HR Policy Manual for Bluethumb Technologies
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financial technology (fintech) research benchmarkingWe are a small start up in the fintech industry that is looking for students to develop a HR policy manual for our Company Bluethumb Technologies.
Students should be prepared to:
- Research existing onboarding practices to determine their effectiveness and opportunities for improvement.
- Research the onboarding practices of competitors.
- Research what onboarding components are most impactful for new employees.
- Use benchmarking to determine wages, benefits and other forms of employee compensation.
- Develop a HR policy manual that comes with a standardized onboarding plan that achieves our goals.
- The focus on the manual would be on diversity and inclusion, which is at the core of our company's values.
Mentorship will be weekly or bi weekly meetings to discuss your progress. Meetings run about 1 hour.
About the company
Bluethumb Technologies is a socially innovative financial technologies firm that provides innovative technological solutions to todays social problems. Our incorporated company has been in business for the past 18 months and we have made significant headway during that time period. We have worked with teams of students in both computer science and business to help our company grow to the point that it is now. We were recently awarded a $15,000 grant, which we have used to hire a PHD student to help build our proprietary loyalty integration technology as well as fully develop the Blueprint Loyalty Program prototype, which is expected to be completed in January/February of next year. We are also a stage 1 Propel Alumni company (https://www.propelict.com/) and we have just recently applied to Dalhousie Universities Creative Destruction Lab and we have been invited to interview week. Come be a part of our growing company, get experience and help us get Blueprint to live here.