HRCap CEO Andrew Sungsoo Kim Honored as 2024 NJBIZ Executive of the Year (HRCap Newsletter Issue #279 - Oct. 23, 2024)

Our Founder, CEO and President, Andrew Sungsoo Kim has been selected as NJBIZ's 2024 Executive of the Year for his excellent leadership and professional excellence.

Please join us in congratulating him on this well-deserved achievement and celebrating this momentous occasion with us.

Employee morale and engagement are vital for maintaining a thriving, energized workplace.

Explore and apply the seven effective strategies to elevate employee morale and achieve higher retention, increased productivity, and a positive work culture.

HRCap's Chief Marketing Officer, Stella H. Kim, writes her tenth Korea Daily expert column of 2024 about shifting from "Culture Fit" to "Culture Add."

She shares how the 9 HRCap STAR Transformational Leadership Traits can help guide both organizations and professionals to drive the evolution of corporate culture and ultimately organizational growth and business success.

October 2024 Insight: Indeed identified top 10 transferable skills that professionals can acquire to strengthen their resumes. After analyzing market research with candidate feedback and LinkedIn data, HRCap identified the top 10 acquired industry-agnostic skills among the current active bilingual candidate pool as: Leadership (21.1%), Communication (20.7%), Teamwork (18.8%), Organization (17.7%), Technical Literacy (9.5%), Decision-Making (4.4%), Adaptability (4.2%), Initiative (2.0%), Dependability (1.2%), and Empathy (0.4%).

While this data highlights the skills needed to be effective in any job, it also shows that social-emotional skills such as empathy are still lacking in the workplace. As organizations begin to prioritize candidates’ soft skills more than just their education, candidates must learn to proactively develop new skills and transfer existing skills to become indispensable.

Our SVP, Head of Americas & Chief Marketing Officer Stella H. Kim’s August Expert Column with Korea Daily (JoongAng Ilbo) echoes this point and presents the “7 HRCap Non-Negotiable Soft Skills” that forward-thinking organizations are looking for in candidates. We highly encourage all professionals to invest in their transferable soft skills and strive to be the futuristic critical talent that organizations wish to work with.

HRCap leverages strategic interview questions and assessment tools to evaluate if candidates have competency in the “7 HRCap Non-Negotiable Soft Skills.” We encourage all clients to thoroughly screen candidates on these 7 skills to ensure cultural fit for an effective and sustainable hire.