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Design intern turned delivery boy?
A bizarre hiring story
Mariam Mushtaq
September 15, 2023
Welcome to the latest edition of EngageWith!
This HR newsletter is like your morning coffee, giving you tips and ideas to brighten up your workplace.
In this edition, you’ll find:
1. Wait what? Design intern turned delivery boy? 😂
2. 40% increase in Employee Engagement 📈
3. Quick question: What would you do? 🤔
4. What’s hot in HR: AI skills on the rise 🤖
5. Hack of the week: The Eisenhower Box 📦
Design intern turned delivery boy?😂
Imagine applying for a design internship and getting the role of Delivery boy.
Something similar happened with Yash Acharya when he applied at Zepto for a Product designer internship.
To his surprise, he received an email suggesting he'd be a great fit for a "Delivery Boy (Mumbai) role at Zepto!" He shared a screenshot of the email, commenting that he had applied for a product designer position.
The post quickly gained traction and caught the attention of Zepto's co-founder and CTO, Kaivalya Vohra. Vohra promptly reached out to Acharya, asking him to share his CV, indicating a genuine interest in his application.
A 40% increase in employee engagement 📈
Signeasy is a leading eSignature solution. Signeasy helps businesses and professionals expedite paperwork, close deals faster, cut costs, and improve the customer experience by offering the ability to sign, send, and manage documents online.
How?
They implemented EngageWith, which allowed them to automate and streamline the recognition process, leading to increased employee satisfaction and motivation.
How does this work?
Inclusive and Transparent Recognition: Signeasy's approach allowed employees to nominate their colleagues for awards, fostering camaraderie. All recognitions were visible to the entire organization, promoting a culture of appreciation and transparency.
Data-Driven and Customizable Engagement: Utilizing EngageWith's analytics, Signeasy tracked engagement metrics to make informed decisions. They also customized awards based on company values, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
By integrating these strategies, Signeasy fostered a more cohesive and motivated work environment.
Quick Question: What would you do? 🤔
GlobalTech has always been about long work hours and hitting targets. They've now teamed up with GreenTech, where breaks and mental health are top priorities. This difference is causing tension:
GlobalTech sees GreenTech as too relaxed, while GreenTech feels overwhelmed by GlobalTech's intensity.
As the HR lead, how do you help them find common ground?What would you do in this situation? |
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What’s hot in HR? 🔥
 | Unable to raise funds, Dunzo delayed salary payments once again to October. Read more here. |
 | Ex-worker sues Goldman Sachs, claims his role caused 'mental health’ issues. Read more here. |
 | More and more jobs are requiring AI skills and workers around the world say they want to learn those skills, but few have been offered any such training in the last year, according to new research. Read more here |
The Eisenhower Box 📦
The Eisenhower Box, also known as the Urgent-Important Matrix, is a time management tool that helps you decide on and prioritize tasks by urgency and importance, sorting out less urgent and important tasks that you should either delegate or not spend much time on.
Using the Eisenhower Box can help you prioritize tasks effectively, ensuring that you spend your time and energy on tasks that truly matter and contribute to your goals.
To assist you in implementing this technique, we've prepared a free template and checklist to get started. (We won’t you to miss out on this)
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