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World of HR: Disability Equality Index expands globally

HR Brew

HR pros may soon have a better understanding of what disability inclusion looks like in different countries, thanks to a recently expanded benchmarking index. Where in the world? Disability:IN, the organization behind the Disability Equality Index (DEI), an annual report examining the best companies for disability inclusion, has previously only looked at US-based operations.

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Need Help Applying 2024 California Employment Laws in Your Workplace?

HRWatchdog

The 2023 legislative session ended with hundreds of bills hitting Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk, many of which are now affecting employers’ compliance efforts. For those having trouble rolling out the new 2024 employment law changes into your existing workplace policies, or those who aren’t sure of the best way to train your supervisors and managers to implement these updated legal requirements so your organization remains in compliance, CalChamber can help!

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13 HR Analytics Courses Online To Check Out in 2024

Analytics in HR

Getting started with HR analytics – also called People Analytics – is a big step for many HR professionals and organizations, and an important one, too. With a good command of HR analytics and a data-driven mindset, you’re better prepared to navigate today’s business challenges and ready to unlock insights for strategic decision-making, optimizing workforce planning, and enhancing employee engagement and productivity.

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How one CHRO uses skill-based hiring to not only recruit but retain talent

HR Brew

Gone are the days when hiring decisions were made based on college education and previous experience alone. Skills-based hiring, or hiring that evaluates candidates based on competencies and skills, has taken off: 70% of employers consider skills more effective when evaluating candidates than résumés, according to a report from pre-employment assessment platform Test Gorilla.

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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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Is Contingency Recruiting Right for Your Small Business?

Homebase

Contingency recruiting can be a potential game-changer. It’s a model where you pay for recruitment services only when a candidate is successfully placed, making it an attractive option for businesses with limited resources or fluctuating hiring needs—challenges facing most small business owners today. But how do you know if it’s right for your business?

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Upskilling: What it is and how it can help you and your company

Achievers

As new technologies and shifting market demands shake up industries worldwide, the need for a highly skilled workforce has never been more critical. But seemingly ever-growing skills gaps remain a persistent challenge for many organizations. When the talent available can’t provide the experience and knowledge employers need, companies can struggle to meet customer demands and keep up with the competition.

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Relocating for Residency or Fellowship: 9 Tips for a Smooth Transition

UrbanBound HR

For medical students, getting matched to a residency program is a major accomplishment. Even more so for securing a fellowship. But once you’re done celebrating, it’s time to tackle your upcoming relocation—and that’s no small feat, either.

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The Murakami approach to beta customer feedback

Workable

I bet every product manager out there has their go-to favorite parts of the job, right? Well, I’m about to let you in on one of mine – it’s the thrill of conducting customer feedback calls during the beta phase of a feature. This pivotal stage, where I gather invaluable insights from our beta users before the official release, is more than just a routine item on my development checklist.

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How to Turbo-Charge Recruiting With Extended Referral Networks

TalentCulture

Sponsored by Bountiful SUMMARY In today’s competitive hiring market, employers are looking for leverage wherever they can find it. And we all know the power of connections — especially when sourcing talent. That’s why employee referral programs are so attractive. But why limit referrals to employees? Access to a broader spectrum of referral networks can […] The post How to Turbo-Charge Recruiting With Extended Referral Networks appeared first on TalentCulture.

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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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Unleashing The Power Of Experience: How Leaders Can Influence Ageism To Achieve Better Results

Forbes Coaches Council

By harnessing the rich tapestry of experience, wisdom and resilience that older workers bring, leaders can unlock the door to unparalleled organizational performance.

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29 Benefits of Coaching for Individuals and Businesses to Thrive

BetterUp

There are lots of products and services out there that claim to change your life — coaching might be the one thing that actually delivers on this promise. The benefits of coaching reach beyond the superficial and are as flexible as you need them to be. A friend of mine was ready to quit her job. Two months after coming back from maternity leave, she was stressed and unhappy.

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16 Strategies For Coaching Clients In Highly Technical Professions

Forbes Coaches Council

Highly technical professions often have different strengths, experiences and perspectives than others, and coaches may need to adapt their approaches accordingly.

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What Is an Arbitration Agreement? Should Employers Use Them?

Business Management Daily

It’s in every organization’s best interest to avoid class action lawsuits, not only to avoid hefty legal costs but also to keep their internal issues out of the public spotlight. For this reason, mandatory arbitration clauses have become extremely popular amongst businesses in the past decade. What is an arbitration agreement? It’s a clause in a contract (often an employment contract) that requires employees to resolve all employment disputes exclusively through arbitration.

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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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How To Coach Struggling Performers On Your Team

Forbes Coaches Council

Remember that everyone is capable of growth, and everyone struggles at different times in their career.

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Important Tax Information for the Upcoming Filing Season

GoCGO

As we approach the 2023 tax filing deadline, we wanted to provide you with some information that may be helpful. Furthermore, the current tax laws are constantly changing, especially with the sunsetting of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act at the end of 2025. With all the changes, it can be difficult to understand all available tax opportunities–and prepare in advance for likely changes.

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ChatGPT and AI: Unveiling the Future of Conversational Technology

Heyyy HR!

Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT, have transformed the digital landscape by introducing a new level of interaction between humans and machines. ChatGPT, a sophisticated language model created by OpenAI , has gotten immense attention for its ability to generate text that closely resembles human writing. It operates by using a vast database of information that it processes to produce relevant responses, making it an invaluable asset in diverse fields ranging from custom

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Los Angeles County Implements Revised Search Procedures for Criminal Court Records

AccuSource

On February 20, 2024, the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles published a public notice stating effective February 23, 2024, the court will no longer include partial date of birth as criteria in its criminal name search engines. The court’s procedural change is the latest response to the May 2021 California Court of Appeals, Fourth Appellate District ruling in All of Us or None – Riverside Chapter vs.

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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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Now open for submissions: 2024 Top HR Tech Products of the Year

HRExecutive

The challenges of leading a business and heading up an HR department haven’t waned over the past year. Many CHROs say that they’ve been busier than ever and that they want technology to deliver like never before. According to Mercer’s most recent Voice of the CHRO survey, more than three in four respondents expect technology and automation to become more prevalent in the coming year. - Advertisement - In other words, HR tech is more important than ever.

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How To Foster A More Open Mindset Among Team Members

Forbes Coaches Council

Helping people move from a fixed mindset that resists change and fears failure to an open mindset of curiosity and adaptability can be challenging for a leader.

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How to Plan Your Recruitment Budget in 2024?

HR Lineup

As we navigate through the evolving landscapes of talent acquisition and workforce management in 2024, the importance of a meticulously planned recruitment budget cannot be overstated. With technological advancements, shifting job market dynamics, and the emergence of new trends, crafting a recruitment budget requires a strategic approach that aligns with organizational goals and adapts to the changing demands of the industry.

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How Should A CEO Choose An Executive Résumé Writer?

Forbes Coaches Council

To help you make the best choice for your next pivotal career move, let’s explore five key points on how a CEO should choose an executive résumé writer.

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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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A chat about salary transparency: the shift towards open discussion

Workable

Recent data shows that career-driven professionals want salary transparency when they’re looking at new opportunities. Stigmas and taboos around public sharing of salaries between colleagues and in job descriptions are increasingly going away. Does it matter for employers? Absolutely. Your talent attraction and retention metrics will be impacted if you don’t plan for this.

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The Agnostic Nature Of Leadership

Forbes Coaches Council

By itself, leadership couldn’t care less about who it bestows itself on and therefore is, to a large extent, agnostic.

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Could Your Job Descriptions Be to Blame? 6 Tips to Spice Them Up

ApplicantStack

There are few things more frustrating than a tepid response to a newly-posted job description. The time that goes into identifying a need, writing the description, and posting is an investment in the future, and you need quality results. For small business owners especially, that time can be very precious and scarce. Could it be that a lackluster job description is to blame for an inadequate candidate pool?

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What is capacity planning—and why it’s essential for business success

Quickbase

Capacity planning plays a crucial role in ensuring smooth operations and optimal resource allocation. Discover the ins and outs of capacity planning with this informative guide.

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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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An employee who wanted religious exception for the COVID-19 vaccine got called on it. Guess what happened next?

The Employer Handbook

I’ll bet nowhere on your HR job description is there anything about serving as the religion police. But during the pandemic, some companies were pretty persnickety when considering employee requests for accommodations from getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Companies that applied heightened scrutiny did so at their own risk. In its COVID-19 guidance , the EEOC acknowledged that employers do not have to accept an employee’s assertion of a religious objection to a COVID-19 vaccination at face

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The 20 Best Quotes for Small Business Owners

Rise

In the dynamic world of entrepreneurship, success is often defined by perseverance, innovation, and the ability to learn from failures. Small business owners face numerous challenges, and wisdom from successful entrepreneurs can serve as a guiding light on their path to success. This article collates 20 of the best quotes from iconic figures, with each quote broken down to unveil the valuable insights it holds for small business owners.

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Why is Company Culture Important?

Pollack Peacebuilding

In a business world where disruption is the norm, one factor can make or break an organization: company culture. A strong, positive workplace culture isn’t just a feel-good perk but a strategic business advantage. Studies show that companies with engaged employees perform 21% better financially. Conversely, a toxic company culture costs workplaces a staggering $223 billion over five years.

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