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Current job levelling and evaluation practices and systems simply aren’t fit for purpose: not robu...

Our breakdown of the 10 hidden bias issues in job evaluation design, and what a defensible scheme do...

Most individual pay decisions are easy to explain. A candidate needed more than the range allowed, a...

Reviewing job grading probably isn't top of anyone's wish list. For years, it was something you co...

TL;DR HR leaders are investing heavily in people analytics but still can't make confident decisions ...

Traditional job evaluation systems are no longer fit for purpose. Sticking with them is now the risk...

Why a Job Architecture update should never be tech-first TL;DR Most workforce transformations start ...

Defensible pay is not a new concept for HR and Reward professionals. Yet as pay transparency le...

The problems are familiar. What changes at scale is the cost of ignoring them.  Most organisati...

Lack of preparedness sees organisations struggling to be more agile or compliant Analysis from RoleM...

Highlights from our Defensible Pay Webinar Our webinar on Defensible Pay was a punchy session hosted...

Job levelling is the systematic process of assessing and comparing the relative size, value and co...

Choosing the right job levelling and evaluation tool is a critical decision. Get it right and you cr...

As organisations grow, they need a clear and consistent way to explain how different roles&nbsp...

Across the world, pay transparency expectations are rising, driven by new regulations, growing emplo...

Most organisations assume job architecture transformation takes months, if not years. With tradition...

Sara Hill, Founder & CEO, RoleMapper, explains how harmless tweaks can end up destroying your jo...

Why job architecture has become a critical infrastructure for fair pay, skills‑based work and stra...

Job families can support pay transparency and skills clarity, but only when they sit within a clear ...

Summary Problems often surface in pay processes or pay risk, but their root cause usually sits in a...

8 ways job levelling can be transformative for an organisation Job levelling has rarely been priorit...

As organisations expand across regions, job data governance is often one of the first things to frag...

A manager is trying to recognise a high performer. The individual has taken on broader responsibilit...

Skills transformation can only be truly effective if the foundations are solid...

A manager is trying to recognise a high performer. The individual has taken on broader responsibilit...

Job levelling and job evaluation are often used as if they mean the same thing, but they don’...

Our 10-step guide to building or refreshing your job architecture framework and keeping it up to dat...

The uncomfortable truth is that organisations need both agility and structure. This is why a new DNA...

AI is reshaping how organisations think about work. Tasks that once sat neatly within a single role ...

The EU Pay Transparency Directive will reshape how organisations define jobs, make pay decisions and...

...and how to fix them A Job architecture should bring structure and clarity to how work gets done. ...

Across every organisation, there’s a constant challenge: how to keep work clearly defined when eve...

Ask most leaders what drives people to do their best work and they’ll mention purpose or growth. T...

HR leaders are managing numerous HR systems, each presenting distinct data; payroll shows one job ti...

When you think about the future of work, the conversation often begins with technology: AI, automati...

...And Why Job Architecture is the Foundation  Organisations are under growing pressure to rethink ...

Career mobility has become one of the most powerful levers for employee engagement, retention and or...

As organisations expand, momentum often overtakes structure. Teams grow. New roles are introduced. H...

When most people hear the term' people analytics,' they picture dashboards tracking individual perf...

Agility has become a defining priority for organisations, and with that, the need for an agile skill...

The Gold Dust of a Robust Skills Framework  When organisations talk about “skills,” it’s ...

Many organisations talk about a skills shortage, but the bigger challenge is identifying which skill...

Key considerations when making the shift to skills For years, workforce planning has been about head...

Most organisations aren’t short of job data. The challenge is that it’s everywhere, but this is ...

As is the case with many of the organisations we work with, they are investing time and effort in bu...

Organisations are rethinking how they build and support their teams. Quick fixes and reactive hiring...

From surfacing skills to a skills-based strategy For years, organisations have relied on static job ...

Preparing for skills, pay transparency compliance...

Many growing companies face the same challenge: their job profiles were built for yesterday's busine...

In any organisation, clarity around roles and progression is essential. That’s where designing eff...

The EU Pay Transparency Directive is set to become a game-changer for gender equality in the workpla...

Pay differentials affect virtually every organisation. When employees in similar roles receive vastl...

As growing organisations scale, particularly in fast-moving sectors, managing compensation becomes m...

In today’s globalised business environment, organisations are increasingly operating across border...

Compensation leaders face an unprecedented challenge. Navigating complex legislation whilst respondi...

Growth brings opportunity, but it also brings complexity. As organisations scale rapidly from dozens...

The EU Pay Transparency Directive aims to reduce pay discrimination and close the gender pay gap by ...

As organisations evolve, whether through rapid growth, product expansion, or market shifts, one cons...

The European Union is moving towards a new era of workplace equality with its Pay Transparency Direc...

In just over a year, the EU Pay Transparency Directive will mandate the adoption of pay transparency...

In today’s business environment, workforce planning is far more than a numbers game. It’s about ...

Here's what the research says......

Job Levelling is key to meeting increasing compliance requirements and accelerating the shift to ski...

Getting ready for skills and pay transparency ...

A skills-first approach provides solutions to several key organisational challenges, as emerging tec...

In today’s competitive job market, retaining top talent is more challenging than ever, and well-de...

An essential aspect of building a skills-first organisation is the ability to understand and manage ...

In this article, we'll look at job evaluation for EU pay transparency, the different methods organis...

In this article, we’ll describe what skills inference can do, and how it can enable the building o...

A checklist to help you prepare for the EU Pay Transparency Directive ...

A skills taxonomy forms a key step in the transition to a skills-based organisation, forming a part ...

With a range of workforce challenges, budget constraints, skills shortages, and an aging workforce, ...

Digital transformation is critical for delivering a 21st century service in the public sector. Acros...

Job groupings are a key step in preparation for EU pay transparency, enabling organisations to compa...

Partnership aims to fast-track the shift to skills ...

Gender-neutral job evaluation and classification play a key role in preparing for the salary transpa...

The benefits of a skills-based approach are becoming apparent to more organisations, as they move to...

Defining potential career paths up and around your organisation has never been more important In tod...

As companies are making preparations for the EU Pay Transparency Directive, job descriptions will pl...

the challenges and how to overcome them...

The importance of digital transformation in HR has never been clearer. As the role of HR becomes mor...

How pay transparency can benefit your organisation ...

In today’s dynamic business environment, organisations face the challenge of managing ever-evolvin...

The EU Pay Transparency Directive is set to become law across member states in 2026, and the legisla...

How and where they interconnect and play critical roles ...

Job profiles and job descriptions are two key pieces of content for defining and managing positions ...

Why now is the time for organisations to sit up and take notice....

Getting job data under control is more important than ever Organisations are increasingly looking to...

Key steps to mitigate risk and improve record keeping...

Setting up job family frameworks to future-proof the shift to skills...

Understanding your job data is key to overcoming pay transparency challenges...

At a time when clarity across pay structures is more important than ever, we look at how Job Familie...

RoleMapper, the AI-powered job management platform, has secured £2.1million funding that will suppo...

Establish a more robust framework to support more effective and transparent career paths or the shif...

A new guide to help you control the job data chaos...

RoleArchitect automates the job architecture process...

Download our new guide to Inclusive Job Descriptions...

Making a business case for transformation and digitisation...

Download our guide to job architecture implementation...

For many organisations, getting their job architecture and job catalogue ‘house’ in order is a m...

Poor job foundations can undermine your pay equity efforts...

New rules to close the Gender Pay Gap...

Equal pay for equal work...

de Novo partners with RoleMapper to offer clients a more rigorous and proactive approach to skills-b...

How to build a business case...

Getting greater ROI from your HR Tech...

...and hire inclusively...

Our series is designed to support your flexible working journey...

How to roll out the four-day week across your organisation...

This is a period of huge opportunity, don't ignore it...

New solution to deal with high-volume flexible working requests...

We examine the pros and cons to this way of working...

Key actions to help you comply....

What debiasing and breaking down barriers looks like in the job design process...

Our latest issue looks at why Skills-based Hiring is so important for creating inclusive cultures...

Another win for the RoleMapper team...

We explain the differences across the whole job description process; from job design to job advert...

Sara Hill, Founder & CEO, Role Mapper Technologies, says: "This is great news for RoleMapper. Our go...

From January 1, 2021, Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (SB19-085) prohibits all employers fro...

It’s been a busy few months for the team at RoleMapper, which has been topped-off with the announc...

Recent research by the UK government found that jobs promoted with flexibility had a 30% uplift in a...

The workplace we've gone, or are going back to, will now be very different. Business leaders now nee...

The interview process, if not managed correctly, leaves you wide open to biases that impact how you ...

From our experience, when managers are asked: “what screening criteria is important for this role?...

The hidden hiring bias around levels of education....

We frequently come across organisations who are trying to solve the job description conundrum. Those...

Not only is COVID-19 changing the workplace narrative around flexible working, but it is also giving...

It’s been a fast-moving unpredictable time, especially for UK business, but what we do know is tha...