Wed.Jul 13, 2016

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Two Truths and a Lie about Employee Engagement

Kazoo

We’re all familiar with this game, right? Often played at parties, it’s a great way to get to know someone or learn new things about old friends. Let’s apply it to increasing employee engagement , something that still eludes many HR leaders. Below we’ll share three stats that have come from news articles within the last few weeks. Then, it’s up to you to choose which two are true and which one is false.

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Integrate a Talent Network into Your Recruiting Process

TalentCircles

Recruiters with large numbers of people in their talent networks are always in high demand. The more people there are to choose from, the more options for high quality talent employers have. Not only that, but a strong talent network also helps companies save on time and hiring costs and lowers turnover. So, if you haven’t already done so, it’s time to plug a good talent network into your existing system.

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Two Truths and a Lie about Employee Engagement

Kazoo

We’re all familiar with this game, right? Often played at parties, it’s a great way to get to know someone or learn new things about old friends. Let’s apply it to increasing employee engagement , something that still eludes many HR leaders. Below we’ll share three stats that have come from news articles within the last few weeks. Then, it’s up to you to choose which two are true and which one is false.

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How Your Employees Can Play a Part in Social Media Recruiting

Cornerstone On Demand

In my last post , I discussed how social media can be used to identify, engage with and hire talent. But another important aspect of social media recruiting is growing your presence once you get online. Like everything else, your social media presence needs an accelerator or advocate to help it grow. And lucky for you, the best resource you have to take your social media recruiting to the next level sits right in front of you (or at least in the same building): your employees.

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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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13 Experts Who Inspire Us to Fight for a Better Candidate Experience

ClearCompany HRM

4 Things Philz Coffee Does to Create a Memorable Candidate Experience by Sid Lipsey ( @SidLipsey ). See how this San Francisco-based coffee house, frequented by Mark Zuckerberg, provides a one-of-a-kind candidate experience that makes applicants come running! One of their most notable differences is that they actually record the interviews to see how well the interviewer aligned with the Philz brand.

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Assisters Prove Helpful In ACA Open Enrollment

ACA Times

In a recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey, the results proved the Affordable Care Act’s 2016 open enrollment had a much-needed push from assisters and brokers. The open enrollment period lasted from November 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016, and for the third year the KFF conducted this survey to ascertain information on the consumer enrollment experience with the Health Insurance Marketplace when using assistance programs.

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How Does Leave Loading Work in Australia?

EmployeeConnect

There’s been a lot of confusion around how annual leave loading should be paid since the Fair Work Act (Cth) (the Act) was introduced in 2009. The interpretation of the section 90(2) of the Act can be identified as the main culprit for this issue. Let’s dive right into defining what leave loading is, who should receive it and whether it should be paid upon termination.

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What is Employee Engagement? - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

What is employee engagement? Taken from book, MAGIC: Five Keys to Unlock the Power of Employee Engagement : “Employee Engagement is an emotional state where we feel passionate, energetic, and committed toward our work. In turn, we fully invest our best selves––our hearts, spirits, minds, and hands––in the work we do.” Share Image on LinkedIn.

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What are your Core Projects?

RecognizeThis!

By Derek Irvine. Recognize This! – Core projects can lead to greater happiness and achievement, especially when they are encouraged by the organization and aligned to core values. Recently, more and more attention is being paid to the notion of happiness at work. Once considered too soft, a growing body of evidence from WorkHuman speakers, our own research and from leading academic scholars suggests real and tangible benefits that include greater performance and well-being.

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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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If You're Going to Fail, Fail Small, Grasshopper.

The HR Capitalist

My friend, Tim Sackett, has a post/video up about Failure Being The New Black. His hypothesis is that we've all been fed a load of crap when it comes to failure. His point is that all the new age thinking that failure is good in careers/business is total BS - and we ought to be more focused on success, not failure. I'm going to cut down the middle on this one.

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How to Tell if a Candidate's Lying Straight to Your Face During an Interview

The Muse

Of course you want to hire the best candidate out there—but what if you formed your impression based on lies? Here are some telling signs for a job interview.

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Networking: The Path To Becoming A Brand Ambassador

TalentCulture

How many networking events do you participate in monthly? One? More than five? Do you loathe and avoid networking events? Or do you love meeting new people and building exciting new relationships? Are they online or IRL (In Real Life)? Many people I talk to are terrified of networking. Typical formal events are held after-hours, when they’re feeling tired and a bit beat up by the day’s work.

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Employee Benefits in 2016: Perks or Expectations?

WorqIQ

Are employee benefits today considered perks, or are they expected? It’s a question many ask these days. Not surprisingly, the history of employee perks involves World War II, the burgeoning tech industry and women. Read More» The post Employee Benefits in 2016: Perks or Expectations? appeared first on Switch & Shift.

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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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Life’s Too Short to Live With Conflict

Women of HR

Like most, Conflict Management is not my favorite subject. Nor am I an expert as I have my own unresolved conflict currently brewing that I need to heed my own advice on. However, in Human Resources you often need to be a mediator of conflict between coworkers and manager/employee disagreements. Other times you simply have to provide advice to other managers who need to help their employees deal with conflict.

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Entrepreneurship 101

TalentCulture

In The Beginning. There are many reasons why someone desires to be an entrepreneur. There is, however, a commonality most often found among entrepreneurs… the entrepreneurial spirit. This trait is the driving force behind why people start their own business. It is a strong desire to create, coupled with a vision to succeed. Various life experiences combined with someone’s own personal drive and vision can set the wheels in motion when considering livelihood as an entrepreneur.

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The Value of Positive Disruptive Leadership

WorqIQ

Let’s consider just one area of leadership development I refer to as positive disruptive leadership and the organizational and individual benefits that can be gained from its practice. Read More» The post The Value of Positive Disruptive Leadership appeared first on Switch & Shift.

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Viewpoint: The State of HR Technology Today

Paychex

HR software is playing an increasingly vital role in the way companies manage their human capital management strategies. Here is a look at some of the more important HR tech trends in 2016.

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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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Dr. Michael Moon: Social Technology and HR Analytics at Work

Bonusly

Dr. Michael Moon is a leading expert on HR analytics and social technology in the workplace. Her work has helped many organizations improve performance and retention through understanding and strengthening the relationships that are their foundation. She joined us for a discussion on the influences these tools and strategies can have on the workplace, and how organizations both large and small can benefit from them.

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What Is Workplace Bullying and How Can You Stop It?

HRIS Payroll Software

Workplace bullying is repeated mistreatment of a worker by one or more people. Workplace bullying is unfortunately common and can be detrimental to both the health of the employee and the culture of the workplace. It is important that employers understand what workplace bullying looks like and take steps to prevent it from happening. Workplace Bullying Distinction.

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How to Start a Walking Club at Work

Winston Benefits

While it might not have the trendy appeal of CrossFit or yoga, walking is one of the easiest and most effective ways to exercise. According to the Mayo Clinic , walking can help you manage your weight as well as prevent or manage heart disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. It’s easy on the body and easy to get started with.

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HR, it’s time for the tail to stop wagging the dog

HR Zone

Change. HR, it’s time for the tail to stop wagging the dog.

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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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Parallel Engagement: The Fourth Component of Safegagementâ„¢

Total Employee Recognition

Safegagementâ„¢ , a concept developed by Jeff Ross, CPA, CRP (our President/CFO), occurs when engaged employees are safer at work and make better decisions because they care about those they work with, the company they work for, and the overall accomplishments of the organization. This is the fourth post in a series where we discuss the Five Components of Safegagement.

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Does your handbook say this … ? If so, it’s time for a rewrite

HR Morning

One federal agency continues to take the shredder to common, and seemingly harmless, employer policies. And this time, it may have made its most head-scratching move of them all. . The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) just issued another ruling that all employers — not just unionized shops — have to abide by, according to federal law.

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A jury will hear the ADA claim of a diabetic cashier, fired for drinking life-saving juice from a store refrigerator

The Employer Handbook

I imagine that this juice won’t be worth the squeeze. A couple years ago, I blogged here about a case in which a national drug store store fired a diabetic cashier for violating its “grazing” policy. That is, she opened a $1.39 bag of chips, without having paid for it first. However, the cashier claimed that she needed the chips as a reasonable accommodation, because apparently she was suffering from an attack of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).

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Staying On Course When Your Business Owes the IRS Money

Paychex

Sustaining a resolution plan with the IRS is not as easy as simply committing to it. Business owners should follow these steps to ensure that the company maintains focus and attention on the issue even after the IRS has moved on.

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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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A jury will hear the ADA claim of a diabetic cashier, fired for drinking live-saving juice from a store refrigerator

The Employer Handbook

I imagine that this juice won’t be worth the squeeze. A couple years ago, I blogged here about a case in which a national drug store store fired a diabetic cashier for violating its “grazing” policy. That is, she opened a $1.39 bag of chips, without having paid for it first. However, the cashier claimed that she needed the chips as a reasonable accommodation, because apparently she was suffering from an attack of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).

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our IT guy is an unresponsive jerk

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: We’re a small company, and our IT department consists of one individual. He often works on high pressure, involved projects that affect the entire company. However, there’s no one on call for day-to-day issues like common printer problems or computer freeze-ups. He usually works with his door closed or is frequently off site, so contacting him is not always easy or direct.

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Why Was the May Jobs Report So Bad? Job Postings Went Down

Workology

Yesterday the Bureau of Labour Statistics released the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) for May and the news shouldn’t come as a surprise: job openings declined sharply to 5.5 million in May. The initial BLS Jobs Report for May , released in June, reported that the American economy gained only 38,000 new jobs in May. Last week, along with releasing much a stronger June Jobs Report, the BLS also downgraded the May report.

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