
Tool 03 Skills 4.0 – thriving in the future
Talent Management Pilar: Develop
Link: Skills 4.0 – thriving in the future
Source: Skills Development Scottland
Type of Tool: Whitepaper and Video
Target Group: Managers, Executives, HR Staff
Languages: English
Description
A paper prepared by the Skills Development Scotland exploring the effect technological and societal disruptions will have in the workplace and the skills that will be required as a result of this. Moreover, it puts forward suggestions and a model for the development and attainment of those skills in a bid to assist the Scottish and EU economy to adapt and prepare for the changes coming.
Scope/Objectives
As the economy is moving towards the fourth industrial revolution, this tool wishes to help individuals, businesses and economies as a whole to study, understand and cope in this environment of ongoing change.
Applicapility
A valuable and easy to use resource that can be utilized by executives, staff as well as individuals with an interest in the field to identify future skills and take steps towards talent management 4.0.
Price: The whitepaper is free.
Tool 04 HR Management: Training and Development
Talent Management Pilar: Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: HR Management: Training and Development
Source: Indiana University Southeast
Type of Tool: Video
Target Group: intermediate; HR-responsible
Languages: English
Description
An educational video that explains the concept of employee training and presents its necessary steps as well as actions needed for preparation in each step. The need for training is highlighted while viewers are given a ‘heads up’ on things they should be watching for and prepare when developing training programmes for their employees.
Scope/Objectives
The video illustrates the key concepts of training and the rationale behind it as well as presents useful tips for developing the talents of employees.
Applicapility
Executives and individuals with interest in the field can use this tool to understand why training is necessary, how it works and what to take into account when designing actions for employee development. It is a short video and can be accessed through different devices.
Price: The video is free.
Tool 05 Factorial
Talent Management Pilar: Check-in, General, Attract, Develop
Link: Factorial HR Software Solution
Type of Tool: Web-based HR Software (HRIS) for SMEs
Target Group: HR Beginner to Advanced
Languages: English
Description
Factorial is a HR software that supports SMEs in their human resources processes.
Among many other features the platform provides an a performance management module for automation of performance reviews and systamtic analysis of qualitative and quantitative performance data. Other functions are centralized document management, employee benefits administration as well as an organization chart generator and a shared calendar for the employees of a company. Additionally, it features a compensation management application through which users can manage employee payroll, dole out bonuses based on individual, team, or company goals and even optimize the offering of benefits like gym memberships or commuter reimbursement. It also produces automatically generated reports that can help users monitor everything from absenteeism to age distribution and turnover rate.
Scope/Objectives
Factorial provides a simple and easy-to-use tool with everything that a business might need to manage Human Resources. The platform helps speed up and simplify HR processes so that SME owners/manager/executives can improve the management of their team, reduce structural costs and improve decision making
Applicapility
The platform is specifically designed to be available for free to SMEs and to help ease their operations. Factorial has multiple features that users can choose from and SMEs can benefit from to improve the management of their business and their employees. These include: Document Manager, Reports & Analytics, Holidays & Absences, Employee Portal, Organizational Chart, Time Tracking.
Price: Factorial is a paid service. Costs depend on the number of employees managed.
Tool 06 HR Zone
Talent Management Pilar: General, Attract, Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: HRZONE > Talent > Development
Type of Tool: Online Talent Management and HR Platform
Target Group: HR Beginners to Advanced
Languages: English
Description
HRZone.com is an online platform that serves as a go-to destination for HR professionals and business leaders looking for advice, guidance, opinions and up-to-date information on how the working life and responsibilities of the modern HR professional are being shaped. The site serves as an online human resources publication helping global HR professionals adapt to the ever-shifting demands of a rapidly-changing world.
Scope/Objectives
The tool seeks to educate and inform users about HR and Talent Management, also keeping them up to date with the latest trends, debates and key developments.
Applicapility
This resource provides up-to-date information & good practices information about modern talent management processes in business realities that can be useful for executives and staff of SMEs. It grants them the chance to acquaint themselves to key issues and tools in the field as well as follow and become aware of new practices they can adopt in their line of work.
Price: free; it requires a registration as a member for full access.
Tool 07 MentorcliQ
Talent Management Pilar: Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: MentorcliQ – Virtual Employee Mentoring
Source: MentorcliQ
Type of Tool: Online Platform, App
Target Group: Managers, Executives, HR Staff, Employees
Languages: English
Description
75% of millennials in employment state that they would like a mentor in work. Thus, taking into consideration that millennials will soon make up the majority of the workforce, it is important that employers invest in their mentoring supports for employees. Mentorcliq allows employers to build a bespoke mentoring programme for their company using its portal where all processes are managed via the online platform that involves employees creating accounts and then being matched with suitable mentors in the client company. Mentorcliq also allows mentoring partnerships to set and achieve common goals for the mentoring partnership. The platform also provides structure, support and guidance to employees participating in the mentoring programme.
Scope/Objectives
Mentorcliq is a full-featured mentoring software system for recruiting, enrolling, matching, managing, and measuring mentoring participants. It is based on a four-step process to set up and facilitate mentoring. The first is ‘launch’, this is where you engage employees in mentoring. The next is ‘match’ where employees are matched with their mentor. Following this is ‘mentor’ where individual employees work together to achieve mentoring goals. The final step is called ‘measure’ where Mentorcliq uses key performance metrics to assess how mentoring partnerships are progressing and what improvements can be made.
Applicapility
This platform helps to take the hassle out of setting up and managing an in-house mentoring programme by providing a platform where the matches can be made, monitored and managed.
Price: The platform offers a free demo-trial version and interested parties need to contact Mentorcliq in order to set it up and if interested explore the packages and pricing options for the full-fledged programme.
Tool 08 Cornerstone Solutions
Talent Management Pilar: General, Attract, Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: Cornerstone Solutions
Type of Tool: Talent Management Software – cloud based
Target Group: HR Intermediate to Advanced
Languages: 60 Languages
Description
Cornerstone is a comprehensive platform that offers an end-to-end integrated, people-centric Talent Management suite that helps companies identify, attract the best talent as well as motivate and further develop it so that it can contribute to their success. At the same time, it affords the tools and the capacity for them to engage their staff and help them further their knowledge and skills to fulfill their career and personal goals in their everyday work.
Scope/Objectives
This tool is designed to support the entire Talent Management Process as well as parts of traditional HR tasks offering dynamic technology to support both company executives and their employees in developing skills, coaching for growth to creating a culture that engages and inspires.
Applicapility
This tool is an advanced resource to support for companies of all sizes and is designed to accommodate any local and any language or regulation.
Price: Interested parties can book a demo for this tool and then can request a quote directly from the platform.
Tool 09 Netigate Surveys
Talent Management Pilar: Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: Netigate Surveys
Source: Netigate
Type of Tool: online surveys and analysis tools – with apps available
Target Group: Ranges from small businesses to large enterprises
Languages: English
Description
A platform for online surveys and analysis tools that provides a simple yet effective way for companies to evaluate their employees’ engagement and status. Consequently, managers and HR professionals have access to ‘real-time’ and comprehensive insights on the status of their team allowing them to design and undertake their approach and strategy of engagement in order to ensure their development, elevated motivation and as a result lower turnover of staff.
Scope/Objectives
The platform presents a highly effective tool that allows companies to collect information and feedback from employees in regards to their operations and staff engagement, affording managers and executives with invaluable insights that can guide them in developing their talent management strategy.
Applicapility
This tool is designed to fit everything from a Micro-enterprise to larger organizations while its surveys/templates are very easy to use both via desktops and mobile phones.
Price: There is a 30-days free trial on each of the three levels the tool is available. Following, interested companies are required to send a price request to be given a quote based on the number of users and employees.
Tool 10 Clear Company Talent Management Platform
Talent Management Pilar: Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: ClearCompany Talent Management Platform
Source: ClearCompany
Type of Tool: Online Platform
Target Group: Intermediate to Advanced; Managers, Executives, HR Staff
Languages: English
Description
ClearCompany offers a holistic talent management support to businesses of all sizes, providing HR managers and employers with a wide array of resources and tools as well as examples to help them design tailored and engaging on-boarding programmes for new recruits. These include a range of tips and “do’s” and “don’t’s” for proper onboarding as well as a dedicated online portal where employers can register new recruits and develop their own onboarding programme, that is tailored to their company and each individual recruit. This portal also allows other team members from the same company to create profiles and provide online support to the new recruit while it can also be used by employers to track the progress of new employees and to prepare for performance appraisals of new staff.
Scope/Objectives
ClearCompany aims to support companies to attract, develop and retain what they term as ‘A Players’. It wishes to secure ideal candidates for all clients and then to support them in further developing their talent.
Applicapility
ClearCompany can be used by SMEs who want to get the most out of new staff in their companies. With this on-boarding portal, SMEs can create tailored onboarding programmes, create user accounts online and then the portal facilitate the new employees so that they get the support they need. As such, it is a useful tool for SMEs who want to develop their onboarding processes.
Price: ClearCompany allows different pricing options based on client needs. They offer programmes which grant full access to the platform, and also modular programmes, which allow client companies to choose whether they want to access the application tracking, onboarding or performance management sections of the platform.
04 Motivating Talent
Motivation is an important aspect of the Talent Management process and plays an important role in the productivity engagement and retention of employees.
In the list below you may find a selection of tools and resources that will assist you in better conceiving what Motivation techniques and practices entail for a company as and their importance as an indispensable parameter in a comprehensive Talent Management strategy. Additionally, a collection of tools in the form of podcasts, checklists and online platforms are made available to support you in the exploration of the concept and expertly design and undertake action within the context of your work.
Tool 01 16 critical ways to motivate your employees
Talent Management Pilar: Motivate, Retain
Link: 16 critical ways to motivate your employees
Source: Fast Company
Type of Tool: Checklist
Target Group: Managers, Executives, HR Staff
Languages: English
Description
This guide affords employers, managers and executives a list of 16 techniques and steps they can adopt and use in the workings of their company to motivate their employees. It features a list of tips, methods or approaches they can look into, be aware of and further explore of using to galvanize their staff further. Each proposed method is being presented in a short and concise way and they do not have to apply all of them but instead they can pick and choose the ones they feel that can be most suitable and useful for them.
Scope/Objectives
This tool helps managers and executives become aware of some effective methods and techniques they can use-apply to increase the drive of their employees. They do not have to adopt all of them but instead have them in mind and use the ones they believe that best fit their purposes.
Applicapility
The Checklist has an advisory and informative use and readers can choose any or all of the proposed techniques. All the methods of the guide can be adapted accordingly to fit the needs and mode of operation of their business.
Price: The checkistis free.
Tool 02 Elite Business Academy Podcast: How to Motivate & Retain your staff
Talent Management Pilar: Motivate, Retain
Link: Elite Business Academy Podcast: How to Motivate & Retain your staff
Source: Elite Business Academy
Type of Tool: Podcast
Target Group: Intermediate ; HR / Managers / Executives
Languages: English
Description
A podcast that provides listeners insight into motivation and retaining techniques that companies can adopt to ensure elevated satisfaction and lower turnover of their staff. The audio clip provides listeners specific steps and ideas on how to reach a working atmosphere to encourage their employees to stay.
Scope/Objectives
The podcast aims to help leaders / HR responsible for retaining their staff with simple, day-to-day practices.
Applicapility
The podcast can be accessed through different devices and can be listened to in a piece or split up. Most importantly, its key concepts and notions are presented in an easy to understand language avoiding over-complicated terms.
Price: The podcast is free.
Tool 03 Motivosity social platform
Talent Management Pilar: Motivate, Retain
Link: Motivosity Social Platform
Source: Motivosity
Type of Tool: Social Platform, App
Target Group: Basic experience / Executives / HR / Employees
Languages: English
Description
Motivosity is a peer recognition and employee feedback software platform via which employees can recognize and express their appreciation to their co-workers for their contribution to the company. It is also a useful tool for companies to build up the collaboration between their team and elevate engagement. Through the motivosity platform, employees and managers can thank each other with small monetary rewards for the great work that is being done. The appreciations are then posted in a social feed for everyone in the company to see – which improves collaboration and employee satisfaction.
Scope/Objectives
Employees are equally enthused about having the ability to praise someone, as they are about receiving praise publicly. Two core needs: employees want to be appreciated and visible – they want peers and supervisors to have insight into what they’re doing. The open currency and rewards show employees that the recognition system isn’t a cheap game, but a legit way for employees to be a part of an organization where great work is valued.
Applicapility
The platform and its features can be used by any organizations that want to give employees control of monetary rewards and provide their team an organization chart.
Price: Free trial version available.
Tool 04 MentorcliQ
Talent Management Pilar: Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: MentorcliQ – Virtual Employee Mentoring
Source: MentorcliQ
Type of Tool: Online Platform, App
Target Group: Managers, Executives, HR Staff, Employees
Languages: English
Description
75% of millennials in employment state that they would like a mentor in work. Thus, taking into consideration that millennials will soon make up the majority of the workforce, it is important that employers invest in their mentoring supports for employees. Mentorcliq allows employers to build a bespoke mentoring programme for their company using its portal where all processes are managed via the online platform that involves employees creating accounts and then being matched with suitable mentors in the client company. Mentorcliq also allows mentoring partnerships to set and achieve common goals for the mentoring partnership. The platform also provides structure, support and guidance to employees participating in the mentoring programme.
Scope/Objectives
Mentorcliq is a full-featured mentoring software system for recruiting, enrolling, matching, managing, and measuring mentoring participants. It is based on a four-step process to set up and facilitate mentoring. The first is ‘launch’, this is where you engage employees in mentoring. The next is ‘match’ where employees are matched with their mentor. Following this is ‘mentor’ where individual employees work together to achieve mentoring goals. The final step is called ‘measure’ where Mentorcliq uses key performance metrics to assess how mentoring partnerships are progressing and what improvements can be made.
Applicapility
This platform helps to take the hassle out of setting up and managing an in-house mentoring programme by providing a platform where the matches can be made, monitored and managed.
Price: The platform offers a free demo-trial version and interested parties need to contact Mentorcliq in order to set it up and if interested explore the packages and pricing options for the full-fledged programme.
Tool 05 Netigate Surveys
Talent Management Pilar: Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: Netigate Surveys
Source: Netigate
Type of Tool: online surveys and analysis tools – with apps available
Target Group: Ranges from small businesses to large enterprises
Languages: English
Description
A platform for online surveys and analysis tools that provides a simple yet effective way for companies to evaluate their employees’ engagement and status. Consequently, managers and HR professionals have access to ‘real-time’ and comprehensive insights on the status of their team allowing them to design and undertake their approach and strategy of engagement in order to ensure their development, elevated motivation and as a result lower turnover of staff.
Scope/Objectives
The platform presents a highly effective tool that allows companies to collect information and feedback from employees in regards to their operations and staff engagement, affording managers and executives with invaluable insights that can guide them in developing their talent management strategy.
Applicapility
This tool is designed to fit everything from a Micro-enterprise to larger organizations while its surveys/templates are very easy to use both via desktops and mobile phones.
Price: There is a 30-days free trial on each of the three levels the tool is available. Following, interested companies are required to send a price request to be given a quote based on the number of users and employees.
Tool 06 Clear Company Talent Management Platform
Talent Management Pilar: Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: ClearCompany Talent Management Platform
Source: ClearCompany
Type of Tool: Online Platform
Target Group: Intermediate to Advanced; Managers, Executives, HR Staff
Languages: English
Description
ClearCompany offers a holistic talent management support to businesses of all sizes, providing HR managers and employers with a wide array of resources and tools as well as examples to help them design tailored and engaging on-boarding programmes for new recruits. These include a range of tips and “do’s” and “don’t’s” for proper onboarding as well as a dedicated online portal where employers can register new recruits and develop their own onboarding programme, that is tailored to their company and each individual recruit. This portal also allows other team members from the same company to create profiles and provide online support to the new recruit while it can also be used by employers to track the progress of new employees and to prepare for performance appraisals of new staff.
Scope/Objectives
ClearCompany aims to support companies to attract, develop and retain what they term as ‘A Players’. It wishes to secure ideal candidates for all clients and then to support them in further developing their talent.
Applicapility
ClearCompany can be used by SMEs who want to get the most out of new staff in their companies. With this on-boarding portal, SMEs can create tailored onboarding programmes, create user accounts online and then the portal facilitate the new employees so that they get the support they need. As such, it is a useful tool for SMEs who want to develop their onboarding processes.
Price: ClearCompany allows different pricing options based on client needs. They offer programmes which grant full access to the platform, and also modular programmes, which allow client companies to choose whether they want to access the application tracking, onboarding or performance management sections of the platform.
Tool 07 Cornerstone Solutions
Talent Management Pilar: General, Attract, Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: Cornerstone Solutions
Type of Tool: Talent Management Software – cloud based
Target Group: HR Intermediate to Advanced
Languages: 60 Languages
Description
Cornerstone is a comprehensive platform that offers an end-to-end integrated, people-centric Talent Management suite that helps companies identify, attract the best talent as well as motivate and further develop it so that it can contribute to their success. At the same time, it affords the tools and the capacity for them to engage their staff and help them further their knowledge and skills to fulfill their career and personal goals in their everyday work.
Scope/Objectives
This tool is designed to support the entire Talent Management Process as well as parts of traditional HR tasks offering dynamic technology to support both company executives and their employees in developing skills, coaching for growth to creating a culture that engages and inspires.
Applicapility
This tool is an advanced resource to support for companies of all sizes and is designed to accommodate any local and any language or regulation.
Price: Interested parties can book a demo for this tool and then can request a quote directly from the platform.
Tool 08 HR Zone
Talent Management Pilar: General, Attract, Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: HRZONE > Engage Employees
Type of Tool: Online Talent Management and HR Platform
Target Group: HR Beginners to Advanced
Languages: English
Description
HRZone.com is an online platform that serves as a go-to destination for HR professionals and business leaders looking for advice, guidance, opinions and up-to-date information on how the working life and responsibilities of the modern HR professional are being shaped. The site serves as an online human resources publication helping global HR professionals adapt to the ever-shifting demands of a rapidly-changing world.
Scope/Objectives
The tool seeks to educate and inform users about HR and Talent Management, also keeping them up to date with the latest trends, debates and key developments.
Applicapility
This resource provides up-to-date information & good practices information about modern talent management processes in business realities that can be useful for executives and staff of SMEs. It grants them the chance to acquaint themselves to key issues and tools in the field as well as follow and become aware of new practices they can adopt in their line of work.
Price: free; it requires a registration as a member for full access.
05 Retaining Talent
Employee retention is the strategy and action of an employer to ensure that its talents, experienced and capable employees, are retained within the company for the long-term. As part of the employee retention actions of their talent management strategy, companies and organizations must undertake different measures to make sure that skilled employees continue to work for the company for the maximum possible period of time.
Exploring the tools catalogued here, you can find resources such as podcasts and digital tools that can help you elevate your knowledge and understanding of the retention strategies and means as well as become aware of approaches used by successful managers and organizations. Additionally, an array of online platforms which can be utilized to help you in effectively work on maintaining your skilled employees is also being made available.
Tool 01 Elite Business Academy Podcast: How to Motivate & Retain your staff
Talent Management Pilar: Motivate, Retain
Link: Elite Business Academy Podcast: How to Motivate & Retain your staff
Source: Elite Business Academy
Type of Tool: Podcast
Target Group: Intermediate ; HR / Managers / Executives
Languages: English
Description
A podcast that provides listeners insight into motivation and retaining techniques that companies can adopt to ensure elevated satisfaction and lower turnover of their staff. The audio clip provides listeners specific steps and ideas on how to reach a working atmosphere to encourage their employees to stay.
Scope/Objectives
The podcast aims to help leaders / HR responsible for retaining their staff with simple, day-to-day practices.
Applicapility
The podcast can be accessed through different devices and can be listened to in a piece or split up. Most importantly, its key concepts and notions are presented in an easy to understand language avoiding over-complicated terms.
Price: The podcast is free.
Tool 02 Transform your workplace
Talent Management Pilar: Check-in, General, Introduction; Motivate; Retain
Link: “Transform your workplace” podcast
Type of Tool: Podcast
Target Group: Talent Management Beginner to Advanced
Languages: English
Description
The ‘Transform Your Workplace’ Podcast features a series of interviews and audio presentations on Human Resources for Small Businesses. The podcast covers every aspect of Talent Management hosting industry experts, thought-leaders, HR experts and entrepreneurs who discuss and introduce ideas that can transform the workings of an organization. Each episode focuses on a new topic, ranging from HR, communication and culture to business growth, leadership and workplace trends and listeners can pick up tips, tools and insights they can use to enhance their effectiveness in Human Resources and Talent Management.
Scope/Objectives
The podcast intends to provide advice and tips, building up the knowledge and skills of SME executives and managers so that they can transform their workplace into a friendlier more attractive and effective environment.
Applicapility
The tool can easily be set-up and used by any SME who wants to attract new staff, it is easily accessible from any place with internet connection.
Price: The podcasts is available for free.
Tool 03 HR Zone – Talent Retention
Talent Management Pilar: General, Attract, Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: HRZONE > Talent Retention
Type of Tool: Online Talent Management and HR Platform
Target Group: HR Beginners to Advanced
Languages: English
Description
HRZone.com is an online platform that serves as a go-to destination for HR professionals and business leaders looking for advice, guidance, opinions and up-to-date information on how the working life and responsibilities of the modern HR professional are being shaped. The site serves as an online human resources publication helping global HR professionals adapt to the ever-shifting demands of a rapidly-changing world.
Scope/Objectives
The tool seeks to educate and inform users about HR and Talent Management, also keeping them up to date with the latest trends, debates and key developments.
Applicapility
This resource provides up-to-date information & good practices information about modern talent management processes in business realities that can be useful for executives and staff of SMEs. It grants them the chance to acquaint themselves to key issues and tools in the field as well as follow and become aware of new practices they can adopt in their line of work.
Price: free; it requires a registration as a member for full access.
Tool 04 Motivosity social platform
Talent Management Pilar: Motivate, Retain
Link: Motivosity Social Platform
Source: Motivosity
Type of Tool: Social Platform, App
Target Group: Basic experience / Executives / HR / Employees
Languages: English
Description
Motivosity is a peer recognition and employee feedback software platform via which employees can recognize and express their appreciation to their co-workers for their contribution to the company. It is also a useful tool for companies to build up the collaboration between their team and elevate engagement. Through the motivosity platform, employees and managers can thank each other with small monetary rewards for the great work that is being done. The appreciations are then posted in a social feed for everyone in the company to see – which improves collaboration and employee satisfaction.
Scope/Objectives
Employees are equally enthused about having the ability to praise someone, as they are about receiving praise publicly. Two core needs: employees want to be appreciated and visible – they want peers and supervisors to have insight into what they’re doing. The open currency and rewards show employees that the recognition system isn’t a cheap game, but a legit way for employees to be a part of an organization where great work is valued.
Applicapility
The platform and its features can be used by any organizations that want to give employees control of monetary rewards and provide their team an organization chart.
Price: Free trial version available.
Tool 05 MentorcliQ
Talent Management Pilar: Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: MentorcliQ – Virtual Employee Mentoring
Source: MentorcliQ
Type of Tool: Online Platform, App
Target Group: Managers, Executives, HR Staff, Employees
Languages: English
Description
75% of millennials in employment state that they would like a mentor in work. Thus, taking into consideration that millennials will soon make up the majority of the workforce, it is important that employers invest in their mentoring supports for employees. Mentorcliq allows employers to build a bespoke mentoring programme for their company using its portal where all processes are managed via the online platform that involves employees creating accounts and then being matched with suitable mentors in the client company. Mentorcliq also allows mentoring partnerships to set and achieve common goals for the mentoring partnership. The platform also provides structure, support and guidance to employees participating in the mentoring programme.
Scope/Objectives
Mentorcliq is a full-featured mentoring software system for recruiting, enrolling, matching, managing, and measuring mentoring participants. It is based on a four-step process to set up and facilitate mentoring. The first is ‘launch’, this is where you engage employees in mentoring. The next is ‘match’ where employees are matched with their mentor. Following this is ‘mentor’ where individual employees work together to achieve mentoring goals. The final step is called ‘measure’ where Mentorcliq uses key performance metrics to assess how mentoring partnerships are progressing and what improvements can be made.
Applicapility
This platform helps to take the hassle out of setting up and managing an in-house mentoring programme by providing a platform where the matches can be made, monitored and managed.
Price: The platform offers a free demo-trial version and interested parties need to contact Mentorcliq in order to set it up and if interested explore the packages and pricing options for the full-fledged programme.
Tool 06 Clear Company Talent Management Platform
Talent Management Pilar: Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: ClearCompany Talent Management Platform
Source: ClearCompany
Type of Tool: Online Platform
Target Group: Intermediate to Advanced; Managers, Executives, HR Staff
Languages: English
Description
ClearCompany offers a holistic talent management support to businesses of all sizes, providing HR managers and employers with a wide array of resources and tools as well as examples to help them design tailored and engaging on-boarding programmes for new recruits. These include a range of tips and “do’s” and “don’t’s” for proper onboarding as well as a dedicated online portal where employers can register new recruits and develop their own onboarding programme, that is tailored to their company and each individual recruit. This portal also allows other team members from the same company to create profiles and provide online support to the new recruit while it can also be used by employers to track the progress of new employees and to prepare for performance appraisals of new staff.
Scope/Objectives
ClearCompany aims to support companies to attract, develop and retain what they term as ‘A Players’. It wishes to secure ideal candidates for all clients and then to support them in further developing their talent.
Applicapility
ClearCompany can be used by SMEs who want to get the most out of new staff in their companies. With this on-boarding portal, SMEs can create tailored onboarding programmes, create user accounts online and then the portal facilitate the new employees so that they get the support they need. As such, it is a useful tool for SMEs who want to develop their onboarding processes.
Price: ClearCompany allows different pricing options based on client needs. They offer programmes which grant full access to the platform, and also modular programmes, which allow client companies to choose whether they want to access the application tracking, onboarding or performance management sections of the platform.
Tool 07 Netigate Surveys
Talent Management Pilar: Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: Netigate Surveys
Source: Netigate
Type of Tool: online surveys and analysis tools – with apps available
Target Group: Ranges from small businesses to large enterprises
Languages: English
Description
A platform for online surveys and analysis tools that provides a simple yet effective way for companies to evaluate their employees’ engagement and status. Consequently, managers and HR professionals have access to ‘real-time’ and comprehensive insights on the status of their team allowing them to design and undertake their approach and strategy of engagement in order to ensure their development, elevated motivation and as a result lower turnover of staff.
Scope/Objectives
The platform presents a highly effective tool that allows companies to collect information and feedback from employees in regards to their operations and staff engagement, affording managers and executives with invaluable insights that can guide them in developing their talent management strategy.
Applicapility
This tool is designed to fit everything from a Micro-enterprise to larger organizations while its surveys/templates are very easy to use both via desktops and mobile phones.
Price: There is a 30-days free trial on each of the three levels the tool is available. Following, interested companies are required to send a price request to be given a quote based on the number of users and employees.
Tool 08 Cornerstone Solutions
Talent Management Pilar: General, Attract, Develop, Motivate, Retain
Link: Cornerstone Solutions
Type of Tool: Talent Management Software – cloud based
Target Group: HR Intermediate to Advanced
Languages: 60 Languages
Description
Cornerstone is a comprehensive platform that offers an end-to-end integrated, people-centric Talent Management suite that helps companies identify, attract the best talent as well as motivate and further develop it so that it can contribute to their success. At the same time, it affords the tools and the capacity for them to engage their staff and help them further their knowledge and skills to fulfill their career and personal goals in their everyday work.
Scope/Objectives
This tool is designed to support the entire Talent Management Process as well as parts of traditional HR tasks offering dynamic technology to support both company executives and their employees in developing skills, coaching for growth to creating a culture that engages and inspires.
Applicapility
This tool is an advanced resource to support for companies of all sizes and is designed to accommodate any local and any language or regulation.
Price: Interested parties can book a demo for this tool and then can request a quote directly from the platform.
All resources published here have been made available for free use under a creative commons license deed allowing free, non commercial use with reference to the authors and funding programme. (CC BY-NC 4.0) Click here to access the license deed.
Training Programme
“The most valuable assets for your business success in these volatile days are people. But not just any people:
Motivated, high performing people,
Their skills and knowledge
Their creative potential and
Their openness to learn and grow.
Talent Management 4.0 seems to be the most promising approach for small and medium-sized enterprises to attract and maintain these key people and talents to better deal with a fast-changing world and developments like digitisation, automation, demographic change and globalisation.”
The Talent 4.0 project partnership has developed a modular training programme with accompanying resources targeted to support SMEs on their journey to setting up their own talent management system. The training programme consists of five interconnected modules:
- Check-in to Talent Management for Industry 4.0 (Module 01)
- Attract – How to find best-fit and attract the right people (Module 02)
- Identify and Build-Up the talents of your team (Module 03)
- Motivate – Establishing a high performance culture (Module 04)
- Retain – Offering prospects for lasting commitment (Module 05)
To download the overall curriculum of the training programme please click here.
Please click on the appropriate areas below to access the training programme contents.
M1: Check-in to Talent Management 4.0
This module will support you to understand the necessity and the background of modern talent management and how it can help you to improve your HR activities to better achieve your business goals – find the right people, put them in the right position and make them want to stay.
It will guide you with your first steps like talent definitions, strategy design and competency modelling.
Unit 01: Talent Management 4.0 – what is it and why should I buy into it?
This learning unit sensitizes you for carefully looking at the definition of talent (in a business context) as something highly subjective, individual, and agile that is driven by specific organizational and sector demands and nothing universal. E.g., products and services in many industries are changing due to digitization. This change directly affects the specific demands regarding professional know-how and skills. Talent therefore is nothing static, rather something constantly evolving. This unit aims for sharpening the reflection on “Talent Management for Industry 4.0 demands” for your business and helping you steer your focus to what really matters.
Topics:
- Societal, cultural and economic factors that impact on businesses and their Talent Management efforts
- Approaches to Talent and Talent Management
- Talent Management for Industry 4.0 / SMEs and what it is specifically.
- Typical elements of an inclusive Talent Management Model
- Formulating a creed and identifying the essence of your business – creating the first step towards Talent Management
Materials:
Unit 01 – Getting started with Talent Management 4.0
Unit 02: Creating your own Talent Management Strategy
This learning unit helps you to draw your attention to the key factors critical to your success in order to connect your talent management actions with your business strategy, current and future internal and external factors that influence your business. This is a necessary preparatory step to take in order to create a sustainable talent management system. A good talent management strategy is able to clearly identify and address current challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic, digitization, automation, shortage of specialized workforce, cultural change, climate change and others.
Topics
- Ingredients of a successful talent strategy
- Analysis of situation and definition of goals
- Design of a talent management strategy action plan
Materials
Unit 03: Getting started with Talent segmentation and building of competencies
This final learning unit of Module 01 consists of very important core steps towards successful talent management. It enables you to clearly define competencies and behaviors critical to your success, identify crucial talent (segments) and systematically assess and plan for the future.
If these steps are done properly, they will support all your important talent management efforts and HR processes to be successful. These tasks form the preliminary stage of all future talent analytics and web 4.0-based activities.
Topics
- Talent Segmentation
- Competency models and planning
- Tools for your next talent management steps
Materials
Unit 03 – Getting started with Talent segmentation and building of competencies
Additional Resources
Self-assessment form for Module 01 to check your knowledge
Module 01 Checklist – the most important steps for getting started with Talent Management 4.0
M2: Attracting Talent
In the war for talent, having a strong brand can help the organization attract and retain the most talented employees. Candidates want to work for employers with great reputations; who are known for fairness, flexibility, independence, strong leadership and opportunities for growth. In this module we will take a close look at what an employer brand is all about, why it matters and the factors that make up an employer brand. We will see how some employer brands attract top talent, the impact it has on profits, explains how to build an employer brand to attract talent and keep it compelling and relevant. Become the company people dream of working for; build your brand as a top employer
Unit 01 – Employer Brand Defined
This unit explain what an employer brand is and why you might want to start paying more attention to this topic. An employer brand is the market perception of what it’s like to work for an organization. In other words, it’s the image that your perspective, current and past employees have in their minds about the employment experience at your company. It’s based on a number of factors, including your company culture, work environment and employee benefits. Every company has an employer brand. The key is to manage your employer brand so that your reputation with perspective, current and past employees, all of whom may become future customers, is one that you’re proud to call your own.
All of this content will help you increase employee satisfaction, improve loyalty, attract higher quality candidates, and your employer brand to become stronger every day.
Topics
- The employer brand
- The components of an employer brand
- Steps through the employer branding process / cycle
- A business case
Materials:
Unit 02 – Employer Branding to attract talent
In this unit you will learn how the best employer brands attract talent. Because, with someone else’s ‘brand replica’ it won’t go very far. How they differ and stand out from the competition, with magnetic leaders putting employees first and with a clear business goal; SME business realities can also bring awareness to their brand in a more authentic way. When individuals feel connected and engaged with an organization, they are more receptive to messages about the brand and curious about employment opportunities.
Topics
- Steps for creating the employer brand, differentiating yourself and standing out from the competition.
- Definition of Employer Value Proposition
- Development of an overall Talent Strategy
- Identification of elements candidates look for in an employer
- Impact on customers and profits
- An example of Employer Value Proposition
Materials
Unit 03 – Building your brand to attract talent
This unit intends to communicate to you what today candidates really hope to see when they are evaluating potential employers. It helps you to build your employer brand to attract talent and become one of those companies they want to work for. How to appeal to the self-centric candidates, the importance of the company’s workplace, image and website communication, and what makes an employer brand compelling, providing positive work and favorable work experience.
In SMEs, with a strong and coherent strategy to attract, engage and connect with talents, managers can build relationships and better understand the audience they target with the recruitment of marketing activities. Even with innovative tools offered by Industry 4.0.
Topics
- What candidates really hope to see when they are evaluating potential employers
- How to build your employer brand to attract talent and become a company candidates want to work for.
- How to appeal to self-centric candidates
- Communicating your brand and employees as brand ambassadors
- Digital tools for increasing the range of your employer brand
- What makes an employer brand compelling, providing positive work and favorable work experience?
Materials
M3: Developing Talent
This module focuses on employee development and its importance for companies and SMEs as one of the most important talent management practices. It will provide you with a good introduction to the concept of employee development, to obtain a basic understanding of the process as well as guide you to commence working on introducing good practices and helpful digital tools in the workings of your organisation.
Unit 01 – What is Employee Development?
The unit will clearly define what we mean by the term employee development, so to help you get a clear conception of the term. Most importantly, it will clearly demonstrate the importance of employee development for enterprises in order to both ensure greater efficiency and productivity and to be competitive in their field, as well as a way to further motivate their staff, especially millennials, and elevate their capacity to retain valuable employees. Finally, it will clearly demonstrate the difference between development and training as a means to ensure a clear comprehension of the term.
Topics
- Definition of Employee Development
- Employee Development Vs Training
- Employee Development Strategy
Materials
Unit 02 – Employee Development Plan
This unit will help you to understand what an employee development plan is, showcasing the different forms it can have. Moreover, it will present the different steps companies and managers can take in formulating an employee development plan emphasizing the need to get staff involved in the process, invest in both personal and professional development as well as constantly evaluating and monitoring the process.
This unit will introduce and highlight the importance of putting a structured employee development plan in place, one that ensures that SMEs’ drive, support and help their employees to grow and be conducted in an effective manner. Most importantly, it will provide SME executives with guidelines on how to proceed in setting such a plan in place.
Topics
- The process of setting in place an Employee Development plan
- Different types of employee development plans
Materials
Unit 02 – Employee Development Plan
Exercise – Employee Development Plan
Worksheet – Personal Growth Plan
Unit 03 – Implementing an Effective Development Plan
This unit builds on the terms and concepts already presented in this module and aims to afford you with advice, also directing you to good practices and useful tools, in order to pursue the development of your staff. In doing so, it highlights the role of executives in this process as well as the importance of good internal communication for effective employee development to be achieved. Most importantly, it introduces learners to methods, tools and ways they can use in order to set and successfully implement an employee development plan.
This unit can be the “go to guide” for SME executives when they are in the process of developing and implementing employee development schemes. It will provide them with practical tips as well as a list of effective tools and approaches they can apply throughout this process.
Topics
- Internal communication and Employee Development
- Methods, tools and approaches for employee development
Materials
Unit 03 – Implementing effective development plan
Exercise – Employee development in SMEs
M4: Motivating Talent
This module aims to help participants to understand that employee motivation is one of the biggest management concerns. In order to successfully motivate employees, it´s necessary to understand what it is that motivates and drives them. Employee motivation is defined as the level of energy, commitment, persistence and creativity that a company’s workers bring to their jobs. In general, better employee motivation leads to better engagement and productivity.
We have a lack of skilled and talented workers on the labor market. Therefore, the companies must make efforts to motivate and retain their employee’s talents. This module will raise awareness for the topic “Motivation” of employees. A new generation often called ‘Gen Z’ is entering the full-time workforce. Now is the time to learn more about how their expectations and goals can mesh successfully with your workplace culture.
Unit 01 – Employee Motivation – in theory
In order to successfully motivate your employees, you really need to understand the theory of motivation. Once you have understood these basics, you can also apply them well in practice. This unit deals with understanding employees motivations.
Topics
- The role of motivation in determining employee performance.
- The theory – Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
- What motivates employees
- Classifying the basic needs of employees
Materials
Unit 02 – How to measure employee motivation
It is difficult to grow your small business if you cannot measure the motivation level of your employees. Employing methods to gauge worker engagement and energy can make the job of increasing these factors easier.
Employee motivation is one of the key factors that determines the success of any organization. Organizations having motivated employees are ranked in the top percentile. Rewards, job characteristics, salary, working conditions, recognition and appreciation, training and development, job security, performance appraisal, promotion, leadership etc. are the factors that motivate people in the workplace. It is difficult to grow your small business if you cannot measure the motivation level of your employees.
Topics
- Checklist How to measure employee motivation
- Indicators to measure employee motivation
- Methods, Instruments for performance measurement
- Motivating Employees through Performance Appraisals
Materials
Slides and resources Unit 02 – How to measure employee motivation
Unit 03 – How to improve employee motivation
Employee motivation is a critical aspect at the workplace which leads to the performance of the department and even the company. Improve employees motivation needs to be a regular routine. Every employee is different, and not the same things motivate them. However, there are a few employee motivation tips every employer should follow. This unit will deal with methods and ways on how to improve employee motivation.
Topics
At the end of this learning unit you will be able to improve Employee Motivation with helpful tips and best practice by:
- Improving internal communications
- Building a positive workplace environment
- Creating a positive company culture
- Motivating / Rewarding your employees
- Tips on how to improve Employee Motivation
Materials
Unit 03 Slides and Resources – How to Improve Employee Motivation
M5: Retaining Talent
This module will focus on talent retention in organizations. Companies nowadays move in a rapidly changing and highly complex environment, so human resources experts and managers are well aware of the importance of human capital or, as it is now often called, human talent. In this way, and taking into account the competitiveness that exists between companies in terms of talent, we consider it important to talk about the aspects to be taken into account in the retention process. Throughout this module, we will talk about the importance of establishing a good work climate, the performance and career management within the company and the alignment of employees towards the company´s goal.
This module is designed to help managers and HR professionals in SMEs develop them talent retention`s key aspects. In addition, a series of tools will be provided to facilitate the implementation process in the organizations.
Unit 01 – Strong Organisational Culture
Organizational culture refers to the shared assumptions, values, and beliefs that affect the behavior of employees. This module will address key aspects of talent retention in terms of organizational culture as well as company values, transparency, flexibility and leadership style. It will also include some tools to help companies achieve a good working environment in order to retain relevant talent.
This module will help to promote an optimal organizational culture to promote talent retention. The information provided can be applied in any company that wants to develop innovative ways of retaining talent.
Topics
- Organizational Culture
- Organizational characteristics that promote talent retention
- How to improve organizational alignment
Materials
Unit 02 – Performance and Career Management
It is commonly said when companies invest in employees, employees invest in companies – with satisfaction, engagement and longevity. It is exactly for this reason that this module will deal with aspects related to training, performance and career management in order to help organizations to improve the commitment of their employees. In addition, resources will be provided and companies can access for information about how to enhance the desire of its employees to stay in the company voluntarily and feeling part of it.
This module can help companies to develop action plans that help their employees’ loyalty in a dynamic way.
Topics
At the end of this learning unit you will be able to improve Employee Motivation with helpful tips and best practice by:
- Improving internal communications
- Building a positive workplace environment
- Creating a positive company culture
- Motivating / Rewarding your employees
- Tips on how to improve Employee Motivation
Materials
Unit 02 Slides and Resources – Performance and career management
Unit 03 – How to Improve Employee Alignment
Why is employee alignment with organizational objectives so important? How do you effectively communicate the company’s goals, values and mission to your entire workforce?
For answering these questions, the first thing that must be done is to define what organizational alignment is and its importance. Also, we must know which are the steps that need be taken to develop it.
Topics
- Organizational Alignment
- The sense of belonging
- How to improve organizational alignment
Materials
Slides and resources Unit 03 – How to improve employee alignment
ll resources published here have been made available for free use under a creative commons license deed allowing free, non commercial use with reference to the authors and funding programme. (CC BY-NC 4.0) Click here to access the license deed.
Guide for education and integration of hydrogen technology. As part of the Green H2VR project, a guideline was developed to record the experiences and results gathered during the project. On the other hand, the guide is intended to support educational institutions or companies in implementing the Green H2VR app so that integration into existing (vocational) education and training programmes can be facilitated.
Evaluation report GreenH2VR. Summary of the study with almost 100 apprentices and the results on the use of virtual reality in vocational training.
Only available in German.
GreenH2VR Virtual Reality App. VR app to raise awareness of hydrogen technology. If you are interested, simply fill out the contact form on this website and request the licence-free VR app. A demo video is visible below.
The App is only available in German.
Online internships: 30 multilingual online modules are developed with different elements, such as interviews, a virtual tour of the company, research tasks, e-learning sequences, quizzes and practical tasks that students can try at home. The companies develop their own virtual modules with us using these predefined elements, but contribute their experience, expertise and ideas to make it a perfect fit.
Recommendations for action for the successful use of VR in vocational training. Tips and advice on introducing VR for education and training. Only available in German.
Evaluation report on the DigiLernSicher field study. Summary of the study with over 100 apprentices and the results on the use of virtual reality in vocational training. Only available in German.
DigiLernSicher Virtual Reality App. VR App for electricians to practice checking the basic protection in a flat. If you are interested in downloading, fill out the contact form and request the VR App. A demo video is visible below.
The App is only available in German.
Training Programme for Work-Based Learning Staff and Professionals. The training programme aims at bridging the gap between analogue and digital VET training programmes.While the former is based on face-to-face learning contexts, the latter is introducing modern and digital instruments that enable distance work-based learning.
