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[Part 1] Talent Management University | Training, Managing and Moving Talent

ClearCompany HRM

Welcome to Freshman Year of Talent Management University. In this series we are explaining how to properly train, manage and successfully move your talent within your organization. Stay tuned as this is part one of our 3 part series. The phrase may be considered cliché but the sentiment is not: your people are your greatest assets. No matter how tired we are of hearing the same reminder, it is one from which we can’t move away.

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The Week of HR #1: The Importance of Personality in the Workplace

EmployeeConnect

Welcome to the first edition of The Week of HR Series ! Every week we curate for you the top content on anything HR around the world wide web so you don’t miss a thing! This week, let’s have a look at personality in the workplace and how you can better understand and manage this HR topic often overlooked. Here are a few good reads we thought you might find enjoyable: PRODUCTIVITY – Shifting from metrics back to humans.

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Why I’m Thankful for Motherhood

The Aristocracy of HR

010011000010 This week, I am finding it hard not to reflect on being a mother with Mother’s Day coming this Sunday. I sincerely believe that all of the blessings and transformative instances I have experienced over the past seven years can be attributed to me being a mother. The act of having to put someone […].

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The 10 Questions These Top Influencers Ask Their Teams

15Five

What questions do you ask your team? Why do you ask them? The best managers and leaders are intentional about how they communicate with their employees. They consider what they ask, why they ask it and they engage in the practice of Q&A regularly. We believe that listening to employees and understanding them is far more valuable than telling them what to do.

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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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Five Resources for Resume Success

EDSI

Here’s a sneak peek for when you need some help and inspiration: The Elements of Style by Strunk and WhiteThis resource lays the foundation for professional writing. Admittedly, not every page can be applied to resume writing, but it useful to ensure the writing in the resume is professional. This is not an exciting read, but it guides any writing and editing so the end result is as polished as possible.

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Health Coverage Information Returns: A Key Date Calendar

ACA Times

While many if not most of the 2015 tax season deadlines have already passed, some information-filing deadlines are steadily approaching. Some have been already been extended, including the deadline for the mailing of Forms 1095-B and 1095-C, which was extended from February 1, 2016to March 31, 2016 Other extensions are still underway, including the mailing and electronic filing deadlines of certain informational returns.

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5 Traits You Should Be Looking For In New Hires

Hoops

When deciding what traits to look for in your recruiting pool, there are lots of opinions and little consensus. Some experts claim that optimal traits are role-dependent: the personality traits that make a great customer service rep aren't the same ones possessed by an outstanding salesperson. Others say the only thing that matters is ‘fit’, the holy grail that is almost impossible to quantify.

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The Week of HR #1: The Importance of Personality in the Workplace

EmployeeConnect

Welcome to the first edition of The Week of HR Series ! Every week we curate for you the top content on anything HR around the world wide web so you don’t miss a thing! This week, let’s have a look at personality in the workplace and how you can better understand and manage this HR topic often overlooked. Here are a few good reads we thought you might find enjoyable: PRODUCTIVITY – Shifting from metrics back to humans.

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5 Traits You Should Be Looking For In New Hires

Hoops

When deciding what traits to look for in your recruiting pool, there are lots of opinions and little consensus. Some experts claim that optimal traits are role-dependent: the personality traits that make a great customer service rep aren't the same ones possessed by an outstanding salesperson. Others say the only thing that matters is ‘fit’, the holy grail that is almost impossible to quantify.

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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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It's Tri-State HRMA Time!

nettime solutions

The nettime solutions crew is at it again… Join us in Mount Laurel, New Jersey on Thursday, May 5 th for the Tri-State Human Resource Management Association’s 30 th Annual Conference. The Tri-State Human Resource Management Association (TSHRMA) is a member-driven SHRM affiliated chapter. The continued growth of the chapter has given them the ability to stay ahead of leading human resource management issues.

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Are we playing defense when it comes to employee engagement?

What is Paul Thinking

About 6 years ago I wrote a post for Fistful Of Talent entitled: HR Plays Too Much Defense”. The gist of the post was that HR sees their job as “protecting the company.” That HR is in the “prevention of problems game.” Unfortunately, the way you win that game is to not lose. And the way you “not lose” is to make sure you don’t have problems.

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The Dangers of Herd Thinking (And How to Avoid It)

WorkHuman

As part of the WorkHuman movement, we often talk about the notion of authenticity—of creating a work environment where our teams and our employees feel comfortable bringing their whole, human selves to work every day. What does that mean in practice? And how can leaders make this a reality in their organizations? I recently had the opportunity to chat with WorkHuman speaker Steve Pemberton, vice president, diversity and inclusion and global chief diversity officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance.

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[Infographic] Privacy At Work: Know Your Rights

Hppy

Pay and working conditions for employees today are vastly different to how their predecessors were treated. This is down to major advances in workers’ rights, and means that many employees are no longer expected to work overtime without being paid for it or work in unsafe conditions for example. Whilst these positive factors provide the modern worker with a much better pay and working conditions than they would have had to accept in previous generations, it should not be forgotten that employees

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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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Applying for Internal Positions: 5 Ways to Look Great.

The HR Capitalist

A Capitalist Reader Writes. Ever written a blog entry about tip/strategies for employees applying for positions within their existing teams at a company? I’m looking to make a move and an upward slot opened up for my Boss’s Boss that I’m trying to elbow my way into. Kind of a different dynamic when they know you, they know what you’ve delivered (here, but not necessarily at other companies/positions), know some of your strengths and opportunity areas, etc.

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10 Tips on How To Empower and Engage Your Employees

TalentCulture

“Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.” – Stephen R. Covey. The “my way of the highway” leadership style is no longer effective. Yes men and women who simply follow rules, policies, and procedures are not the kinds of employees who will produce results and generate growth. As a business owner or manager, you know that the more engaged and empowered your employees are, the more likely they are to feel a sense of ownership in your company.

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The Power of the Pause

WorqIQ

Albert Einstein once said, “If I had 60 minutes to solve an important problem, I would spend 55 minutes on defining the problem and five minutes on the solution.” When it’s time to step up and lead, sometimes it requires leaders to do less vs. more. Our proposal is simple: before you engage, consider the […] Read more. Read More» The post The Power of the Pause appeared first on Switch & Shift.

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Tweet Naked: Using Social Media to Build Your Brand

TalentCulture

Social media is one of the best marketing tools available when it comes to building and a brand. However, people and companies are missing an opportunity to connect with consumers by not utilizing it effectively. Today’s #WorkTrends guest, Scott Levy , author of “Tweet Naked” , shared tips and tricks to help you get the most from your investment of both time and resources in social media marketing.

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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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HRE Column: Five Ways to Succeed with HR Technology

Steve Boese

Here is my semi-frequent reminder and pointer for blog readers that I also write a monthly column at Human Resource Executive Online called Inside HR Tech and that archives of which can be found here. As usual, the Inside HR Tech column is about, well, HR Tech, (sort of like I used to write about all the time on this blog), and it was inspired by the planning process for the upcoming HR Technology Conference, (October 4-7, 2016 in Chicago).

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WorkForce Software Teams Up with GENYOUth to Develop Young Leaders in the Detroit Metro Area

Workforce Software

Teens 13-17 Learn From Top WorkForce Executives in the “WorkForce Dream Builder Experience” LIVONIA, Mich. (May 5, 2016) – WorkForce Software has teamed up with leading health and wellness nonprofit, GENYOUth to launch the WorkForce Dream Builder Experience: Envision the Future, a collaborative mentoring experience for young, social entrepreneurs in the Detroit Metro area as.

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Millennials Expect Your Company to Possess a Strong Heartbeat

WorqIQ

Thanks to the incredible work of thought leaders like Kare Anderson, Mark Babbitt, Shawn Murphy, Adam Grant, Ayelet Baron, Tim McDonald, and so many others, there is much greater understanding and increasing willingness among businesses, large and small alike, in myriad sectors, all across the globe, to adopt a more human-centered way of thinking about […] Read more.

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Do you understand the 'illusion of inclusion?'

HR Zone

Engage. Do you understand the 'illusion of inclusion?

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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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Say Less & Ask More: A Conversation With Michael Bungay Stanier

BambooHR

We recently had the pleasure to sit down with acclaimed author and thought leader Michael Bungay Stanier to discuss his new book The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever. The book is an invitation to business leaders everywhere to talk less and ask more questions in order to […]. The post Say Less & Ask More: A Conversation With Michael Bungay Stanier appeared first on.

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Studying politicians: emotionally-intelligent leadership can be taxing

HR Zone

Perform. Emotionally-intelligent leadership can be taxing.

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3 strategies in the retailer’s bull’s-eye through 2017

Ceridian

By John Orr, SVP of Retail, Ceridian. Retailers are always looking ahead, and with the insights offered through RIS and Gartner’s 26 th Annual Retail Technology Study it’s easier to make changes that will have an impact. Over the next few posts, I’ll help connect these research insights with important considerations for retailers trying to thrive in the evolving and competitive consumer marketplace.

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7 Effective Rules of Developing Bring your Dog to Work Policy

HR C-Suite

This has become a matter of reality with the passage of time that allowing dogs in the workplace can reduce work-related stress to a great extent. At the same time, other factors such as job satisfaction and morale could be increased with the help of this initiative to a considerable level. Therefore, employers are encouraged […].

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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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Beyond Money – How to Motivate Employees [Infographic]

WorqIQ

We all work for money. Some of us work for more than that of course: fulfillment, balance, and inspiration if we’re lucky. Many of us are money motivated. Some because we value money for money’s sake. Some because we value the freedom and security that money brings. But what many managers don’t realize is that […] Read more. Read More» The post Beyond Money – How to Motivate Employees [Infographic] appeared first on Switch & Shift.

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Employee Engagement: Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8

David Zinger

I invite you to read my current post on LinkedIn on Finding Your Inner Toddler for engagement: a small playful person open to learning. who tumbles and takes many precarious steps. while absorbing so much of the world and. getting a lot of help and encouragement from others. To read the full post and learn about why we need to approach engagement like toddlers, click here.

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Dilemma of the Month: Hourly Employees Working Off the Clock

Evil HR Lady

I have an hourly employee who I cannot get to stop working off the clock. It’s particularly an issue if he is out sick, but I regularly notice that he is working or has worked during off hours. I’ve asked him to only work while on the clock, but the problem persists. I think he’s trying to be helpful, but I’m worried about our liability on the matter and am unsure how to address it with my employee.

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