#254: Kiran Chennadi on building employee engagement strategy for remote companies and best practices to hire better and retain employees.

“The key factor of employee retention is continuous employee engagement.”

In this episode of The Shape of Work podcast, we interacted with Kiran Chennadi, Head of Talent Acquisition at Kanerika Inc.

With 18-plus years of work experience, Kiran undoubtedly knows the ins and outs of Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, and People Management. Prior to Kanerika, he worked with giants such as iGATE, Oracle, Yash Technologies, & Ciber Global.

He talks about his career journey & shares actionable insights on:

• Some of the best practices businesses should invest in to hire better
• How should companies address the overheated talent market globally?
• Is it necessary for employers to invest in an employee retention plan?
• Top 3 ways to retain employees
• How to ensure employee engagement activities on a daily basis
• Employee Engagement Strategies for remote companies
• Words of advice to fellow leaders to elevate their business and people strategies

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Ankita Kirad 

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify — B2B verification platform

EngageWith — employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.