| | AUGUST - 2023MANAGEHRMAGAZINE.COM19them happy in the workplace. HR need to strategize retention strategies to reduce the drain of talent from the company. Increasing monetary values in C&B can help, but it does not last long. Engaging with talents at emotions so employers and employees can connect well is significant to win together. A trusting relationship can last. From this perspective, employers should engage more and harder in building great memories together with employees in post-pandemic times that create loyalty. This includes enhancing employee recognition, reforming employee well-being policies, and reinforcing communications (vertical & horizontal) in a timely and effective manner to cultivate a solid transparent work culture. Retaining an organization's incumbent stars and talents has been a top concern.· 2nd R ­ Recruit: How to attract "RIGHT" talents. Relying on traditional recruitment methods is deemed a failure in today's competitive recruitment market. It has been known as the "Talent War," in which fighting to hire the "right" talents has become increasingly competitive since the pandemic's start. Companies remaining single hiring channels with Job advertisement will definitely lag behind. I see this as "Passive Recruitment." Companies with "Proactive Recruitment" strategies can easily reach the winning position in the talent war. Engineering in a good employer's brand will pave the way for effective recruitment and attract more top talents to reach the recruiters instead. This has been seen in more efforts spent by HR on employer brand promotion for creating unique employer values and attractiveness and being regarded as "recruitment marketing."· 3rd R ­ Re-energise: How to re-energize the workforce to reach performance success by talent development regardless of gender, age, or seniority at work. Pandemic restrictions that created division of people contact easily gloomed staff cohesiveness due to hygiene and safety concerns. Re-energizers to enhance teamwork and team spirit are necessary to create openness and remove subconscious practices affected by masks. These can include any group training and development initiatives, celebrating any staff events and achievements, and new company projects that encourage people to gather and work together to reach and celebrate success.2. What keeps you up at night when it comes to some of the major predicaments in the HR Industry?In the hotel industry in Hong Kong, HR is facing a drastic return of business volume - high occupancy in recent months. The number of travelers and diners increased with the release of travel restrictions from The Government and Mainland China. By far, the need for additional manning to commensurate the volume of business is a hot topic and intensifies the "Talent Wars" involving hiring at all levels of staff. How we may continue to create an attractive employer brand, maintain wide and accessible hiring sources and channels, execute timely screening, interview and confirm candidates, and retain positive onboarding experience are major competition among HRs from different organizations. As an HR leader, I must keep myself open to all unconventional ways to my HR
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