EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE HIRING PRACTICE   Online assessment centres (AC’s) have emerged as a game-changer. These digital platforms are revolutionising talent identification, offering efficiency and benefits for those striving towards ‘greener HR’ targets. I recently conducted an online AC for Industrial Psychology interns in 2024, and the experience was not only highly effective, but the […]

In our pursuit of a cleaner and more sustainable global energy landscape, a critical facet that demands our attention is the just energy transition. This transformative shift not only holds the promise of environmental renewal but also carries the potential to reshape the socio-economic dynamics of our societies. To navigate this intricate path successfully, harnessing […]

If you follow AIMS South Africa on LinkedIn you will see our previous post about the potential challenges of remote and hybrid workers (see here if you missed it). We also introduced our new service offering: Work From Home Readiness Surveys (see here). Surveys in themselves can be quite controversial because often the response to […]

The world we live in is ever evolving. The latest industrial revolution is driven by digital transformation. From information communication technologies, social networks to artificial intelligence and augmented reality innovations. We live in a state of flux. And while many companies across the world are rapidly adopting new digital technologies, employees constantly need to adapt […]

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Often, candidates may be overwhelmed when asked to complete psychometric assessments as part of a recruitment or development programme, especially if it is presented in an ‘old fashioned’ school test format. For younger candidates, it can feel repetitive and sometimes even boring. Today, there is a great alternative, namely gamified assessments. Gamified assessments take robust, scientific psychometric tests and present these as a game where you […]

Talent mapping is a proactive approach used to forecast long-term hiring needs and subsequently cultivate organisational support for new roles over time. Putting your organisation’s goals top of mind, it builds a competency map to achieve these goals by assessing the current skills in the business, identifying the gaps and recruit and / or develop […]

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Recruiting and onboarding the right culture fit employees for a business is a tough and delicate process. Human staff – unlike elements, machinery, and tools for trade, are not inanimate with universally fitted specifications – have personalities, ideas and varied levels of expertise that must be treated and compensated differently according to different outputs.  It […]

Although Africa has never been a sleeping giant awaiting to be roused by any foreign aid, the “Africa Rising” narrative is not without merit. Undoubtedly, Africa has always been rich with mineral resources, arable land, diverse markets, and human capital. Political upheavals have wrought instability in African countries since colonial seizures and subsequent freedom fighting […]

In the lush, large African plains and savannahs adorned by the heights of the Maluti mountains, stretched north by the Okavango delta and its wildlife inhabitants who roam up to the pride lands of the Masai Mara, up the Serengeti to the Nile, lies a vibrant, youthful, and booming economy that is over 1,4 billion […]