Fri.Apr 26, 2019

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Take an Einstein Approach to Education and Career Growth

Engage2Excel

“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” Albert Einstein sure knew what he was talking about here. One great myth about education is that once you have the degree in hand, you can check that box off and move forward without having to spend another day in a classroom. The reality is that formal education teaches us how to learn once we are released into our new habitat, the workforce.

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Waze for Employee Benefits: How Consumers Can Take Advantage of a Better Benefits Experience

Benefitfocus

Instead of set it and forget it, we should think of our approach to benefits more like driving with a navigation system. Learn how the evolution of benefits technology is making the idea of a benefits navigator a reality.

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Are you feeling productive on Fridays? Yeah, me neither

Workplace Diva

It's Friday afternoon. Are you feeling productive? I'm not. In fact, I'm bloody exhausted. By Friday, I am just so tired from the week. It doesn't matter how busy the week has been, either. I am always back to the same place by Friday afternoon, which is to say that I am trying to stay awake at my computer. via GIPHY I know what you're probably thinking: get more sleep.

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Through the Eyes of the Hiring Manager

The Tim Sackett Project

On Wednesday I was sitting on The Talent Fix Book Club webcast with one of my Recruiting Managers, Zach Jensen , and Zach made the comment that great recruiters do something a bit different, they look at applications and resumes through “the eyes of the hiring manager” It’s a brilliant piece of advice, but what does it mean!? New, or lesser experienced, recruiters look at candidates like a checklist: Do they meet the minimum qualifications?

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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with California’s New Legal Requirements (SB-553)

Speaker: Speakers:

Every company everywhere should have a plan to combat workplace violence and properly respond to violent incidents. California has stepped to the plate and become the first state to mandate workplace violence prevention requirements for employees and employers. Even if you are in a different state or country, these workplace violence requirements are applicable to almost every employer anywhere.

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Ceipal Raises $7.5M for Contract Staffing Tech

WorkTech

Ceipal recruiting technology largely focused on contract staffing firms, raised $7.5 million. Their website is “boiling the ocean” reading like a corporate ATS, but also including back office for staffing. Price point is exposed on the site – and looks low in comparison to competitors. They state that they intend to use funds to […].

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Self-Care For Leaders: A Necessity Or Time Suck?

Forbes Coaches Council

While it can be difficult for high-level executives to see the value in self-care, the truth is that it’s nonnegotiable if you expect to maintain success for any amount of time.

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How Age Discrimination in the Workplace Affects Company Culture

Kazoo

Age Discrimination in the Workplace. We recently spoke about discrimination against women in the workplace, but unfortunately, gender bias isn’t the only prejudice found in companies across the nation. Ageism is becoming increasingly common in organizations, especially those in tech industries based in Silicon Valley, where the median age of an employee is 30.

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What Happens at Home May Affect Proactive Behavior at Work

IO At Work

Researchers examine which types of off-job experiences influence proactive behavior at work the next day, and which do not.

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10 Reasons Highlighting The Importance Of Team Building

Vantage Circle

Teamwork makes the dream work. You must have heard this phrase a countless number of times. What does it mean? Simply that you can achieve your biggest obstacles if you have a team that shares a common goal and works together to achieve it. A team that works together performs and excels. They know what their goals are and how exactly they can go about achieving it- together.

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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.

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How a Second Chance Culture Helps Employees Succeed

SHRM

For many people, receiving a Second Chance and being given a job after being released from prison is life-changing. But their success depends on more than just being hired. It’s about the environment that they are hired into. Crystal is the community outreach coordinator for Dave's Killer Bread. Ten years after receiving a second chance opportunity with the company following her release, Crystal is thriving in her role.

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Cafe Classic: Putting on Your Explorer Cap via Appreciative Inquiry for the Compensation Pro

Compensation Cafe

Editor's Note: More than a few of us number nerds populating the field of compensation have a Classic deficit in the soft skills required to constructively explore and understand the territory and circumstances surrounding employee and organizational performance. . In the wake of my recent post about the law of the instrument and the ensuing discussion about embracing an explorer's mentality in our work, I had a conversation with a colleague that brought Appreciative Inquiry back to mind.

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The Potential of HRM Systems and Systems Integration

Accu-time

The Potential of HRM Systems and Systems Integration. How is your HRM systems integration strategy working? According to Sierra-Cedar's 2018-2019 HR Systems Survey (21st annual edition) , 51% of organizations approach HR systems integrations on a case-by-case basis or not at all. Yet, the survey analysis concluded that organizations with an enterprise integration strategy (EIS) had a positive correlation with improved outcomes for HR and business goals.

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Employee App Academy: A Podcast on Cultural Transformation

Staffbase

We cover the employee experience through internal communications. We focus on solving communication challenges through a branded employee app. In an effort to present this content in your preferred medium, we offer both audio and video! If you prefer to listen on your favorite app, check out our feed on Google , iTunes , Spotify , BuzzSprout , Stitcher , and TuneIn.

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The Employer’s Guide to Early Cancer Detection

A comprehensive early detection strategy for cancer is no longer a nice-to-have for employers; it’s a must. The reality is 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives, and the physical, emotional, and financial impact on both employees and employers is great. To help improve your employees’ health outcomes and reduce cancer-related costs, download The Employer’s Guide to Early Detection.

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Millennial, Who? Make Way for Generation Z in the Workplace

WEX Inc.

For nearly a decade, many companies and organizations have been focused on understanding Millennials ; who they are, what they value, and what engages them in the workplace. Just when you thought you had Millennials figured out, a new generation enters the scene. That’s right. Generation Z is the newest generation to enter the workforce – and their high-tech and hyper-connected upbringing will bring a new set of behaviors and expectations to the workplace.

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Taming the Incentive Beast

Compensation Force

It's a proven fact. Left on their own, with no boundaries or constraints, incentive plans will often multiply like rabbits. I recently spoke with a compensation professional who claimed that her organization has over 300 incentive plans in place. Her question: "What can we do to tame this beast?". A few thoughts come to mind. First of all, should the organization be managing 300 separate incentive plans?

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When Bad Job Applicants Can Be Your Best Hire

Evil HR Lady

Some people dismiss certain “types”of job candidates out of hand, regardless of skills, experience or potential. If you don’t fit their idea of what an employee should be like, you’re rejected. This is, of course, illegal in the case of race, religion, disability and a few other things, but perfectly legal in many cases. Is this wise behavior?

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Why You Need a Culture of Lifelong Learning

WeSpire

Saturday Spark #11. By Susan Hunt Stevens, Founder & CEO. A recent New York Times article on the job market in Phoenix could have been about most urban areas in America. “ Tech is splitting the workforce in two ” explains that high wage jobs are available for a small amount of highly educated workers at companies like Intel and Boeing, but the vast majority of job growth has come in roles with relatively low wages and fewer prospects for advancement: restaurants and hospitality, health care

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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Conference Twitter Primer: Employer Branding Strategies Conference #EBrandCon

Advos

Using HRmarketer software, we analyzed the #EBrandCon website and tweets to come up with the following Conference Twitter Primer — all the information you need to socially prepare for this HR conference! Enjoy. Note: This is a Twitter primer so if a speaker or sponsor does not have a Twitter ID, you won’t find them on this primer. If we missed anyone, sorry!

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How to protect yourself from destructive criticism

Jostle

Receiving criticism, even the most tactfully delivered constructive criticism, can take a toll on our self-esteem and sense of self worth. But as you probably know, it’s much, much worse to receive criticism from someone who doesn’t know how to effectively deliver it, or whose criticism is outright malicious, unsolicited, or totally off-base.

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Game of Thrones: Kintonians Give Their Top 5 Wildest Ending Theories

Kintone

Winter has arrived! On Game of Thrones, that is. If you’ve watched every grueling episode and are up-to-date with the last season, then hats off to you. This means you’ve made it through some of the absolute wildest moments in TV history. You’ve probably shed some tears at the loss of beloved characters, jumped out of your seat in frustration, had a couple of good laughs (thanks, Tyrion), and endured a handful of sleepless nights pondering what you witnessed.

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HR debate: What’s the right way to fire someone?

HR Morning

No one wants to hear “You’re fired.” This was even more evident in February, when a worker who’d just been let go killed five co-workers at a factory in Aurora, IL. Of course, this situation is rare, but the incident has prompted HR pros to re-evaluate their policies as reported in The Wall Street Journal. Is Friday the best day? There’s a lot of debate over the right way to let someone go, but HR pros are crystal clear on the following: Rethink Friday firings.

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Delivering DEI Training That Drives Real Change

Speaker: Jeffrey Hall, Chief Creative Office of WILL Interactive

Great DEI training improves engagement, retention, and teamwork. Poor training does little. What content areas are right for our organization? How can you construct training around empathy-building, relatable stories for a positive disposition to hard topics? We’ll cover the latest research on how to make training that actually delivers attitudinal and behavioral shifts.

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12 'Incentives' That May Actually Be Pushing Your Employees Away

Forbes Coaches Council

Incentives can be a great way to boost team morale and retain quality employees, but did you know the wrong incentives can actually push employees away? The leaders at Forbes Coaches Council share their insight on which perks you should avoid to keep your team and your business thriving.

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HRExaminer v10.17

HR Examiner

Diversity Problems. HRExaminer Weekly Edition v10.17 April 26, 2019. We’re talking about Diversity problems on The HR Examiner this week. First up, Joe Gerstandt explains How to Fix Your Diversity Problem in One Easy Step. Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic explores Why Some Leaders are more Committed to Diversity than Others. John Sumser asks an interesting question.

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Is Your Family Business In Turmoil? The Solution Could Be Communication

Forbes Coaches Council

Effective conversations begin when leaders and team members recognize the nature of how they are currently communicating and how their actions impact outcomes and relationships

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open thread – April 26-27, 2019

Ask a Manager

It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on anything work-related that you want to talk about. If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to talk to other readers. * If you submitted a question to me recently, please don’t repost it here, as it may be in the to-be-answered queue.

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Are There Gaps in Your HR Policies?

Putting the right HR policies in place can help your organization grow smoothly and help your company culture thrive. Use this essential HR checklist to cover the basics and make sure there aren’t any gaps in your HR functions.

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Should You Hire An 'Overqualified' Candidate? Eight Things To Consider First

Forbes Coaches Council

Members of Forbes Coaches Council name a few key factors to consider before offering an overqualified applicant a position.

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Protecting Yourself in Advance: 7 Common Reasons Why a Medical Doctor Might Get Sued

Take It Personel-ly

The trend in patients filing medical malpractice lawsuits has been on the rise over the past decade. An average of 85,000 actual suits are filed, but the number of injuries reaches closer to one million. When you are a busy, knowledgeable doctor in a popular, bustling practice or hospital, it feels great to be treating […].

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When It's Time To Change, Remember: You Have Anchors, And So Do Your Employees

Forbes Coaches Council

Just like a boat’s anchor, the things that are anchoring us are below the surface. We’re not thinking about what is guiding our thoughts, decisions or actions. Then turbulence hits.

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