Wim Verlinden observes that many employers and recruitment partners still do not put enough effort into optimising their recruitment process. In “Customer experience en rekrutering: de recruiter als sleutelpersoon voor een sterk employer brand!” he highlights the crucial role of the recruiter for a successful candidate journey, points out points of interest and discusses 11 tools for implementing a sukesful candidate journey in practice.

When one thinks of “innovative remuneration”, one quickly thinks of all kinds of interesting things that can be offered to employees, where the difference between gross and net is as small as possible. In her article, Jo Vandenbossche discusses a practical exercise in “innovative remuneration” in which an additional variable remuneration system is linked to individual and collective objectives, with the aim of setting up a fair and equitable construction as an important objective.

The Corona pandemic was partly at the root of one of the most profound work revolutions of recent decades. In “Het leven zoals het is…op kantoor 2.0”, Hervé Heesterbeek argues that when organising hybrid working, we should not only focus on employees who like to work from home, but also on those who like to come to the office for (several) days. Indeed, when focusing fully on employee wellbeing, both a sound home-working policy and a work-friendly office environment are essential.

In the thoroughly elaborated “Levenslang Leren als een prikkelend refrein”, Christa Van Oostende argues for an honest, pluralistic approach to lifelong learning. Of course, this goes beyond slogans, politicised framing, and statistics stripped out of context. She plays with misplaced war rhetoric one last time. Undoubtedly, after reading this article, you will forever exchange the ‘War for Talent’ chants for tantalising refrains of lifelong learning.