Wed.Jul 14, 2021

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It’s Not Just Burnout: HR Is Experiencing Compassion Fatigue

Pathways

HR teams have been the “invisible first responders” of the last year and a half, supporting employees through numerous crises. Unfortunately, the effects of the past year have left HR teams feeling stressed and emotionally exhausted. What human resources teams are experiencing is not quite burnout, but something similar: compassion fatigue.

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Inefficiency is Holding You Back! How Your Staffing Firm Can Streamline HR Processes

Essium HRM

If you find you are struggling to place candidates quickly, your staffing firm needs to look at your internal human resource practices. Without the right mix, your human resources might be draining your staff and potentially frustrating your candidates. Luckily, the fix could be as simple as streamlining and automating tasks that are taking up too much time and causing inefficiencies.

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How to Search for Flexible Work: Tips from a Career Coach

Intoo USA

In the last few years, gig or project-based jobs, contract work, and other freelance opportunities have gained popularity due to the flexibility they offer and/or the potential to supplement their income with temporary work. Many companies, such as those in the tech sector, often hire on a project basis as the need for additional employees can be temporary or project-based.

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5 Ways to Help Employees With Financial Stress

Hppy

As an HR professional, being attuned to the stresses that employees in your organization face from day to day is a key step in assisting them to face and overcome them. This is not just about fulfilling the basic requirements of your role; aiding team members in this way will keep them happier and more satisfied in their jobs, as well as increasing their loyalty to the organization and their performance as a result.

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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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5 excuses customers use to not pay your staffing agency

COATS Staffing Software

by AER Collections & COATS Staffing Software. Before a claim becomes a legal issue, your clients might give you various excuses and make up reasons why they feel they don’t have to pay their invoice(s). Don’t put yourself through this gamut of promises and lies. Make sure you turn your client over to collections before too much time has passed and the likelihood of receiving payment and the percentage of the total due, diminishes.

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did the pandemic really show we can be just as effective working from home?

Ask a Manager

This post, did the pandemic really show we can be just as effective working from home? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. In the past few months, I’ve been hearing a lot of people say something that goes like this: “The pandemic completely smashed the idea that we couldn’t be just as effective working from home.” Usually the implication is that therefore employers who want to bring employees back to the office must be controlling or out of touch.

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Employee experience is driven by empathetic leaders in the new world of work

HR Zone

Culture An empathetic approach to employee experience.

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How to Deal with Stress in Your Job

Take It Personel-ly

While stress is practically a given with any and every job, there are differing levels of it depending on the nature of your work. Although it’s inevitable, that doesn’t mean that you should simply accept high-levels of stress on a permanent basis, as this can be detrimental to both your long-term physical and mental health. […].

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15 Ways to Improve Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

SocialChorus

Promoting and improving diversity and inclusion in the workplace is a crucial initiative that many companies are now taking. Aside from being simply the right thing to do, savvy executives understand the many benefits of a diverse workplace and know that it’s part of improving the employee experience. Below we look at specific benefits of diversity and inclusion and explain some simple things your company can do to improve it.

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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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Virginia Issues Workplace Poster on Disability Accommodations

SHRM Resources

The Virginia Office of Civil Rights has issued its new poster for employers regarding reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities under a law that took effect July 1.

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Why Should SMEs Invest in HRMS Software?

SutiHR

If you are a small to medium-sized enterprise (SME), it is likely you may still rely on spreadsheets to track your employees. After all, software and technology are expensive for a small to medium-sized enterprise. But looking at the recent trends, this notion doesn’t hold true anymore. Small and medium-scale enterprises are the backbone of any economy.

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Amazon Commits to Massive Hiring of Veterans, Military Spouses

SHRM Resources

?More than 100,000 U.S. military veterans and spouses will be hired by Amazon over the next three years. The e-retail giant said it expects more than 16,000 of that.

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thermostat wars with a classist twist, boss won’t return clients’ calls, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, thermostat wars with a classist twist, boss won’t return clients’ calls, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Thermostat wars with a classist twist. My office is in the basement of a building owned by my company. The main offices are on the floor above me, and the floors above that are rented out as vacation/short-term rentals.

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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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Understanding the Legal Requirements of Starting Your Own Business Before Taking the Leap

Take It Personel-ly

Starting a business is not as easy as it seems. You’ll have to look into many requirements to set up a proper business setup. To begin with, you must understand the legal, geographical, and taxation needs to set up a suitable business. Register the Name of Your Business Drafting any idea of starting or initiating […].

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my boss will not physically acknowledge me in social settings

Ask a Manager

This post, my boss will not physically acknowledge me in social settings , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I’ve noticed something odd about how my boss talks to me. He doesn’t physically acknowledge me in social settings — if I’m standing in a group with him and others, he doesn’t look at me at all, but he does look at everyone else.

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Learning to live with Covid: why company policy needs to change in response to new wellbeing challenges

HR Zone

People Learning to live with Covid.

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Why employee experience needs a reset with a ‘human’ approach

HRExecutive

As more employees have moved from the 9-5 grind to a remote world during the pandemic, HR tech has had major impacts on how workers are getting the job done. Advertisement No matter what that job is, it is likely done using and supported by tech, said Steve Boese, co-chair of the HR Technology Conference , last week during a live Q&A titled “Improving the employee experience: The technology” on HRExecutive.com.

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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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8 HR Policies That Should Be Less Complicated (And How To Change Them)

SHRM

What is one process you have changed or will be changing to make a workplace process or policy less complicated? To help HR professionals uncomplicate some of their policies, we asked HR experts and business leaders this question for their best insights. From automating onboarding processes to using workflow management software, there are several strategies that may help you adjust complicated HR policies and processes for years to come.

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Savills suspension: How should HR respond to employees' bad behaviour on social media?

HR Zone

Change Savills suspension: Should HR police social media?

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5 Tips for Improving Your Health and Getting in Shape

Take It Personel-ly

All of us likely have goals we want to reach when it comes to our health. Some of us are looking for ways to make dietary changes while others need to incorporate an exercise program into our daily routine. Depending on any health conditions you have, you may have to develop a customized diet plan […].

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First-Time Jobless Claims Decline to New Pandemic Low

SHRM Resources

New weekly unemployment claims fell to the lowest level since March 2020 during the week ending July 10, nearing its pre-pandemic level as the labor market continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. States reported that 360,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits, a decrease of 26,000 from the previous week’s revised level.

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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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Are You Professionally Adaptable or Professionally Resistant?

Babette Ten Haken - Human Capital & Industrial IoT

Do you describe yourself as professionally adaptable? How would your colleagues and clients describe you: adaptable or resistant to what is new, next and changing? When I ask meeting attendees or coaching clients these two questions, initial responses are surprisingly homogeneous. First, most people view themselves as open to change and receptive to new ideas.

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Small Businesses Face Hiring Challenges

SHRM Resources

Many companies have been challenged during the pandemic to attract and retain talent. Not surprisingly, smaller companies have had the most difficulty.

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Do Health Insurance Deductibles Carry Over? | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

When an organization renews health plans in the middle of the year, employees might worry that their deductible will reset. It’s an understandable worry; if they’re close to meeting their deductible and have to start all over again, it could impact their medical decisions and their financial health. Read on for more details on how to guide employees through health plan renewals.

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Payactiv Wins “Best For The World™” B Corp for Excellence Beyond Profit

Payactiv

SAN JOSE, CA, July 14, 2021 — Payactiv, Inc. , a Certified B Corp and leading provider of financial-empowerment services for wage earners , has been named a “Best for the World ” B Corp in recognition of its exemplary performance beyond commercial metrics. . “Best for the World”: What It Means. Out of 4,000 Certified B Corporations worldwide, Payactiv ranks in the top 5% for its positive impact on customers and for promoting sustainable business practices. .

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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Using People Analytics For Data-Driven Decision Making | Perceptyx

Perceptyx

What is data-driven decision-making? Data-driven decision-making in business is a process that allows organizations to chart their course and strategy using data to be reasonably certain that their decisions make sense, and to evaluate in retrospect whether those decisions were the right ones. While gut feelings or inspiration may have been the initial catalyst for many successful companies, it's nearly impossible to sustain business success over the long term relying solely on intuition.

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Addressing Age Discrimination in Employment

HRWatchdog

Ageism in employment — a bias against workers 40 years of age and older — is experienced more during the job search process than in the workplace, according to a recent survey of U.S. professionals over 40. The Experience Matters: Ageism & Work report by WerkLabs, a division of job marketplace The Mom Project, also revealed that at some point in their professional lives, 60 percent of respondents encountered ageism — which is prohibited against workers 40 years of age and older by both the f

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What is considered protected health information (PHI)?

PeopleKeep

A study conducted by researchers from Michigan State University and Johns Hopkins University found that the leading cause for personal health information getting leaked isn’t hackers—it’s poor security and negligence from the health officials who were authorized to have it in the first place. This startling finding emphasizes the importance of keeping protected health information (PHI) under strict lock and key—not just for healthcare providers, but for employers, too.

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