Tue.Feb 19, 2019

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The Better Way to Handle Headcount Reduction

Visier

There are a number of reasons that companies resort to layoffs , including cutting costs and unavoidable staff reduction. Navigating a reduction in workforce is a tricky and sensitive process. The use of people analytics in reducing headcount can provide HR managers with the data necessary to make the most informed and beneficial decision for the organization.

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Your Weekly Dose of HR Tech: Pocket Recruiter (@pkrecruiter)

The Tim Sackett Project

Today on The Weekly Dose I review the recruiting technology, Pocket Recruiter. Pocket Recruiter drastically reduces the time it takes to screen, source and evaluate candidates, helping recruiters achieve a higher interview to placement ratio. Pocket Recruiter is one of these new recruiting technologies built around the concepts of Machine Learning and A.I.

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How Small Businesses Can Mitigate the Risk of Compliance Failure

360 factors

Compliance system is a center segment of any bank regardless of their size. There is a noteworthy distinction in how compliance system can influence private ventures and how it affects substantial organizations in the industry. Large organizations can burn through millions of dollars on for their compliance management whereas, smaller companies remained constrained by their assets.

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Quebec: Changes to Labor Standards for Employees

Global People Strategist

Intended to take effect in January 2019, Québec’s National Assembly recently enacted Bill 176, entitled An Act to amend the Act respecting labor standards and other legislative provisions mainly to facilitate family-work balance (Bill). The Bill was approved on June 12, 2018 and is set to affect non-federal employees in Quebec, or about 90 percent of the workforce.

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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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update: we have twice-daily mandatory group therapy at work

Ask a Manager

Remember last week’s letter-writer whose office was requiring people to attend twice-daily group therapy ? Here’s the update. Hi! OP here! OMG it’s been a week. So when I wrote this, I called out the whole week because I couldn’t wrap my head around all of this, and I had luckily enough gotten a job interview somewhere else. I appreciate your comments and the support and advice and I’m going to give some back.

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ISTR 24: Symantec’s Annual Threat Report Reveals More Ambitious and Destructive Attacks

Symantec

ISTR Volume 24 is here, providing insights into global threat activity, cyber criminal trends, attacker motivations, and other happenings in the threat landscape in 2018.

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How to Train Someone to Translate Business Problems into Analytics Questions

Analytics in HR

Analytics translators perform some of the most essential functions for integrating analytics capabilities in a company. They define business problems that analytics can help solve , guide technical teams in the creation of analytics-driven solutions to these problems, and embed solutions into business operations. It’s specialized work, calling for strong business acumen, some technical knowledge, and project management and delivery chops.

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Ep 169 – Inclusion and the Use of Gender-Neutral Pronouns in the Workplace

Workology

As a society, we have grown up with the use of certain pronouns to use that refer to a person based on a male/female and using a singular/plural framework. However, this is changing, and a growing. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution. As a society, we have grown up with the use of certain pronouns to use that refer to a person based on a male/female and using a singular/plural framework.

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Understanding Key Performance Indicators for Employee Training Programs

BizLibrary - HR

We'll help you understand KPI development for employee training programs (with some KPI examples to get you started) so you can prove how deep the value of learning goes in your organization. The post Understanding Key Performance Indicators for Employee Training Programs appeared first on BizLibrary.

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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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3 Trends That Will Shape Recruiting in 2019

SHRM Resources

In 2019, employers will entice applicants by hiring for soft skills and potential, offering more-flexible work options and being more open about pay.

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14 Ways To Build A Company Culture That Embraces Change

Forbes Coaches Council

Change is inevitable in business, and helping their employees accept and adapt is an important role for business leaders. Members of Forbes Coaches Council members share 14 tips for building a culture of adaptation and flexibility.

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What Companies Need to Know to Retain New Moms

SHRM Resources

Re-entering the workforce after a significant time away for any reason can be difficult. New mothers returning to work after childbirth and women who have taken a career break to have children, however, experience a unique set of stressful challenges.

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50 of the Best Interview Questions to Assess Cultural Fit

Rise

As a hiring manager, boss, or CEO, it’s your responsibility to assess what qualifies as a good cultural fit for your organization. Ideally you will find candidates whose values, behaviours, qualifications, and ethics align with the organization’s priorities. The most successful hires will fit both the job and the workplace culture. First, what are some examples of cultural fit in the workplace?

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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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5 Reasons Why You Can’t Get Enough Job Applicants

Criteria Corp

Companies are in a crunch to find the right candidates for their open positions, and one of the biggest reasons for this is that they simply aren’t getting enough applicants in the first place. When your goal is to hire the best person for the job, you don’t want to feel constrained by a tiny applicant pool.

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How Angry Leaders are Perceived and Why It Matters

IO At Work

Researchers study the types of inferences followers make about angry leaders in the workplace and provide recommendations for organizations.

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What Women Want: Empathy Mapping and the Candidate Experience

Allegis Global Solutions

We talk a lot about the concept of “ candidate experience ,” and rightfully so. It’s one of the most essential topics in resourcing today. The thing we so often forget, though, is that the experience of every candidate, even when the position and process are the exact same, will differ dramatically.

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13 Tips To Help Business Leaders Accept Not Always Having 'The Answer'

Forbes Coaches Council

Regardless of their years of experience, business leaders must be comfortable with the idea that they won’t have the solution to every problem. Forbes Coaches Council members offer advice for leaders who want to build a culture where all team members collaborate to solve problems.

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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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How Would Employees Describe Your Culture?

HR Management

Culture is the personality and character of your company. How would employees describe your culture? The culture is toxic. Leaders are the worst. Don’t worry about it, just do it. Culture, what culture? No one cares what I think. I don’t tell people where I work. Or…. Our leaders inspire me. We’re all about excellence. It’s the way we do things around here.

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Developing Leadership Influence In Your Industry And With Your Team

Forbes Coaches Council

What is the difference between being a leader in your industry and being a leader of a team? Do you have to choose between one or the other? Which should you work toward first? It all depends on your current roleand the type of leader you aspire to be.

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How Women In Tech Can Build Solidarity Together

Forbes YEC Women

While the obstacles to female career advancement are substantial, there’s also a lot of opportunity to lean on one another to get ahead.

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How to Ask a Great Question

HR Examiner

Can a giraffe touch its nose with its tongue? We have most of the knowledge of the Universe in our pocket, along with a whole lot of things we may never understand. Like reality shows, overexposed photos of ugly dresses, and tattoos of unicorns in compromising positions. (No. I’m not giving you a link. Google it.). We really don’t have to remember or know information.

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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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How Being a New Parent Changed My View on Change at Work

Root

I always thought I was good with change – I adapt easily and I’ve thrived in a job where every day looks different. Turns out, I’m terrible at change. The 40 weeks a woman spends being pregnant doesn’t prepare her for the actual change that happens when you go from being two adults in control of their lives to two adults at the beck and call of one tiny human.

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Sonic Boom: All fluff?

Sonic Boom

Oh come on – you’ve thought the same thing at one point or another, haven’t you? I mean really – we founded our oh-so-disruptive-at-the time company based on the tagline, “Wacky Wellness Works” – on the premise that making corporate wellness fun and social would drive more engagement, which would translate into sustainable health-habit improvement.

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Accountants and The Gig Economy: A Match Made in Heaven

ADP

Accountants and the gig economy need each other, but can they overcome their trust issues and fickle natures and learn to embrace each others' strengths?

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The Success Secret Leaders Can Borrow From Michael Phelps

Forbes Coaches Council

What can you ask yourpotential client that nobody else is thinking of? What is an unexpected perk you can offer that your competition isn't doing?

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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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3 Workplace Insights from Shawn Achor

Namely

Namely is thrilled to announce that New York Times bestselling author Shawn Achor will be HR Redefined 2019 ’s keynote speaker! Achor is one of the world’s leading experts on the connection between happiness and success, and has taken that expertise to Fortune 100 companies and events around the world. You can learn more about him here. We pored through Achor’s catalog of best-sellers to share some of his most compelling HR insights.

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how do I rebuild my career after destroying it in my 30s?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I was relatively successful in my twenties. I got a job right out of college and climbed the ladder, going from an assistant position to a director position, all at the same workplace. I even accomplished some pretty amazing things—many of which are still in place. My personal life exploded in my thirties as my marriage took a turn toward the abusive, and I became a worse and worse employee, eventually agreeing to resign under (appropriately) frosty terms.

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How Can Financial Wellness Be Improved?

Best Money Moves

How can financial wellness be improved? Overspending and credit card debt is pulling employees further away from building savings and financial security. Financial stress is getting worse, making financial wellness programs a critical benefit offering for employers. 74 million Americans have more credit card debt than emergency savings, according to a new survey by Bankrate.