Sonnie’s Porch

This is a top view of the Jobs Fair held at one of SM Supermalls in the Philippines. A similar jobs fair is held simultaneously in all ShoeMart Malls nationwide, including the world’s 3rd largest  Mall, SM Mall Of Asia.

This is SM’s way of celebrating Labor Day (May 1, 2008).

As a result of our cerebral activity last week, I volunteered to be part of a group who will review the performance management system of the company where I’m presently engaged.

I believe in a competitive environment, every enterprise has to evolve and adopt to present determinants to ensure it’s corporate goals are achieved, and operate to earn. There’s a lot to fight for out there, thus, a company must remain attractive. In my opinion, there are at least two crucial elements that a company must keep, otherwise it will affect it’s profitability. Customer Loyalty and Employee Loyalty.

Both customers and employees share common factors why they chose to be loyal. (1) The company brand (image or reputation) and (2) Value for money. On customers view, the value they get from the price they pay, and on employees perspective, the value they get (terms and conditions of employment) from the service they render.

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For about 2 nights, I was chatting with a fellow blogger about her job hunting efforts who just graduated from a top university.

As an HR practitioner, I gave her 2 quick tips to start on the right direction as far as her career is concern.

1. Choose a career not a job.
2. Choose a company where she can stay for a minimum of 2 years.

Applicants who can’t stay for a company for at least 2 years is a turn off to most head hunters. There are only few companies who can tolerate such, and even encourage prospective candidates to turn their backs on there present employer for a price. In my opinion, this is not healthy because organizational loyalty will be defined by a price tag.

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