Thu.Dec 22, 2016

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Why a Growing Number of Employees Are Not Impressed with How Performance is Managed

ClearCompany HRM

No matter which seat you’re sitting in, managing the performance of the organization will affect your daily work. Hitting productivity goals is reliant on the work done every minute of every shift, yet too many companies use annual performance reviews as the basis of our management programs. Unfortunately, even that statement is a simplification of a very complicated problem.

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Going Digital – How Small To Medium Businesses Are Winning With Cloud Solutions

ExactHire

The cloud is one of the best business tools to be developed in recent years. It has freed companies from the constraints of their locations and endless paperwork, and helped them to become more robust, flexible, and cost-effective. Research in 2015, stated that 37% of all small businesses had adopted cloud computing, and by 2020, this could rise to 78%.

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Turning New Hires into Engaged Employees – 3 Quick Tips for Success

Achievers

Studies on turnover estimate that when an employee leaves a company, it can cost the organization between 30 to 250 percent of that person’s annual salary due to factors like loss of productivity and other associated replacement costs. BambooHR shared its research on turnover with the Society for Human Resource Management , saying the average company is losing one-sixth of its new hires in the first six months.

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Keep It Moving: Expand Your Feedback Circle for a Clearer Picture of Performance

Kazoo

This blog series is to help employees make 2017 the best year yet. We spend 30% of our lives at work – this checklist will help employees get the most of their time and develop the skills that can turn jobs into something meaningful. If you missed it, check out our posts on embracing a growth mindset , proactively engaging your manager and expanding your feedback circle. 2017 Employee Checklist.

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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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[Infographic] How Health Impacts Productivity

Hppy

A motivated employee is a productive employee, and so companies stock their human resources arsenals with all sorts of motivational tools: raises, bonuses, sales contests, peer recognition programs and gift card giveaways, for starters. Research shows that when it comes to improving productivity, however, any figurative carrot on a stick just might rank below an actual carrot — or spinach, kale, fresh fruit, whole grains or lean meats.

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Keep It Moving: How to Keep the Momentum to Achieve Your Goals

Kazoo

This blog series is to help employees make 2017 the best year yet. We spend 30% of our lives at work – this checklist will help employees get the most of their time and develop the skills that can turn jobs into something meaningful. If you missed it, check out our posts on embracing a growth mindset , proactively engaging your manager and expanding your feedback circle. 2017 Employee Checklist.

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Beyond Diversity: Creating an Inclusive Workplace

Everwise

The next generation of professionals working their way up the ranks are demanding more of employers when it comes to diversity and inclusion. Millennials are the most diverse generation in history : 59% identify as Caucasian, and 27% have immigrant backgrounds. As of 2015, working millennials number over 53.5 million , which makes them the largest generation in the workforce, and within 10 years they will make up 75% of the active workforce.

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The NY Dept. of Labor Has Proposed New Salary Thresholds for Exempt Employees

Justworks

New York employers: some changes may be coming your way shortly to how you classify employees. The New York Department of Labor has proposed amendments that would define the new salary thresholds for certain employees to qualify for exemption from minimum wage and overtime. If approved, they’ll go into effect this December 31st, 2016. If this all sounds confusing, it’s because it is.

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The Benefits of Looking Back

RecognizeThis!

By Derek Irvine. Recognize This! – Technology can help us look back at all we have done over the year, celebrating accomplishments and increasing our sense of meaning and belonging through work. The year’s end offers an excellent opportunity to look back at all of one’s accomplishments. Not merely for the sake of nostalgia, taking time to review one’s own body of work reinforces the depth and meaning of connections that have been made at work.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Prepare for Your New Employees' Success Before You Start Recruiting

ATD Human Capital

The first blog post in this series offered an overview of how to develop a total onboarding program. In this post, let’s discuss how to get stakeholders to support your new program and prepare new employees for success before day 1. Build the Business Case. Implementing a total onboarding program requires effective change management. It begins with the business case.

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5 leadership tactics: How to get more done by doing less

Insperity

Ever feel like you’re on a malfunctioning treadmill that’s speeding out of control? You’re constantly running – meeting to meeting , big idea to big idea – but never catching up enough to move your business forward. In our frenetic and complex world, it’s easy to get distracted by peripheral noise and lose focus on execution. But the bottom line is that lack of execution costs you time and money.

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10 HCM Trends to Watch For in 2017

Ceridian

From the gig economy to overtime compliance, many HCM-related trends made news in 2016. What will 2017 bring? We asked Ceridian thought leaders to share their predictions for what will be making headlines in the new year. Employee Experience will continue to be #1. “We will see a heightened, needed focus on creating better employee experiences in the workplace.

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the worst boss of 2016 is…

Ask a Manager

We have a winner! 9,181 votes are in, and the worst boss of the year is the manager who showed up while an employee was having chemotherapy to talk about work … with 28% of the vote. Congratulations, terrible manager of the year! You suck. The seven runners-up, who managed to be pretty terrible themselves: * the manager who threatened to fire people if they didn’t sign up to be a liver donor for his brother – 24%. * the manager whose carelessness caused an employee’s horse to

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9 Leave Management Mistakes To Avoid This Year

The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.

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3 Ways The ‘Best Places to Work’ Ignite Engagement

TLNT: The Business of HR

If business leaders refuse to settle for second best in consumer satisfaction, then it should also be unacceptable to hold back from becoming one of the best places to work. Fighting for the status of best places to work means holding tightly to high retention rates, employee satisfaction, and productivity. So, where do you stand?

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How To Look Beyond A Resume In The Hiring Process

Spark Hire

While a candidate’s resume and cover letter certainly give you insight into what they can add to your team, in 2016, it’s important to extend your hiring efforts beyond these materials in order to select the employee who’s the best fit for your business. Here are some other factors certainly worth considering during the hiring process: The candidate’s potential.

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How HR Can Help The Business Stay Relevant In A Changing World

TLNT: The Business of HR

The November HR Roundtable was doing its best to play the part of soothsayer and look ahead to what hasn’t happened yet. The topic was “Anticipating the Shift,” which most companies miss. There are endless examples of how companies thought they’d stay relevant no matter what, and they ended up disappearing.

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how to say no to something you don’t have time to do, how to create deadlines you’ll stick to, and more

Ask a Manager

Over at the Fast Track by QuickBase today, I take a look at several big work-related stories in the news right now: how to say no to something you don’t have time to do, how to create deadlines you’ll actually stick to, and more. You can read it here. You may also like: how can I make sure my team meets deadlines? my coworker keeps telling me not to worry when he’s slow in getting back to me my boss gives me deadlines and then get annoyed when work isn’t finished early how to s

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Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer

96% of benefits leaders agree: detecting cancer early is the best way to get ahead of rising costs and improve employee health outcomes. So why is it that 82% of employers currently spend significantly more on post-diagnosis care and disease management rather than upstream care? A new survey of 250 benefits leaders who oversee 500 to 50,000 covered lives highlights their perspective on cancer and its burden.

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What We Can Expect From the EEOC In 2017

TLNT: The Business of HR

In recent years, it has been difficult to predict with certainty what employers can expect from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). While it is unlikely the agency will dramatically shift gears during the coming fiscal year, the following are some of the anticipated trends for fiscal year 2017.

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Trust Issues: What Happens When You Trust Your Customers

WorqIQ

It is hard to have a positive relationship with someone you don't trust. When you don't trust someone, it's hard to believe they have your best interests at heart. Without trust, there can be no true partnership. The thing most of us don't realize is that trust issues affect more than just our personal lives, they impact our business relationships as well.

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"You Don't Do Anything Halfway"

NoExcusesHR

Maybe it's the end of the year. Maybe it's that I'm over-processing a bit too much. Or, maybe I'm just being reflective about all sorts of things. Regardless.one thing about me is clear. As a friend recently told me." you don't do anything halfway." Full Power So is this post about my character flaws? Ha! Perhaps. Sometimes being in "go-mode" all the time has it's drawbacks.

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update: my male coworker makes more money than I do

Ask a Manager

Remember the letter from the person whose new male coworker was making significantly more than her to do the same job? Here’s the update. The new coworker, Fergus, was legitimately the worst. I’m still cleaning up the mess three months later. New Manager continued being awful until I complained enough about Fergus to make him, y’know, manage the guy.

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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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Employee engagement

HRNasty

Employee engagement Employee engagement takes many forms. It surprises me how often executives don’t capitalize on the many opportunities to maximize employee engagement that are available in an office for not much money or effort. I work for a small tech company that is in growth mode. Consequently, we are doubling our square footage and moving […] The post Employee engagement appeared first on by HRNasty, HR gone rogue.

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The 10 Most Popular Human Resources Articles of 2016

Select International

It’s that time of the year – time for countdowns and celebrations. We decided that it would be a good time to do some research and find the most popular Human Resource related articles of 2016. Our rankings are based off of the articles that received the most social media shares in 2016. Some of these articles are focused directly on HR, others are leadership focused, and others are about company culture.

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Taking one for the team: why it’s time to ditch the dogma of individual rewards

HR Zone

People. It’s time to ditch the dogma of individual rewards.

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Looking Ahead: Three Big Forces Impacting CFOs and CIOs in 2017

Workday

What are shaping up to be the biggest business issues next year? We posted this question to Workday executives, customers, and partners, and then checked in on what leading industry analysts and researchers are predicting for 2017. With U.S. unemployment at a nine-year low of 4.6 percent on the one hand, and on the other, political discord and uncertainty on a scale most people have never seen, 2017 is going to be one of the most interesting years in decades.

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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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3 Conversations You Must Have Before Year-End

Evil HR Lady

We are almost to the end of 2016 and everything you’ve been putting off has to be done now, or you’ll start 2017 with a cloud hanging over your head. While putting some things off does cause the problem to just go away, other things just need to happen. Everybody should have the following three conversations before year-end. Get these done and you’ll start your new year off on a high and productive note.

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Six Ways to Gift Your Employees That Increase Fulfillment   

Workology

Well, the holiday season is upon us. Before you dole out a holiday bonus or send your assistant to fetch more knick-knacks, slogan-wear, or fruit baskets, you might think about what will be more. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Special Snowflakes: Rudolph and the War for Talent

Compensation Today

Tis the season to listen to Gene Autry on the radio and in every mall singing about the most famous reindeer of all. I’m a fan of the holiday season. I like the lights and the festivities, the gathering of friends and families, the nonstop Hallmark movies that cause me to “get something in my eye” about three-quarters of the way through. This year, as I was listening to Gene crooning about Rudolph, it occurred to me: he starts by singing that we know all of the other eight reindeer.