Editor’s Note

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Remote workers. In most cases, you have never met any of these people face-to-face. You hire them, work with them, and dismiss them remotely. While this happened less frequently in the pre-COVID-19 world, it is the forced norm in the during-COVID-19 world.
 

When it is “over,” while many people will go back to work onsite, the work-from-home contingent will still be much larger than it was before. Yes, remote work will become a norm for many companies in the coming months/years.

Featured on the cover, this month, is Tzachi Zack's COVID-19: Secured Remote Hiring, Working, And Dismissing, where he lists down the best practices for secured remote hiring, working and dismissing.

Many organizations invest plenty of money and time in designing the perfect customer journey: each step is meticulously thought through, planned out and executed. It is a shame that lots of these companies forget to attach as much importance to the journey of staff development and in particular, to employee onboarding.

The significance of proper onboarding programs cannot be understated. Teams that fully embrace effective onboarding programs are able to cut time-to-productivity down significantly, whilst giving staff an enjoyable and valuable experience. Learn more in Inês Sobral's Why Bother With Onboarding?

We also bring you the excerpts from a podcast that talks about The Vital Impact of Data in Shaping the Future of Work. Also featured in this edition are two interviews where experts talk about how COVID-19 has impacted their business and workforce, and how they are facing the challenges the pandemic has brought in.

Also read, How To Effectively Recruit Engineers In 2020 by Chris Specht and Cultivating A More Diverse Board by Dan Grosh, among others featured this month.

That is not all! We also bring you several other hand-picked articles in this edition of Talent Acquisition Excellence.

As always, happy reading and don't forget to send us your feedback.
 

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