Wed.Oct 25, 2023

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How to avoid 5 most common HR software implementation mistakes

Zalaris

Enter HR software – a digital savior that promises to streamline operations, boost efficiency, and keep organisations on the cutting edge. Approximately 60% of HR departments report that their primary motive for employing HR technologies is the acquisition, engagement, and retention of talent. Meanwhile, 43% see enabling employees to reach their full potential as a critical factor when considering HR technology options.

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Workplace boundaries: Examples to create a healthier work environment

Business Management Daily

Do not equate the act of setting boundaries at work with selfishness. Rather, understand how work boundaries assist with performance and job satisfaction. They allow you to maintain focus and stay on track. They promote better mental health and work-life balance. They offer fellow team members guidelines on what makes you uncomfortable, leading to healthier work relationships.

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How to Battle the Burnout During the Holiday Hustle

Essium HRM

Let’s face facts: the holiday season is often hectic. On the personal side of the equation, many people spend time buying gifts, planning travel, hosting get-togethers, and caring for children once school breaks begin. On the professional side, wrapping up year-end activities happens right alongside regular duties, putting a lot of people’s plates. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to battle burnout during the holiday hustle.

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Understanding the 2023 ACA Compliance Changes: New IRS Forms and Reporting Updates

ACA Times

The IRS recently released new Affordable Care Act (ACA) IRS forms for 2023. The now well-known “Employer Mandate” outlines employer responsibilities for ensuring employees, and their families, have access to… The post Understanding the 2023 ACA Compliance Changes: New IRS Forms and Reporting Updates first appeared on The ACA Times.

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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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Turning Labor Market Insights into Talent Intelligence with Brian Jackson of Southwest Airlines

UpstartHR

So we’re looking at how the words are actually formed. When you’re hiring for a technology manager, what does that mean? Are you looking for a technical technology manager? Are you looking for someone who grew up in the chops of software development, knows all of the full delivery life cycle, or are you looking for someone who’s more project focused?

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Six Signs That You Are Being Gaslighted And How To Break Free

Forbes Coaches Council

By identifying the signs of gaslighting, you empower yourself to break free, reaffirming your sense of reality and regaining control over your own narrative.

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Employee leave of absence policy template

Workable

This template will provide a comprehensive framework for managing leaves of absence, allowing HR professionals to handle requests efficiently and consistently. By having a clear policy in place, HR can minimize confusion and misunderstandings, ensure legal compliance, and maintain positive relationships with both employees and management. What is an employee leave of absence policy?

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Benefits flexibility: Why it’s a must-have for a 5-generation workforce

HRExecutive

As the benefits open enrollment period kicks off, employees across the country will make decisions that affect their health and wellbeing , and they will all bring unique life experiences to these decisions. - Advertisement - While each employee has a unique set of needs and interests, there are some distinct generational differences that should inform organizational benefits strategy, communication and long-term engagement.

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15 Challenges Mid-Level Managers Moving Into Executive Leadership Face

Forbes Coaches Council

Moving from middle management to executive leadership often requires major shifts in one's perspective and approach to succeed in a new role with different expectations.

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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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10 Disability-Supported Job Boards That Can Make Your Search Easier

HR Digest

The CDC states that 27 percent of US adults have some type of disability , however, the jobs supporting disability are often few and far between. Often disabilities greatly limit an individual’s life and independence and force them to be reliant on those around them. Yet this is not always the case, with many disabled employees actively looking for disability-friendly jobs that will allow them the sense of independence to utilize their skills to build a life for themselves.

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6 Productive Things You Can Do During a Job Search Slump

The Muse

It’s easy to lose hope and motivation when every job you’ve applied to so far hasn’t panned out (or they flat-out ghosted you), or when every time you go looking for new opportunities it seems like there’s nothing out there for you. But there are plenty of things you can do during this slow period to stay in the game, find under-the-radar roles you might be perfect for, and set yourself up for success when the market picks up again.

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6 Tips To Keep Your Cool—And Your Job—After Bullying At Work

Forbes Coaches Council

If you are feeling confused or silenced at work, if your best efforts are criticized or if your boss is making unrealistic demands, you may be the target of bullying.

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Talent trends focus on retention, chief analyst says | Video interview

HRExecutive

Madeline Laurano , the founder of Aptitude Research, says there is a shift happening in talent acquisition. The practice is no longer just about filling open positions—bigger-picture trends are also focused on retention. At the same time, Laurano indicates that business and HR leaders are still figuring out how to apply these trends to get the most out of their TA efforts. - Advertisement - See what Laurano, who also is chair of the Human Resource Executive Strategy Summit in November 2023 and

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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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Why Companies Should Hire Older Workers

SHRM Resources

While some older workers are gearing up for retirement, others have no plans to end their career soon and can offer an extraordinary amount of expertise. Here are tips on hiring and retaining older workers.

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M&A in Retail: Why Robust Background Screening Is Critical for Success

Sterling Check

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have become a common strategy for retail companies seeking growth, market expansion, and increased competitiveness. Recently, there has been a major uptick in M&A in the retail sector. During these highly complex, often very public transactions, the role of robust due diligence investigations can offer protection from unforeseen challenges.

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Discriminatory Questions Are Plaguing the Interview Process

SHRM Resources

Illegal interview and hiring practices are causing job seekers to abandon the process, to a recent survey. Here’s how discriminatory questions can deteriorate a company’s reputation and bottom line.

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6 Cybersecurity Threats SMBs Must Keep on Their Radar

Extensis

Quick look: It’s alarming but true—almost half of all data breaches impact small- and medium-sized businesses. Here are six cybersecurity threats every business leader should remain aware of and which external partners can help even the smallest organizations shield themselves from online danger. One of the most significant risks that employers face today is cybersecurity threats.

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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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12 Coaches Share How They Have Pivoted To Meet Evolving Client Needs

Forbes Coaches Council

By modifying their methods and switching up their approach as needed, coaches can not only help clients meet ever-evolving challenges, but also grow their practices.

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How ERISA affects ICHRA

PeopleKeep

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act 1 of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that governs employee benefit plans, including employer-sponsored health insurance. Under ERISA, employers that offer health insurance to their employees must adhere to certain regulations and guidelines. While it’s not an insurance policy, the individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement (ICHRA) is considered a group plan and is therefore subject to ERISA regulations.

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Neurodivergence And Diversity, Equity And Inclusion

Forbes Coaches Council

As organizations move toward more inclusive workplaces, I believe they should acknowledge and celebrate another type of diversity: neurodiversity.

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The Recruiting Survey Fatigue Myth

Survale HR

I hear about recruiting survey fatigue all the time. Usually it comes in the form of “I’d love to gather feedback from my candidates as often as possible, but won’t they get tired of so many surveys and simply ignore them? Especially if we send them frequently?” The answer is an emphatic, unqualified “of course not!” Recruiting survey fatigue is a myth.

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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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The Most Expensive 'Sandwich' In The World: How To Retain Mid-Level Law Associates

Forbes Coaches Council

Every time a mid-level associate leaves a firm, they take about $200,000 of recruiting and professional development investment with them.

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What is an employer payment plan (EPP)?

PeopleKeep

Health insurance remains a popular employee benefit for U.S. workers. But, traditional group health plans have costly annual rate hikes and strict participation requirements that leave many business owners looking for other ways to pay for their employees’ healthcare.

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5 Steps To Better Stress Management

Forbes Coaches Council

Grab a pen, and let’s run through the following five steps to get all the stress you’re feeling out of your head and onto paper so you can take action.

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Employee Marketing: Your 101 Guide for 2024 

Analytics in HR

Employee marketing is a great, but underutilized, way to align your workforce with your organization’s business objectives and create brand advocacy. According to Edelman’s 2020 trust barometer , 54% of participants surveyed indicated that they saw a ‘regular’ employee as a trusted and credible source within the company. Amplifying your employees’ voices and experiences can help your company promote your employer branding and attract top talent.

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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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BOOsting brand consistency in your Halloween marketing

Papirfly

Something wicked this way comes. While Halloween is a thrilling time for marketers to get into the spooky spirit of the season to frighten and delight their customers, an ever-lurking fear lies behind every door in branding and marketing departments – how can our marketing stand out while not compromising brand identity? Creating a Halloween marketing campaign can feel like walking through a haunted house – you’re excited when you step through the door but constantly waiting for something

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A Millennium Forward: What HR will look like in 1000 years?

Factorial HR

30 sec summary Sometimes, we wonder about the distant future, say, a millennium from now. What if businesses spanned across planets? How would Human Resources adapt to such vastness? And as the lines distinguishing man from machine become ever thinner, how would HR maintain a sense of unity and fairness? With the advent of quantum [.

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How to Amp Up Quality Performance Reviews by Teaching Managers the Art of Continuous Feedback (i4cp login required)

i4cp

An i4cp Next Practices in Action Article Performance management is no longer limited to formal, infrequent reviews and rigid structures; it's about fostering a culture of growth and development that emphasizes a collaborative approach. A cornerstone of modern performance management is continuous feedback, a dynamic process proven to be a game-changer that fosters ongoing, interactive dialogue between employees and their managers.