Thu.Sep 22, 2016

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Free Agent Nation: Using Talent Assessments To Build Your Superteam

The Tim Sackett Project

Anyone else amazed by the USA performance at the Rio Olympic Games? Just us? If you’re responsible for hiring and developing people, then you’d love to build a dominating team of individuals like the USA Olympic Swimming and Women’s Gymnastics teams. But how do you do it? Executives and hiring managers tell you that the world of talent selection and team building is more art than science.

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Onboarding in Healthcare: To Socialize or Not - Is That a Question?

Cornerstone On Demand

I'm sure you remember. It was your first job. You wondered whether or not they would like you. You thought to yourself, "Will I be able to do the job?" Peer pressure seeped in when you walked into the hospital the first time. However, it's not about your skills. It was whether or not the culture would accept you. Would people embrace you and give you the understanding of the "ins and outs" of this particular hospital?

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10 Things a Good Manager Never Does

Achievers

According to a recent article in The Huffington Post , 3 out of 4 employees report that their manager is the worst and most stressful part of their job, and 50% of employees who don’t feel valued by their boss plan to look for another job in the next year. Don’t lose top talent because of poor management. We’ve compiled the top 10 things that leadership should never do if they want to keep their employees happy and engaged in the workplace.

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Corporate Education As The Key To Business Success

Hppy

Employees hold the keys to success for any company that wants to compete in the modern marketplace. Well educated and trained workers add to the productivity and efficiency of the business, while their under-performing counterparts produce low-quality deliverables using obsolete tactics and requiring excessive supervision. Despite the growing body of evidence that shows the value of employee training and development , many small businesses limp along with a team that lacks essential skills and k

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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 Things I’ve Learned About How to Be a Great Manager

Reflektive

One of my many professional goals is to be a great manager. I’ve been focused most of my career on being an individual contributor, but eventually in order to have a bigger impact on an organization you are destined to move into a more managerial role, even if you’re not officially a “manager” of other people. Having a tool in place in my daily workflows helps me grow as a manager Click To Tweet.

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Guess Which State Is Taking A Step Toward Correcting Employee Misclassifications?

ACA Times

Since 2015, the topic of employee misclassification has been a hot one. Thank companies like Dave & Busters—who came under fire for allegedly doctoring hours to fall below the ACA’s hourly requirement for health care or Uber’s ongoing battles with drivers clocking in “full-time” shifts —there is a nationwide move towards more accurate employee classification.

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Why Your Personal Influence Is Far Greater Than You Ever Knew

TalentCulture

Introduction: Through a series of fascinating studies, Harvard-trained social scientists, Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler, have shown that human beings are profoundly influenced by the behavior of the people closest to them in their lives. When we learn a colleague has voted, for example, we’re far more likely to vote ourselves. When someone in our social circle quits smoking, eats too much in a restaurant, or is characteristically studious, we’re unconsciously persuaded to copy those same

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How to Manage Former Peers

Everwise

Getting promoted is something to celebrate! It can also be challenging, especially when you are promoted within your team, and are now responsible for the success of the people you used to work next to. Thankfully, many members of our community have gone through this, and offer sage advice on how to navigate the first few months of transitioning from co-worker to boss.

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Here’s What HR Must Do to Have the Business Impact CEOs Want

TLNT: The Business of HR

A survey released early this year of global CEOs and board chairmen was conducted by the prestigious Conference Board , and it concluded once again that human capital is the top challenge they face. While some in talent management and HR might feel honored to be at the top of the CEO’s watch list, they should instead view this listing as a failure, because they have been at the top of the challenges list two years in a row.

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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: Running Effective One-On-One Meetings

Workology

So you’ve heard about others doing one-on-ones. Some do a one-hour session every other week with each team member. Counting preparation time, one-on-ones would take up a significant part of your busy schedule. You ponder: Would all the hours be well spent and justified? It is true that one-on-ones can be time-consuming. Yet the hour you spend on a session will benefit you and the team a great deal if done right.

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Share Your Hacks!

NoExcusesHR

We all have little tips and tricks that improve our productivity (or at least we think they do!) I'd love to learn some of your great ideas so I can get the most out of my day. Here are a few of my simple hacks.please share yours! New Contact - immediately grab their photo from their Linkedin profile and add it to their contact information on your phone To Do Items - keep Wunderlist open at all times and add a new item in real time (no post-it notes, it's 2016!

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Outsourcing engagement programmes is outsourcing leadership

HR Zone

Engagement. Leadership. Motivation. Outsourcing engagement programmes is outsourcing leadership.

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Three Key Tips for Managing Change as a New CEO

WorqIQ

When a new CEO takes the helm, a certain number of doors and windows for managing change will open, for a limited amount of time, and then shut again. These are opportunities to change the status quo, move in a new direction, or even change the culture. So as a CEO, how do you make the most of this fleeting opportunity? Here are some tips. Read More» The post Three Key Tips for Managing Change as a New CEO appeared first on Switch & Shift.

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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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Unlimited Vacation: the Benefits & Drawbacks of Progressive PTO

BambooHR

At first blush, the concept of unlimited vacation (also known as flexible time off, discretionary PTO, etc.) sounds like a dream, not only for employees but employers as well. Employees would be free to take as much time as they need without worrying about accruing hours, while employers gain a recruiting tool that improves employee […]. The post Unlimited Vacation: the Benefits & Drawbacks of Progressive PTO appeared first on.

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American Business Women’s Day: Unlock Your Inner Confidence to Succeed in Business

Paychex

On American Business Women’s Day, Laurie Zaucha, Vice President of Human Resources and Organizational Development for Paychex, shares insights on the important role women play in businesses across the globe, and provides five practical tips for success.

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quit slouching with the ALEX Wearable Posture Tracker and Coach

Ask a Manager

And now a word from a sponsor… I’ll just say it: I have terrible posture when I’m working. I slouch, I hunch, I behave as if I don’t have a spine in my back. To look at me, you would think I was a jellyfish. A typing jellyfish. But I know I’m not alone in this! If you live in front of a computer or a phone, you probably do a fair amount of slouching too.

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Female Empowerment: Fortune 500 CEOs

Paychex

While men have traditionally dominated the world of business, more women than ever are excelling as Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), the leaders of their companies. Here’s a quick look at the stats behind today’s Fortune 500 female CEOs.

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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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Are You Old? Like, Really Old? Like, 35?

Evil HR Lady

Everyone knows that only young people are good at tech jobs. Okay, everyone knows that statement is foolish, but so many tech companies only want to hire young people. One man decided to start a job board for “ old geeks.” He’s fighting the idea that you can’t innovate over 30. What else can you do to fight age discrimination in your job hunt?

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4 Biggest Culprits for Employee Disengagement

Insperity

Are your employees slacking off? Constantly procrastinating on projects? Frequently missing work? Often, these are telling signs that your employees are disengaged. So, what should you do when you notice that your employees are checked out? Here are the four most common culprits for employee disengagement and how to stop them in their tracks. 1. A lack of appreciation for their work.

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Why most candidates take the wrong job offer

HRNasty

Accepting the wrong job offer In the past 3 weeks, I have met with three different job seekers and I noticed a common thread. With each situation, the candidates DID NOT realize they were working against themselves in their job search. Frankly, I think that this phenomenon is happening with 90% of the candidates out there and […] The post Why most candidates take the wrong job offer appeared first on by HRNasty, HR gone rogue.

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my friend is sabotaging her career

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: Last year, my good friend and colleague was transferred to new position at the same level. She was frustrated by the move and was vocal to just about everyone about it. She didn’t like the position, felt it was beneath her skill set, and believed she was long overdue for a promotion. I encouraged her to embrace the role and was optimistic that in time she would enjoy the position.

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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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Ep 96 – How to Build Relationships Between HR Practitioners and Providers #hrtechconf

Workology

This week I have been in Las Vegas for the TA Tech Conference. It’s a community that is helping to facilitate conversations and collaborations among talent acquisition technology and service providers and recruiting and talent acquisition leaders. I hosted a panel session at TA Tech that focused on having honest conversations about how we can work better together.

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Last Minute Ideas to Celebrate Customer Service Week

Total Employee Recognition

The following blog contains many ideas you can use to customize your recognition strategy for your staff. We’ve also prepared posters and eCards to make recognition easy! You can download these resources -- for FREE -- at the end of this post. While most of our clients feel that recognizing their customer service staff is extremely important, four out of ten report a lack of time and being too busy as roadblocks to designing and implementing a high impact, knock-your-socks-off program for their

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PODCAST - #HRHappyHour 259 - Big Data and Innovation at ADP

Steve Boese

HR Happy Hour 259 - Big Data and Innovation in HR Tech at ADP. Hosts: Steve Boese , Trish McFarlane. Guest Host: Mollie Lombardi. Guest: Don Weinstein, Chief Strategy Officer, ADP. Listen to the show HERE. This week on the show Steve and guest host Mollie Lombardi were joined by Don Weinstein , Chief Strategy Officer at ADP for a conversation on how the power of huge data sets can help HR leaders and organizational leaders be more informed about their own businesses and make better decisions abo

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my coworker feels excluded because my boss and I are friends, letting employees take freelance work, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My boss and I are friends, and my coworker feels excluded. The company I work for is about 400 employees, and the department I work for is a total of three (me, 31 years old; my boss, 32 years, and my coworker, 46 years). My boss and I are really good friends. We hang out after work and on the weekends.

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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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Women In Technology at #HRTechConf 2016

Women of HR

We’re now past the halfway point of September, and summer officially comes to a close this week. That can only mean that the HR Technology Conference is right around the corner! This year’s event moves back to Chicago from its typical Las Vegas location, and will take place from October 4 th – 7 th at McCormick Place. This show still holds strong as one of my favorite events in the world of HR conferences, which is why I continue to serve as an official blogger, and am even stepping up to spea

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I’m on a company’s do-not-hire list

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: About a year ago, I decided to apply for a sales position with a local software company. I got the interview and it was horrible. I was nervous and hadn’t slept well the night before and just did terribly, in my opinion. I did not get the job but was encouraged to reapply in a few years. To make matters worse, a few weeks later, I ran into the recruiter when I was out at a festival and a few drinks in.

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Women Entrepreneurship Driving "Quiet" Revolution in Business Growth

Paychex

A look at some key statistics highlights the explosion of entrepreneurial activity led by women in general, and African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American women in particular.

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