According to a recent survey, around 60% of the people from around the world are not satisfied with their jobs. In most cases, people select wrong jobs. There are several job opportunities which offer a perfect combination of work and fun. Let’s take a look at some of the coolest job opportunities which offer fun, money and job satisfaction.

Chocolate taster

Chocolate manufacturers make chocolates in various lots, and few chocolates from each lot are sent to chocolate tasters for certification. As a chocolate taster, you have to eat those chocolates and make sure that their taste matches certain quality standards. Working as a chocolate taster is one of the best job opportunities for sure, but you will have to allot some time for exercise every day, to get rid of that extra weight which you might gain because of eating various chocolates.

There is no specific degree required to apply for this job, however, you should have knowledge about various chocolates available in the market.

Bed tester

This may sound funny, but, do you wish to get paid for sleeping? That is what a bed tester is expected to do, sleep on a new bed every day and give a feedback about the comfort level while he or she was sleeping in that bed. To put it in simple words, all that you need to do is talk about the positive and negative aspects of the bed.

In most cases, companies which manufacture luxury beds for hotels, hire bed testers on monthly basis to test their products before they are sold in the market. This process of bed testing is also known as ’sleep survey’. There is no necessary qualification required, but some knowledge about beds is important.

Movie reviewer or Movie critic

Just imagine! You get a chance to watch several movies every day, talk about the positive, negative aspects of the movie and get paid for it! This is certainly one of the best job opportunities available in the market. You can join an entertainment website, magazine, or a newspaper as a movie reviewer and earn while you also have fun. As a movie critic, or a movie reviewer, you should have the ability to write a short review about the movie and explain the readers about why they should watch a particular movie or miss it. For this job, companies prefer to hire someone with a degree or a certification course in mass communication.

Work as a Google street view car driver

This car that takes pictures on streets, makes videos about the traffic conditions, and gets a clear view of what’s going on in various backyards! There is not much information available about how these car drivers are hired.

It is clear that there are various other companies like Apple, Blackberry, and Microsoft which are planning to launch their own map apps in the near future. This means that there will be lots of similar job openings coming soon, as these companies will hire drivers for sure. All that you need is a valid driving license, and ability to use various cameras and broadcasting devices.

Work as a fashion photographer

If you feel that you have the ability to capture beauty and present it in the form of photographs, you can easily work as a fashion photographer. The basic requirements to become a photographer are- knowledge about maintenance of camera and other equipment, knowledge about lighting set up, ability to select appropriate background as per requirements, ability to work as a team with various artists, and knowledge about basic computer software like- Photoshop, coral draw, etc. You can get several chances to meet your favorite celebrity models, take their pictures and even spend some time with them.

Work as an archaeologist

Are you interested in history? Do you wish to visit various historically important sites from around the world and get paid for it? If the answer is yes, you should become an archaeologist. As an archaeologist, you should be able to study ancient civilizations, archaeological monuments, historic remains, etc. There are several job openings for archaeologists. In most cases, museums, government agencies, and universities hire archaeologists for teaching, researching, and site excavations. People prefer to hire someone who has completed undergraduate course or a graduation course with archaeology as a special.

At OrangeHRM we continue to strive and create solutions to cater to your pain points in managing you day to day human resources.

We are pleased to introduce our Asset Tracker, Dash Board, an enhanced Audit Trail capturing all PIM changes, new Timesheet CSV Extractor and Org Charts add-ons.

These productivity tools can perform your organization’s day to day HR tasks efficiently and at ease.

This season, we offer you an exciting deal with OrangeHRM Add-ons & services, receive up to 30% off on all add-ons & services.

Speak to our agents to get more details or visit the OrangeHRM Market Place to make an order.

Hurry up this offer ends on the 24th of December 2012.

Contact sales@orangehrm.com for more details.

The OrangeHRM training program gives you the knowledge and expertise on using the OrangeHRM system productively.Individuals undergoing this training will achieve a globally recognized HRIS qualification. This season, we offer you a special deal with OrangeHRM add-ons and the certification program.

Register for our certification program and receive a 50% discount on any 2 add-ons of your choice and a 25% off on the Certification Program.

Register for OrangeHRM onsite training and receive 60% off on any 2 add-ons and 25% off on the certification program.

Visit OrangeHRM Market Place for Add-ons

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*This offer is only valid until the 10th of November 2012.

Typically, small businesses employ well below one hundred people, but this relatively small number is still substantial in terms of human resource management and the significant amount of work it involves. Effective human resource management (HRM) is a great way to streamline the human resource functions of any sized small business, making overall operations run more easily and efficiently.

These days it is now possible for companies to obtain high performance HRM software cost-free. A variety of open-source software is available now, making it possible for a company to handle its work force reliably and efficiently. Open source HR software enables employers to use cutting-edge technology. These systems are often quite user-friendly, allowing professionals with even the most basic technical know-how to quickly learn how to operate the software.

Manage Employees Effectively

Human resource management serves a number of functions. For small businesses, these functions may vary according to the size of the work force. In order to effectively and efficiently handle each and every one of your employees, you need the best possible human resource management. There are functions available to handle everything from recruiting and applicant tracking to organizing vital company documents. This means you’ll want to implement the latest technology – specifically open source HR software – to stay competitive and yield the best possible output from your work force.

What are some of the most common functions of human resource management and how do they relate to small businesses?

1. Training of employees: Even in a small business, new employees need to be trained and trained well. The HR team is often charged with developing a training program that will quickly and thoroughly prepare new hires for their job responsibilities.
2. Providing employees with incentives and rewards: In a business of any size, rewards and remuneration obviously cannot be handed out at random. For small businesses, it’s even more critical that any financial incentives be developed and planned in order to spend wisely and avoid any employee discontent.
3. Verifying the business’ staffing requirements: Many businesses start small, with the intention of eventually growing in size. Human resource directors need to be able to verify what type and amount of personnel is required and design a method for finding the best candidates.
4. Retaining talent through best practices: It’s critical for small businesses to be on par with their competitors in the field so that their employees are not tempted to look elsewhere.

Promotes Communication

Human resource management also makes it easier for HR professionals and other employees to communicate effectively. This is especially important in small businesses where it’s more common for an employee to perform multiple functions. With an open-source approach, for instance, communication between HR and employees becomes much clearer for everyone. As an example, the software for one company takes up just 5.7 MB on a disc and offers many valuable features like a benefit module, personal information management module, applicant module, employee self-service module and more.

Cost Savings of Using HR in the Cloud

One of the most important benefits of using HR in the cloud is the cost savings. The setup cost is often very small, so it is easy to fit into even a strict budget plan. Even better, there is no infrastructure investment needed to get started.

Another money-saving benefit of HR in the cloud is the self-service technologies available. Employees can easily perform typical office duties and record-keeping without the company needing to hire an office manager to perform these tasks. Making the employees self-sufficient can reduce the need for additional staff which leads to major cost savings.

Over the years, human resource management methods and techniques have continued to grow and change, and now the software available offers businesses a cornucopia of HRM options. For small businesses, the best way to go may very well be the cost-free option of a high quality open source HR solution.

This guest post was provided by Erin Palmer. Erin is a writer and editor who covers topics discussed in programs like masters in public administration online. She also writes about business-related topics covered in HR degree programs.

The latest stable version of OrangeHRM is now available.

The release was made after two candidate releases, which helped us get valuable feedback from the community members.

We would like to thank our community members for their valuable feedback which were vital to make this release a stable.

Throughout the past years, OrangeHRM has been used by many SMEs around the world.

However, during the past year, larger companies have been embracing OrangeHRM to fulfill HRIS requirements.

OrangeHRM 2.7.1 has been crafted and fine tuned with many performance improvements for exclusive usage.

We will continue to make improvements that will enable large scale companies to implement OrangeHRM.

Due to our community’s  overwhelming demand of a payroll system and to further bring OrangeHRM to the next level; OrangeHRM has now joined hands with Sigmasoft, one of the leading providers of payroll solutions in the Philippines to build a localized OrangeHRM version and integrate their the payroll system for the local market.

Sigmasoft Technologies Corp. is part of a group of companies consisting of more than 100 employees and providing solutions ranging from HR/Payroll Systems, Server and Desktop Solutions, Timekeeping Solutions, and Payroll Outsourcing Services.

Sigmasoft launched the new systen for the local market on the 23rd of August at the Mandarin Hotel, Makati City, Manila. The launch educated top companies in the Philippines on the doors opened as a result f this venture  with open source and cloud based applications that provide a suite of solutions.

Our CEO  & Co-founder, Sujee Saparamadu participated in the launch and discussed the importance of an effective HRIS Solution and how the world is advancing with cloud based solutions. He also stressed on how OrangeHRM is continuously being improved through building and leveraging our community of users, developers and partners for international adoption.

We are looking forward to move into the other markets in the region with Sigmasoft to provide payroll solutions .

To know more about Sigmasoft, Philippines please visit http://www.sigmasoft.com.ph/

The release candidate for OrangeHRM 2.7.1 is now available.

This release features enhancements made to boost the performance of the system.  The OrangeHRM system now has the ability to steadily support 5000 employees, without affecting the performance of the system.

The release has been thoroughly tested by our QA team and a few minor tweaks are being made before the release is marked stable, however feedback from the community has been vital for us to perfect our releases.

Throughout the past few years users have provided feedback via various ways, but we have now implemented a systematic way for community members to register as Beta Testers.

We have a few value additions for the contributions made by community members. Please register as an OrangeHRM Beta Tester and help us deliver a better HRIS.

As the world leading and fast growing HRIS Solution for SMEs, OrangeHRM has been very confident in targeting and catering our products and services to various top clients all over the world.  As the popularity of OrangeHRM emerge all over the world due to its flexibility as an HR Solution, we still strive hard in making our products user-friendly and readily available by anticipating the needs of our clients.

Singapore, being one of the most highly developed countries in Asia in terms of economy, infrastructure, financial trading, education and investments has always been an active community. Thus, OrangeHRM has come up with a solution and created a system specific to the general human resource processes of Singapore.

OrangeHRM has put a lot of thought on what the Singaporean community really need and with its diverse multicultural society, mostly expatriates, we have created a Singapore version of the OrangeHRM application which is packed with Singapore-specific Personal Information Management (PIM) changes, that allows you to enter National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) details, define Expatriate Work Status such as E-Pass, S-Pass and Work Permit Status and allows you to manage both locals and expatriates all in one HR Solution.

There’s more, OrangeHRM Singapore Version is also packed with combination of the latest OrangeHRM 2.7 Version  with features such as:

• Language and Date/Time Localization: allows you to set up a localized language and date/time that will be reflected on the entire system
• Event Notifications: allows you to set up notifications of different events such as Expatriate Expiry Notification, Employee Contract Notification, etc.
• Audit Trail: allows you to view any changes made on the PIM Module and Recruitment Module.
• Advanced Recruitment Module: automates your recruitment processes and enables you to perform resume parsing and archiving of your applicants.
• Rosters: allows you to create multiple work shifts and work weeks and facilitate leave management accordingly.
• Recruitment via Facebook: allows you to post job vacancies on Facebook and increase your reach.
• Advance Leave: allows you to set up accrual rules for a specific job title, employment status or years of service. You can also configure leave eligibility and leave carry forward.

Furthermore, OrangeHRM is backed up with local support in Singapore.

This is the first country-specific version of the  OrangeHRM system and we encourage our community members to send feedback so that we can further enhance our products and services, where in the future we can localize more country-specific versions of the OrangeHRM application.

For more information, you may contact our Local Partner:

SC Soft

Unit #03-017, iHUB #No. 9 Jurong Town Hall Road

Singapore 609431

Email: enquiry@scsoft.sg

OrangeHRM has released user guides for it’s latest stable version, OrangeHRM 2.7.

It is a comprehensive user guide segmented by the 3 main user roles in the system, admin, Supervisor & ESS User.

The complete adminstrative user guide gives step by step instructions on how to install and set up the system. The guide features a troubleshooting and FAQs section,to address many common issues encountered when setting up or using the system.

The ESS-Supervisor user guide, will help supervisors understand their user privileges and manage their subordinates in a proper manner, while the ESS user guide will help Employee Self-Service users on how to use the system to do their day today tasks.

Download OrangeHRM 2.7 User Guides

We have many users from France in the recent past and Vietnam has always been a strong user base for OrangeHRM.

A few members have been creating language packs for the last few years for French and Vietnamese, but after we made localizing easier through the new tool.

We thank Dung Le for helping us create the Vietnamese language pack and, Siinapse Inc. and Stanislas Pascaud from the French Human Resources School, IGS (for Institute of Social Management) for their joined effort in creating the French language pack.

More packs are being created throughout the world and we invite all our users join hands to make this effort a success.

OrangeHRM 2.7 is also available in Chinese, Bahasa Indonesia, Bulgarian, Oromo, Spanish, Danish and Thai.

Download Language Packs for 2.7

Register to create language packs