Tue.Mar 01, 2016

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6 Housekeeping To-Dos to Spring Clean Your Hiring Process

ClearCompany HRM

Tis the season for spring cleaning and we’re not talking about the growing pile of junk currently residing in your garage. Let’s talk HR! More specifically, taking time out of the new season to tighten up your company’s hiring process. The new year isn’t so new anymore, making this a great time to get a head start on setting hiring goals, determining areas to. improve the hiring process. and strategizing a plan of action to put those wheels in motion.

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Should I Quit or Wait to Get Fired – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

I’m sure the thought has crossed many people’s minds – is it better to quit or get fired? That’s what today’s reader wants to know. I am going through a work suspension while been investigated for fraud in terms of ordering goods from a supplier which I was not entitled. I am guilty of the offence and will be dismissed from my employment. I just want to know would it be better for me to resign now before I go through all the meetings?

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6 House Keeping To-Dos to Spring Clean Your Hiring Process

ClearCompany HRM

Tis the season for spring cleaning and we’re not talking about the growing pile of junk currently residing in your garage. Let’s talk HR! More specifically, taking time out of the new season to tighten up your company’s hiring process. The new year isn’t so new anymore, making this a great time to get a head start on setting hiring goals, determining areas to. improve the hiring process. and strategizing a plan of action to put those wheels in motion.

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[Video] HighGround Customer Story: Patagonia

Kazoo

We recently sat down with Dean Carter, Vice President of HR for Patagonia, to talk about how the company is re-thinking its approach to performance management. When they decided they wanted to make a change, Patagonia implemented HighGround to help them better develop its workforce. In this video, Dean talks about the importance of transparency around goal-setting and coaching and how HighGround is driving better employee engagement.

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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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9 HR Trends to Watch for in 2016 (Part 1)

Engage2Excel

The world is changing and so is how we work. When it comes to the field of HR, leaders and professionals need to be on the cutting edge of what is happening in today’s workplace, not to mention being flexible to that change.

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EP004 Leadership Intelligence Podcast Matt Wride 11 Ways 360s Fall Short

DecisionWise

Matthew Wride discusses 11 things to watch out for when looking to do 360-degree feedback surveys. He talks about how no process is perfect, and the 360-degree process can have some serious shortcomings when not handled effectively. Multi-rater feedback (or 360-degree feedback) can be a powerful tool in your employee development arsenal. If not properly implemented, it can also have some serious drawbacks.

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Keep It Simple: Solve Small Relocation Problems for Big Results

UrbanBound HR

People, in general, are apt to get swept up into sweeping, grand-scale changes. We see the need to make a gigantic change in order to right the ship when we feel we’ve gotten on the wrong course or caught in rough seas. Pantries are scoured and cleansed of unhealthy food, gym membership contracts are signed, new running shoes are bought, and we’re gonna get healthy, until motivation breaks and our extreme change is dialed back to where it was before, or to a set of manageable, minor parts.

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Managing Workplace Dynamics as a Leader

The People Equation

John Mattone is a top executive coach, with numerous awards to his name, including the 2015 International Executive Coach Thought Leader of Distinction Award. He reached out to get my thoughts on leadership issues in the workplace. Go on over and check out my interview, Jennifer V. Miller About Managing Workplace Dynamics as a Leader. You’ll find out: Why I think everyone has the potential to be a leader, given a very specific set of circumstances.

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Should Leaders Wear Their Hearts On Their Sleeves?

China Gorman

Most readers of Data Point Tuesday know that I’m focused these days on the intersection of culture, organization performance and humanity in the workplace. Deloitte’s new culture change solution unit, CulturePath , has just published a white paper that has an interesting spin on culture, organization performance and employee emotion. This statement in the executive summary of Take your corporate culture off cruise control; Power up the emotive engine in your workplace , really caught my eye: “A

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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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CANDIDATE PLEASE: Can You Bring a Plan or a Portfolio to the Interview?

The HR Capitalist

RANT. Get ready. You're a candidate for a white collar, professional job. You know the type of job, the one that your mom can indirectly brag on you about. You're already doing this type of work, so she's already bragging. But it would be cool to do something bigger and better, so here you are. You're interviewing with me for the better job. There's more money.

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In the News: HR Tech and Relocation

UrbanBound HR

Looking for the top news on HR Tech and Relocation?

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5 Tips To Hire Right The First Time

TalentCulture

HR lesson for 2016: Pay attention. Interviewing and hiring is never simple. Just like loving someone for all the wrong reasons, you can hire — or not hire someone — and err in judgment. Some of it has to do with them, but a lot of it has to do with us. Bottom line: Even if you’ve got the perfect candidate, creating a positive takeaway in terms of interviewing and the hiring process is critical.

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New Managers Are Not Ready to Lead [Infographic]

WorqIQ

In the first quarter of 2015 Millennials became the biggest demographic in the American workforce. The oldest Millennials are 36 now – head towards 40. GenX is so much smaller than GenY that it was inevitable that we would end up with a younger demographic pushing into management in large numbers. Many of them are […] Read more. Read More» The post New Managers Are Not Ready to Lead [Infographic] appeared first on Switch & Shift.

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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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The 3% Leadership Revolution: A (Missed) Opportunity For Women in Leadership?

Inpower Coaching

There is a quiet leadership revolution going on, a shift in the definition of success from “what” to “how.” In times of major change, the underdog has a strategic opportunity to end up on top. In this revolution, the women-in-leadership underdogs have a unique opportunity to capitalize on it and use it to define our leadership careers – to play a leadership role in the revolution, so to speak – or miss our chance at squeezing out from under the dominant culture that keeps women and men (both!

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The Challenges of Expats

New to HR

In modern business, there is no area of the earth that is off limits. Businesses are always looking to expand into new markets, or take advantage of others. For this reason many people working in human resources can expect to be dealign with employees as expatriates in foreign countries. There is an importance placed on the HR department to train up employees who are expected to work as an expat.

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The Little Engine That Could Was Onto Something

Workology

“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right” — Henry Ford. Cue eyeroll right? I used to think that way. I thought all positive thinking optimists were clueless. How could thinking a certain way make an actual difference in your life? Well, my friends, total convert over here. And it’s lucky for you I’m willing to share how I got there.

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Why The Oscars Diversity Issue Matters to All Employers

TalentCulture

Sunday night was the 88th broadcast of Academy Awards. And, even if you didn’t watch it, then you know that not one person of color was nominated for an Oscar in the categories of best actor or actress in either a primary or supporting role. The host was Chris Rock. And, with humor and perspective, he nailed it…effectively by reframing it. The absence of award nominations for actors of color was less about the nominations themselves and more about the absence of acting opportunities for actors o

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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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3 Ways Employers Can Relieve Health Care Costs

Paychex

Health care costs have been rising rapidly in recent years. But employers have many options to mitigate those costs, such as pairing higher-deductible plans and HSAs (Health Saving Accounts) and helping employees better navigate the current health care system.

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Employee Engagement: Be a Player not a Pawn

David Zinger

MARCH into Employee Engagement: Be a Player. It makes a world of difference in employee engagement when we know we are a player not a pawn and when we realize we never work for an organization, we work with an organization. Take control of your work. Employee Engagement: Be a Player. You are not a Pawn. You are a Player. You don’t work for an organization.

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my dad says I shouldn’t have asked for time to think over a job offer

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: Recently I had a second interview with a company where I met with the other owner and learned a lot of new information, including salary and schedule. At the end of the interview, I was offered the position and I said I would like a day to think it over and talk about it with my family. They said of course and that they would always expect that.

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Coining a New Term: “Repurposed Theory”

Jeff Waldman

Many of you know that I truly hate it when people come up with new terms for the sake of coming up with new terms. I would rather just spend my time and energy doing things better instead of on fluffy stuff like talking about new ideas, that on the surface, appear new but are really just a repackaging of what has been around for a long time. So we move to conferences.

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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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CHART OF THE DAY: How large is the 'gig' economy?

Steve Boese

In my 'What HR should and should not be talking about in 2016' piece from early January I had the 'gig' economy listed as one topics that we collectively needed to stop talking and thinking so much about this year. By way of refresher (mostly for me), here is what I said in January about the 'gig' economy: "The 'Gig' Economy - Here's the thing about the rise in importance of the so-called 'Gig Economy', it is quite possible that its growth as a percentage of the labor force has been generally ex

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Being Mobile Recruiting-Friendly FTW

HR Daily Advisor

In yesterday’s Advisor , we learned how more jobseekers are using their mobile devices to search for jobs and apply to them. That works great if a company’s employment site is mobile-friendly. But, what if it isn’t? Today we’ll explore what to do if that’s the case. What Can Be Done? Recently, a number of experts have provided advice on what can be done to help make sure your organization is mobile recruiting-friendly.

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The Power of a Thank You Note

Terryberry

Guest Post by Lisa Ryan, founder of Grategy. “The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” William James. A few years ago, I incorporated thank you notes in my programs and workshops. For most of my keynotes and shorter programs, I would simply give everyone a thank you note as homework to complete after our session. One day it dawned on me that there was a good chance that these “treasures” were probably not being written.

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What Happens When Your Hiring Process Is Founded on Deceit?

Entrepreneur

The best talent out there steers clear, that's what happens.

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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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How Organizational Citizenship Behavior Can Be Good for You

IO At Work

What happens if you do more than your job calls for? On one hand, you might be helping your organization achieve success. But what does it do for you? Will you feel exhausted by taking on more than you are supposed to? Or could there be hidden psychological advantages in store for you? [Read More]. The post How Organizational Citizenship Behavior Can Be Good for You appeared first on I/O at Work.

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should you get rid of all the managers?

Ask a Manager

On days when being a manager or dealing with a manager is making you tear your hair out, you might wonder how things have been going at Zappos in the two years since the company famously announced its transition to “holacracy,” a system without managers or titles. But if you’re tempted to wonder if a flatter, manager-less structure might work in your company, proceed with skepticism.

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7 Strategies to Get What You Really Want

WorqIQ

It turns out that our brains haven’t evolved enough to keep up with our 24/7, always connected society. According to Bob Nease, former Chief Scientist at Express Scripts, our brains are stuck, evolutionarily, in the past. And this makes it difficult for us to choose to take action when pursuing something important. In his new […] Read more.