Mon.Aug 01, 2016

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3 Unique HR and Payroll Needs for Non-Profit Organizations

Paycor

Non-profit organizations face many of the same challenges as for-profit businesses, but usually with more limited resources. Over the past decade, the number of non-profits has increased by 30% : there is currently one non-profit for every 175 Americans. This means funding is more strained and uncertain than ever, and competition for talented non-profit leaders is even stronger.

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What 4 Great Leaders Have to Say About Treating Your Candidates Right

ClearCompany HRM

As a recruiter, tight deadlines and open seats produce all the pressure you need in an 8-hour day. There is a lot to be done and a great amount of it falls on you and the unpredictable candidates you interact with. Because of this, it can easily slip your mind that on the other side of that phone, email, text, etc. is a 3-dimensional human. Check out how these 4 leaders are keeping their candidate experience in check.

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ICYMI: Recruiting the Best Talent Requires New Tactics in 2016

Cornerstone On Demand

Editor's Note: In today's fast-paced news cycle, we know it's difficult to keep up with the latest and greatest in HR. To make sure you're updated, we're recapping our most popular stories every month in our " In Case You Missed It " series. Keep reading for July's top stories!

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How to Analyze Source of Hire Data to Validate Recruiting Efforts

UpstartHR

If you’re interested in additional insights on measuring talent acquisition success, be sure to sign up here to get a free copy of the upcoming report I’m working on. What if you had a way to not only see what sources your candidates were coming from, but which ones delivered you the best people that you ended up hiring? This isn’t just possible–it should be a regular activity you perform as an HR/recruiting leader so that you can validate your hiring efforts and expendi

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Want To Enhance Your Total Rewards To Achieve Organizational Success? Start Here.

Are you looking for ways to enhance your employee value proposition? Gallagher Better Works SM Insights has got you covered! Dive into the latest magazine issue and discover how flexibility, equity, recognition and strategically applied resources can improve your total rewards package. Download the PDF to learn more about: Building retirement benefits for a global and mobile workforce Promoting employee and organizational growth through succession planning Empowering women in leadership through

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FMLA time tracking is a breeze with Stratustime®

nettime solutions

New module makes it easy to monitor, schedule, and manage employee time off under FMLA. Okay, we admit it. We get a little excited when we find another time-tracking problem to solve. When we learned that FMLA tracking presented challenges for HR teams, we went to work. We talked to HR professionals, asked a lot of questions, and then listened. Here’s what we learned: Having multiple employees out on leave – at varying times – presented major scheduling challenges in many industries.

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Process Can Kill Growth and Innovation

Laurie Ruettimann

A friend of mine recommended a book called Traction. Have you heard of it? He thought that my consulting company and my software company could benefit from implementing The EOS Model™. What is the EOS Model™? Well, it’s a framework to help founders and CEOs understand everything from people to internal processes. Very simply, it’s just another way to run your business.

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Future Skills: What Will Be the 5 Most Sought After?

WorqIQ

It’s clear the world is continuing to change and, along with it, so are jobs and the criteria that determine the ideal candidate. What will the world look like in the future and what sort of employee it will demand? Read More» The post Future Skills: What Will Be the 5 Most Sought After? appeared first on Switch & Shift.

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How To Succeed At Real-Time Talent Alignment

TalentCulture

Everyone talks about employee turnover, but does anyone know the real size of the problem? According to a very comprehensive survey from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), nearly 50 percent of hires at a senior level from outside an organization leave within 18 months. That’s a spectacular failure rate, and one no organization can really afford to sustain, over and over again.

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Factors that influence employee engagement - your complete list

HR Zone

Employees. Factors that influence employee engagement.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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How Chatbots And Deep Learning Will Change The Future Of Organizations

TalentCulture

Don’t let the fun, casual name mislead you. Chatbots—software that you can “chat with”—have serious implications for the business world. Though many businesses have already considered their use for customer service purposes, a chatbot’s internal applications could be invaluable on a larger scale. For instance, chatbots could help employees break down siloes and provide targeted data to fuel every department.

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10 Critical Steps for Starting a Business and Protecting What You Build

Paychex

Starting a business is an exciting endeavor, and taking the right steps will help ensure that your business is protected and can thrive. Here are some steps to consider as you begin your journey.

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Don't Bring Me Back Again

NoExcusesHR

"If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world." - Mercedes Lackey Earlier this summer I had an opportunity to speak about my career to our team of interns (and other team members!) at Kinetix. They were kind and listened and smiled at me. As I was talking about the most important decisions in my professional life a theme emerged. Taking risks.

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17 Surefire Ways to Boost Employee Wellbeing

SnackNation

17 Surefire Ways to Boost Employee Wellbeing. Let’s face it – we spend the majority of our waking lives at work. For most us, our lives are made up mostly of work. Companies are learning that acknowledging – rather than denying – this fact is not just the right thing to do, but also a sound business decision. In a recent interview , Life is Good founder Bert Jacobs emphasized that focusing on things like employee wellbeing have an often under-acknowledged business benefit

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Why Your Onboarding Program Needs To Connect Emotionally

TLNT: The Business of HR

As employers continue to rethink hiring and retention strategies for our ever-evolving workforce, one resounding aspect keeps surfacing: the need for positive emotional connections in the workplace.

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The Importance of Employee Personas, Part 2

WeSpire

We’re hearing more HR leaders talk about the importance of employee personas. To help you develop your organization’s own personas, we’ve put together this simple 3-step plan. Every company’s workforce is different, so I can’t tell you what your company’s employee personas are. However, here are three steps that you can take to begin to develop your company’s employee personas.

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Who Doesn’t Love Cash?

Terryberry

We all love cash, don’t we? Cash is king. It’s the lube for our lives. We support ourselves with it and cover our primary human needs with it. We use it for shelter, we feed and clothe ourselves with it, we donate it, we save it, we spend it. We raise kids with it, we have fun with it, and we save for retirement with it. We need it. No argument here.

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Don’t Wait Until the Exit Interview

HR Daily Advisor

With employees remaining at an organization for approximately 4.6 years, you are going to be forking out a lot because of turnover costs. Waiting for an employee to leave to see whether he or she had concerns with the organization is too late. Try the stay interview instead. By Erin Pappo, Client Services Director, Camden Consulting Group. Most companies and HR professionals are familiar with the concept of an exit interview , which is used to gather feedback on why individuals are leaving and h

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Bridging the Gap: The Intersection of DEI Initiatives and Employee Benefits

Speaker: Jaye Johnson, CBP

Unlock the secrets to transforming your organization’s employee benefits into a strategic tool for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). During this informative session, we will discuss common pitfalls in traditional benefits and then delve into the essence of DEI in employee-centric benefit offerings. This involves not only defining DEI in the workplace but also understanding the pivotal role that employee benefits play in fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.

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Vacation wrap-up: What I did wrong, did right, and what I'd do differently next time

Steve Boese

I am just back from a super week of vacation/holiday spent in the wonderful state of South Carolina (Note to self: If I ever get my feet back in South Carolina I am going to nail them to the ground), and wanted to take a few minutes before diving in to my hopelessly full email inbox to reflect on the break with respect to how I did or didn't handle 'work' and 'work/life' issues during the week.

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saying you have to talk over a job offer with your spouse, ordered to appear “enthusiastic and upbeat,” and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Saying that you have to talk over a job offer with your spouse. What are your thoughts on telling a potential employer, “I will need to talk this over with my husband/wife” when considering a job offer? Does it sound too dependent or is it just honest? It’s pretty common to say “I’d like a few days to think it over and talk with my spouse.”.

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The History of Talent Acquisition… and How it Can Help in Modern HR

Quantum Workplace

Talent acquisition is nothing new. As far back as the days of Ancient Rome , historians can identify examples of job recruiting, employee offers, even competitive brand building.

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Hiring Wisdom: How to Hire For Talent

TLNT: The Business of HR

Used to be every employer preferred hiring for skills and/or experience; the thinking was one or both of these traits would help the new hire seamlessly fit into the new job. Today, however, in the wake of ceaseless technological change, it’s all about hiring for talent.

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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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Top 10 Must have Technological Skills for every HR profession

Effortless HR

HR professionals are required to multi-task and possess the ability to handle many requirements from different employees, managers, and several other higher authorities in an organization. Whether it is getting a non-performing employee fired, tracking the attendance report of a project team, dealing with the personal issues of an employee, discussing a retention possibility with a talented employee on a notice period, and more, they do it all!

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5 things that will send your resume straight to the rejection pile

Ask a Manager

Your resume is the very first impression that an employer will have of you, and it’s usually the determining factor in whether you move forward to an interview or get rejected on the spot. That means that it’s crucial to get it right – and yet lots of people put more energy into picking out an interview suit than they do into writing an awesome resume.

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How to Create Brilliant HR Surveys Your Employees Won’t Be Able to Ignore

Workforce Software

HR Surveys deliver the knowledge necessary to engage employees. But first, you have to compel people to consistently fill them out… here’s how to do that.

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employer told me to write 15-20 short essays before they’ll even interview me

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I applied for a job on a company’s website a few weeks ago. I received an email from HR at 3:30PM on Friday afternoon acknowledging my application and asking me to respond to a set of pre-screening questions. The email asked that I provide my responses within 48 hours. Does this mean they were due on Sunday afternoon, or Tuesday afternoon?

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Just landed: Ultimate Guide to I-9 Compliance

If you’re seeking guidance in the complicated world of I-9, you’re in the right place! As a pioneer in virtual onboarding tech, WorkBright has been simplifying the I-9 process since 2014 when they launched Smart I-9, a digital form built for speed, accuracy, and compliance. Ten years later, they’ve heard just about every I-9 question imaginable, so their team of experts has developed this comprehensive FAQ to distill years of experience into a practical and accessible guide to all things I-9.

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3 Ways Bosses Can Boost Productivity of a Team

45 Things

Companies that don't boot bad bosses to the curb or at least re-train them to be better bosses might want to pay attention to new research that shows good bosses -- unlike bad bosses -- boost productivity. Kathryn Shaw of the Stanford Graduate School of Business found in a study of technology-based workers that that bosses have a "big effect" on productivity and the good ones keep workers more engaged and productive.

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should I tell a low-performing employee that she needs to arrive at work earlier?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I have a direct report who has been with my nonprofit organization for a little over six months. She is earnest and committed to our mission, but seriously lacking in areas related to technical skills, attention to detail, and any sort of analytical thinking. She is junior, but this isn’t her first job, so I am surprised by how many very basic skills she is lacking.

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The Future of Harassment Reduction is Training

Workology

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued a report that talked about the state of harassment, of all kinds, in the workplace today. There are a dozen risk factors they talk about in this report that have led to an increase in harassment claims over the last several years. These risk factors are a combination of age of employees and changing workplace structure.