Wed.Jun 26, 2019

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Why 84% of Companies Fail to Reskill Their Workforce

Rallyware for Human Resources

To ensure continuous business growth, increase their competitive advantage, and, most importantly, have the ability to quickly adapt to the ever-changing work environment, companies keep searching for new opportunities. It’s not a secret that the bedrock of fast market adaptation is the right mix of technology and human capital. However, in times of growing skills mismatch, talent shortages , and a wide range of tools to choose from , the question of ensuring business growth and agility becomes

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Lessons Learned from Work From Anywhere Week: Traveling with Coworkers

Justworks

Many professionals will travel with coworkers at some point in their careers, typically for a conference or a work event. These situations can be potentially stressful when you have to navigate logistics, make decisions as a group, and maybe even share close quarters. But combining work and travel can also be fun and bring people together. Take it from a few members of the Justworks team who spent the second company-wide Work From Anywhere week traveling with their coworkers.

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The 3 Stages of Team Conflict

DISC Assessments

A reality of joining the workforce is like families, there is often team conflict. Whether those other people are colleagues or clients, you will be expected to work and succeed together. Oftentimes, this social aspect of working with others is a positive. For example, working in teams can lead to better, more flushed out ideas – BUT – the process can lead to negative team conflict situations.

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5 Surprising Ways to Improve Recruitment with HRMS Data and People Analytics

Visier

Recruitment is one of the biggest areas where HR can shine. It is more than just hiring people; it’s finding the right people with the talent and skills you need who want to stay with your company. It’s finding people who will grow with the business and make a positive impact throughout their career. This is where HRMS and people analytics comes in to help. .

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Introducing 1:1s and a new Performance experience to drive employee engagement

Reflektive

In today’s competitive talent market employee retention and engagement have become two of the biggest challenges for organizations of all sizes. It has forced HR leaders to rethink and reshape workplace dynamics in favor of a people-centric culture, where employees are actively engaged in meaningful ways. Unfortunately, according to a study by Gallup, an overwhelming majority of employees in the US are not engaged and haven’t been for a while (51%).

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How to hire a data scientist

Hacker Earth

Data science is one of the most sought after jobs of the 21st century. But how do you hire a data scientist who fits the bill? According to Firstround.com , in a competitive field like data science, strong candidates often receive 3 or more offers, so success rates of hiring are commonly below 50%. The key is to have prospective candidates go through the recruiting process quickly, helping close data science positions faster.

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A 5-step fix for the ‘summertime blues’

HR Morning

Feeling a bit more burned out at work on these hot summer days? Get in line. A Gallup study of nearly 7,500 full-time employees done last summer found that 23% reported feeling job burnout very often or always, while another 44% reported feeling job burnout sometimes. That means about two-thirds of full-time workers experience job burnout. Those are meaningful numbers, made even more so when you consider exactly what the professionals mean by the term “burnout.”.

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Degreed Raises $75 Million in Investment Capital: We’re All in on Building and Measuring Skills

Degreed

We’re all about looking ahead, but sometimes the best place to start is a look at where you’ve been. We started the year the way we always do — with our users in mind. We remain tightly aligned with and driven by our primary goal of improving the experience that our clients and their workforces have with Degreed. Even with an enterprise Net-Promoter Score of +69, we know there’s always room to be better.

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Ways to Decrease Employee Turnover

Take It Personel-ly

Employee turnover is something that unfortunately all businesses experience. Individuals may suddenly leave, leaving your business at risk. Not only does this affect your business internally, but the reputation of your business will go down, making it harder to attract new employees. In order to keep your employee turnover rate low, it’s important to prioritize […].

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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Ep 187 – The Benefits of Executive Coaching in HR

Workology

According to the Global Leadership Forecast 2018, published by DDI, 67% of Gen X leaders said they would like more external coaching and 57% want external development. The research also shows that. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution. According to the Global Leadership Forecast 2018, published by DDI, 67% of Gen X leaders said they would like more external coaching and 57% want external development.

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How DDI and Google Speak the Same Leadership Language

DDI

Great leadership depends on the dozens of interactions people have at work every day. That’s why communicating effectively is so critical.

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Recruitment strategy: why temporary staff make businesses stronger

HR Zone

Acquisition. Why ‘temp’ is no longer a dirty word.

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A Cheat Sheet to Elevating Your Social Media Presence

marenated HR

By Hannah Wilson: Social media is a place where brands can be brought to life in a brighter, more personable way. Some brands have a great social media presence (take Wendy’s and the Nebraska Humane Society , for example), whereas others are struggling to make themselves known. The social media industry is continuously changing, and it’s vital for brands to keep up.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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7 Reasons Quit-smoking Help from Health Plans May Not Be Enough

EX Program

As part of your company’s health plan, you may already offer quit-smoking help to employees. But here is a trick question: What does that help actually include—and how effective is it in engaging employees and dependents in quitting tobacco? To give employees and their families the best support to quit, it’s Important that you know [.]. Read More. The post 7 Reasons Quit-smoking Help from Health Plans May Not Be Enough appeared first on EX Program.

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my coworker is always dieting — do we have to accommodate her?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I have seen you suggest responses for accommodating coworkers with dietary restrictions due to health or religious needs, but what about coworkers who CHOOSE to go on diets? I have a coworker that has been willingly doing the Keto diet for the last year, and she still is insufferable about it. Anytime people in our department bring in treats or snacks that do not align with her diet, she makes several comments about how we tempt her or how the smell of the food makes her sick or

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Networking Novice? 13 Things You Can Do To Refine Your Pitch And Build Relationships

Forbes Coaches Council

They say it's not about what you know, it's who you know. Work on building relationships to boost your career with these networking tips from Forbes Coaches Council experts.

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Why Qualtrics – Yvonne Peichl – Account Executive – Munich, Germany

Qualtrics HR

At Qualtrics we want to connect our people to careers that feed their purpose; jobs that motivate & inspire them. This is Yvonne’s “Why Qualtrics” story. I have always loved working in international environments with people from different cultures and countries. In addition, cloud computing has fascinated me because of its strength of innovation, its speed, and its ability to connect people around the globe.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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Recruiting Feedback Gaps – Candidate Feedback Confidentiality

Survale HR

As we covered in part one and part two of this series, every process has gaps. And when we work with prospective clients who tell us that they are gathering feedback from candidates at each step of the hiring process, we probe a little further and we find, you guessed it, gaps. Big gaps. The first being a lack of automation (imagine doing this manually!

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my boss wants me to hang up on elderly callers who can’t hear me, asking to work from home with a new puppy, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My boss wants me to hang up on elderly callers who can’t hear me. I work for a small not-for-profit organization which deals with a variety of clients, including the elderly, low-income, and disabled. We’re also located in an area with notoriously bad cell service. My position is outward facing, and I deal with virtually all the client and prospective client calls.

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Over 150 Fake Jio Android Apps Offer Free Data but Deliver Only Ads

Symantec

Apps aggressively display advertisements and are designed to trick Jio users with offers of free data allowance boosts.

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my employee keeps commenting on my looks

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: How can I best discipline/provide feedback to an employee of mine about his frequent inappropriate comments about my body/attractiveness? I’m worried about inadvertently devolving into “you think I’m hot” territory or drawing even more attention to my body, which makes me very, very uncomfortable. Some recent comments/actions include: * “You’re bringing sexy back!

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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Leadership Lessons With UCLA Gymnastics Legend ‘Miss Val’

Namely

As many HR professionals know, our careers don’t always play out the way you’d expect them to. If you asked a young Valorie Kondos Field or “Miss Val,” if she would go on to become the award-winning head coach of UCLA gymnastics, odds are she would have never believed it. This year, Miss Val stepped down after 30 years of being UCLA’s head coach—but left behind a legacy that will last long after her departure.

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12 Ways To Tell If Your Business Has Stagnated And How To Fix It

Forbes Coaches Council

Afraid your business growth is slowing down? Figure out if your business has stagnated and how to get it moving again with these tips from Forbes Coaches Council experts.

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2019 Job Killer Update

HRWatchdog

Track the current status of the job killer bills on www.CalChamber.com/jobkillers. The California Chamber of Commerce annual Job Killer list initially identified 31 bills that would harm California’s economic growth and job creation should they become law, several of those dealing with labor and employment issues. “These bills represent some of the worst policy proposals affecting California employers and our economy currently being considered by Legislature,” said CalChamber President Allan Zar

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5 Types of Pre-Employment Tests

Criteria Corp

Pre-employment tests are a great way to learn more about your candidates throughout the hiring process. There are a number of different types of pre-employment tests that differ based on the qualities or attributes they measure, from cognitive ability to personality and skills. (Importantly, pre-employment tests are not the same as pre-employment “screenings,” such as background screenings or drug tests.).

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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It's time to take a vacation

Jostle

People aren’t taking as many vacations as they used to. According to this study by LinkedIn, in 2017, 51% of people didn’t use all of their allotted vacation days. The reason? 56% said they “don’t want to fall behind on their work.” On top of that, 70% of professionals admit that even when they do take vacation, they feel like they can’t unplug from their work.

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Pockets of Tribal Storytelling are Key to Workforce Development

Babette Ten Haken - Human Capital & Industrial IoT

Tribal storytelling is alive and well within your workforce. Often, the best stories in your organization are hidden away, deep within departments. Yet, these stories often are told by nameless, faceless employees who remember the way it was. Then again, these storytellers understand the way it is, today. And, they know how to make things happen and just whom to contact to make things happen.

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Emergenetics®’ Top 10 Aha Moments from ATD

Emergenetics International

Members of the Emergenetics® North America and Asia Pacific teams had the opportunity to attend the Association of Talent Development (ATD)’s 2019 International Conference & Exposition in May. As we reflect on our experiences at ATD, here are two handfuls-worth of our aha moments. Aha Moment #1: Don’t make your people fit your technology. Make […].