Mon.Mar 21, 2016

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What Is the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)?

HR Daily Advisor

Statistics about the labor force and other economic indicators are collected and communicated at the national level by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). It is the primary resource for all labor-related statistical information. According to the Department of Labor (DOL) website, “The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S.

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5 Ways Employers Can Embrace Election Season in the Workplace

Trinet

Discussion of politics in the workplace has traditionally been considered taboo by most organizations however, these days, it’s difficult for people to hide their personal viewpoints. Many people. Visit site for full story.

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HR Works Podcast: Best Practices for Digital Recruiting and Social Sourcing

HR Daily Advisor

BLR’s new HR Works podcast provides clear, relevant, actionable information on topics that matter to human resources professionals. In this episode , our guest and digital recruiting expert, Kelly Dingee of Staffing Advisors, provides best practices recruiters and HR professionals can use today to find the best candidates online and through social media–including, but not limited to, LinkedIn.

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10 Key Trends from Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends Report (2016) -

DecisionWise

I have taken the time to summarize this year’s (2016) Global Human Capital Trends report that was published by Deloitte. Deloitte’s report lists 10 key trends in human capital, and I am presenting them in their order of importance. I encourage everyone to read Deloitte’s report in depth. The report is invaluable, and, as a Deloitte alumnus, I applaud Deloitte for making this report available to the public at no cost. 1.

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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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3 Things to Stop Doing to Managers Now

Kazoo

People don’t leave companies, they leave managers. We’ve all heard it before, but we don’t think business leaders really believe it. According to a recent Gallup study, 50% of employees leave jobs “to get away from their manager.” Ouch. If you want engaged individuals and a successful business, your managers can be your secret weapon. And since companies struggle to believe or implement all the literature out there of how to approach it – we’ll try something a little different.

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3 Things to Stop Doing to Managers Now

Kazoo

People don’t leave companies, they leave managers. We’ve all heard it before, but we don’t think business leaders really believe it. According to a recent Gallup study, 50% of employees leave jobs “to get away from their manager.” Ouch. If you want engaged individuals and a successful business, your managers can be your secret weapon. And since companies struggle to believe or implement all the literature out there of how to approach it – we’ll try something a little different.

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The 9-Step Checklist for Evaluating and Improving Employee Performance

Hppy

Did you know that that only about 30% of U.S. employees are engaged at work? It’s true: Recent data from a Gallup poll shows that nearly two-thirds of workers are not invested in the work they’re doing. That’s a pretty high percentage, don’t you think? The good news is that there is a clear path toward improving those numbers within your organization.

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Engagement Surveys: There is a Middle Path

Kazoo

It’s not unusual for companies to conduct an annual, company-wide survey. But it’s also not unusual that these surveys leave you and your employees with more questions than answers. Here are a few familiar scenarios that you might encounter during your annual company survey, the questions you’ll get asked, and why your current approach might not be working.

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3 Steps to Strengthen Peer Recognition

RecognizeThis!

By Derek Irvine. Recognize This! – Recognition of one’s peers can be daunting at first, but these steps can help employees build their skill and competency to achieve greater benefits. One of the challenges of implementing a social recognition solution is developing employees’ capacity and comfort around peer-to-peer aspects. Especially where recognition has traditionally or predominantly been a top-down process, it can be difficult for all employees to know exactly where to begin when recogniz

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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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What does #WorkHuman Mean to Millennials and Gen Z?

True Faith HR

In "The Managed Heart," Hochschild coined the term "emotional labor," referring to the effort to hide one's real feelings and display the "right" emotions when meeting with others. Airline attendants, for example, must make passengers feel comfortable and welcome, even if the attendants are having a bad day. Sadly, thirty-three years after the publication of the book, many employees are still expected to behave this way at work.

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Equality begins at home: men step up, women step back

HR Zone

Lead. Equality at home: men step up, women step back.

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Where Have All the Mentors Gone?

TalentCulture

If each of us is honest, we know mentoring played a role for us in however we define success. Many of us think of our mentors as close friends or even family members. Many of us also think of our mentors as great teachers. And, if we are lucky, we are able to serve as mentors, too. Lucky because we gain so much when we listen to actual and perceived obstacles to those who place their trust in us – and help them overcome these barriers.

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No Community - No Future

NoExcusesHR

I’ve been pushing myself to learn lately. The new tools that are redefining how executives transform their brands, their teams, and their organizations are exploding all around us. I know that if I do not stay current I will fail. We no longer have the cop-out options of having too many projects, too many meetings, or not enough time to keep up. When have effective leaders ever had “enough time?

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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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Guess what, you guys? HR Directors can be sued for FMLA violations too.

The Employer Handbook

“I didn’t sign up for this!” — Most of you. And the rest of you are like … The HR Director may be an “employer” too. Hey! Don’t shoot the messenger. Instead, those sharp daggers coming out of your eyes should be directed at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Indeed, last week, the appellate court ruled in Graziadio v.

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Getting In-depth with the Gallup Q12 Employee Surveys

Total Employee Recognition

What is the Gallup Q12? The importance of keeping your employees emotionally engaged in your organization is a constant theme in our Thought Leadership blogs and more recently in our highly popular wall chart, 35 Ways to Influence Corporate Culture and Increase the Bottom Line. At C.A. Short Company, we have found ourselves often referencing Gallup’s report, “ State of the American Workplace ,” as it relates to the need for active employee engagement.

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First impressions: the interview problem that won't go away

HR Zone

Talent. First impressions: an eternal interview problem.

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5 traits that every good ‘workplace ambassador’ brings to the table

Ceridian

In essence, the challenge you face in human capital management is to take a group of individual employees and make them greater together than the sum of their parts. Everyone has talent to offer – some work best independently while others collaborate well with teams of co-workers, but everyone brings something to the table. Your job in HCM is to put it all together.

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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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You Can't Be a Real Leader Without This

About Human Resources

Businesses start because the founder had a vision about what he could create. Sharing the vision in a way that compels action is the secret to leadership.

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Whistleblowing – what actions can employers take?

HR Zone

Perform. Whistleblowing – what actions can employers take?

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How to Organize Your Office for Maximum Productivity [Infographic]

WorqIQ

Your office or workspace has a greater impact on how your work than you might realize. According to a number of studies, if you're surrounded by clutter and distracting piles of paper, you will not be as efficient at your job as you could be. Read More» The post How to Organize Your Office for Maximum Productivity [Infographic] appeared first on Switch & Shift.

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4 Mistakes that Are (STILL!) Killing Your Hiring Game

Workology

Some organizations dictate best practices in the areas of employment and recruiting through their influence and reputation. Other organizations don’t have this advantage and often find themselves competing for top talent by working to adopt best practices as dictated by an ever-shifting market. If you identify yourself, or your organization as the latter, what do you do about it?

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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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What do you do when an employee raises a grievance?

HR Zone

Perform. What to do when an employee raises a grievance.

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Social Learning Leadership: A New Panacea For Ignorance?

TalentCulture

A dear friend’s TWINS (yes all caps) just entered a prestigious New England university. They are bright, driven, focused students and they’ll do well. They’d better, because it will cost my friend north of $100K a year to keep them in New England college splendor. Smiles. It would have been more costly at Harvard, which in 2012-2013 provided cost guidelines for undergraduates in excess of $62,000.

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The smart leader's approach to dress codes, (or any other policy)

Steve Boese

Happy Spring! It's Spring right, at least here in the USA, (and I suppose some other places as well, I was never all that great at geography). But with Spring comes the return (hopefully), of warmer weather and the shift to our 'summer' clothes - both for work and for not work. And the first time Gabe from accounting or Marcia in customer service turns up to work wearing some cargo shorts or worse, you or your organization's leaders might be tempted to send one of those beloved 'all employees' e

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Using data at 600mph – a fighter pilot’s story

HR Zone

Perform. Using data at 600mph – a fighter pilot’s story.

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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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Influencer Marketing

Laurie Ruettimann

I want to pretend that I’m impressed by experts and influencer marketing campaigns. Unfortunately, that’s a lie. Experts are idiots. I’m an expert in some circles beyond my mind, and I don’t know anything. Nobody else knows anything, either. And let’s not forget that the robots are coming. We should all embrace a basic income and pray that our overlords are benevolent.

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16 Quick Tips to Build a Great LinkedIn Profile

cipHR

LinkedIn has become a popular source of talent for employers and recruitment agencies alike. Ensuring that your profile is at the top of the search results is crucial during a job search and a personal branding priority. Below are 16 quick tips on how to optimise and maintain a solid LinkedIn profile. 1. Complete Your LinkedIn Profile - It sounds obvious, but many profiles aren't complete - don't be one of them. 2.

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two of my employees had a shouting match about PDA and social media

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I work in HR for an insurance firm and have been called in to deal with a dispute that erupted on the contact centre center floor between two agents over a social media incident where an agent looked at another person’s screen “without consent.” Both are early 20-somethings a good 15 years younger than my children, so I’m feeling a little out of depth as this is the first time I’ve dealt with anything like this with the social media element.