The Tim Sackett Project
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Don’t you love Clickbait titles!? I mean you read that title and you’re like, “JFC, Tim! Okay, I need to see what crazy sh*t he’s going to say about recruiting and who he pisses off today!” Okay, so, here you go! I recently got back from CareerBuilder’s Empower. It’s basically a recruiting conference for CB clients.
TLNT: The Business of HR
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Two shareholder lawsuits have been filed against Monster, charging the deal to sell the company to the Dutch staffing giant Randstad “is the result of an unfair process and provides the Company’s stockholders with inadequate consideration,” in the words of one of the lawsuits.
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Cornerstone On Demand
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
The days of “butts-in-seats training" are over. Thankfully. Remember when you were a new manager, and you had to attend a “management training" class where they tried to teach you everything you might ever need to know in one day?
ClearCompany HRM
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
“A referral culture must be established to acquire great talent.”. Gateway Engineers, a civil engineering firm based in Pittsburgh, has strong business relationships nailed down. But what they needed was the same foundational trust and long-term satisfaction within their employee network.
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HR Bartender
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Ultimate Software , a leading provider of human capital management solutions in the cloud. They were recently recognized as one of the 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in North America by Achievers. Congrats and enjoy the post!). Employee engagement remains a top priority for business. Why? Because the results (or lack thereof) show that it needs to be.
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15Five
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Have you ever watched helplessly as your company was undergoing immense strain or was even burning to the ground? What did you do about it? Kyle Porter is founder and CEO of SalesLoft , a rapidly growing company that provides a powerful platform for sales development teams to increase qualified demos and appointments. But back in 2012, SalesLoft just wasn’t working.
EmployeeConnect
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Is feeling or even “being” entitled a bad thing? Many have labelled young people (Gen Y and Gen Z who are young people born after 1980 and frequently referred to as Millennials) as the entitled generation. Furthermore, this description is used as a “whip” not as an attribute that could result in the unleashing of divergent thinking and ultimately innovation to boost the workplace.
ExactHire
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Hopefully you’ve had the pleasure of working for an employer with a deeply rewarding work culture. One of the reasons you enjoyed the experience probably had something to do with the actual work you accomplished there, but that likely wasn’t the only factor. Or, maybe you long for culture improvements at your existing employer, but struggle to make a business case to senior management to win their support and resources for what can sometimes be deemed as a “fluffy” back-burner endeavor.
Everwise
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
The number of companies with partial or entire workforces telecommuting or working remotely is increasing and employees are working from home for a variety of employers, across industries. A 2014 national study of 1,051 employers with 50 or more employees at for-profit and nonprofit organizations conducted by the Families and Work Institute and Society for Human Resources found that: 67% of companies allow some employees to work some regular paid hours at home occasionally. 38% allow some employ
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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.
DecisionWise
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
6 Best Practices in Creating Employee Engagement Surveys. In the VIDEO: 6 Best Practices in Creating Employee Engagement Surveys I cover six ways to form questions in order to create survey that will obtain the best and most accurate responses possible. By creating a powerful employee engagement survey you will accurately measure your organizations levels of engagement like never before. .
Everwise
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
As a legend in the world of Learning and Development, Steve Kerr has a storied career championing leadership development at companies like Goldman Sachs and GE. The latter of which is where he earned his stripes as the world’s first ever Chief Learning Officer. When someone with his expertise shares insights on how organizations are shifting their thinking around L&D and it’s impact on business—we take note!
Hoops
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Looking for a new job, especially when you're out of work, can be a daunting process. Job seekers fret about how to find the right position, they wonder whether they’re qualified for open positions, and they stress over how long the job hunt will last. All of these anxieties can accumulate and cause job seekers to “psych” themselves out, thus hampering the search.
ExactHire
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Hopefully you’ve had the pleasure of working for an employer with a deeply rewarding work culture. One of the reasons you enjoyed the experience probably had something to do with the actual work you accomplished there, but that likely wasn’t the only factor. Or, maybe you long for culture improvements at your existing employer, but struggle to make a business case to senior management to win their support and resources for what can sometimes be deemed as a “fluffy” back-burner endeavor.
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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.
Hppy
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
The top management is the reflection of their teams. They should guide their employees through their working experience, and teach them all they know from day one. Once the training is done, and the teams have been instructed in all the matters of the company, the hard work of top management is still not done. Being able to manage a team also implies to lead them to success, so the manager should always track performance, and come up with solutions to strengthen the weaknesses.
Achievers
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
The post Twitter Highlights from ACE 2016 #AACE16 appeared first on [engage]- The Employee Success and Engagement Blog by Achievers.
ATD Human Capital
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
HR needs to be a major force in reshaping the workplace of the future, one that can place it at the decision-making and change-management table with CEOs. Traditional approaches to HR, including a focus on compliance, regulations, compensation plans, and performance reviews with occasional forays into people development, will do much to make HR as we know it irrelevant.
The HR Capitalist
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
We love features like self assessments and 360s in our performance solutions. But they're a crutch. Here's why: Self Assessments - your best people are harder on themselves than you are. Your worst people and even those in between give themselves more credit than they deserve - setting your managers up for something they're not good at - conflict.
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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?
ATD Human Capital
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
At the close of part 1 of our three-part series on Millennial employees , which sought to shed light on what distinguishes this generation from the ones before it, I asked how your organization could attract and retain Millennial workers who, on average, stay at a job for only 18 months. The answer may be as simple as acknowledging these employees’ individual value to your organization.
ACA Times
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
The IRS has released the draft Form 1095-C, which clarifies coding for coverage for COBRA. At the start of 2016, the FAQ section of the IRS site no longer provided information pertaining to COBRA continuation coverage. Undoubtedly, this was a source of frustration for those who went to the IRS site seeking answers on this issue but finding none. Thankfully, the new instructions contained in the draft Form 1095-C explain in helpful detail how to code COBRA offers of coverage.
Kazoo
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Check out a few of the recent stories that caught our eye as well as HR industry news you might have missed. You Can Run But You Can’t Hide From Your Company Culture. Whether you want to admit it or not, candidates can sense if something’s “off” with your company during the interview process. Ask yourselves these questions to find out if your culture might make prospective employees run for the door.
TalentCulture
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Keeping employees focused and productive can be a challenge for many companies. The amount of research that’s been conducted around this topic has grown exponentially over the past decade and for good reason. Without a doubt, when employees feel more at ease and unburdened by their personal financial situation, they will be more focused on their work duties and with that, have their heads in the game.
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.
HR Morning
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has made a lot of waves for not standing during national anthem performances. And it has led a lot of employers to ask: Can workers who engage in such political protests be punished? Here’s the answer. . If you’re a private employer, you can punish workers for engaging in protests similar to Kaepernick’s if the protests violate an organizational rule or expectation, and/or causes a disruption in the business, or paints the organi
TalentCulture
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
The key to collaboration is communication: we need to be able to talk to each other to get stuff done. And it’s a compelling facet of the global, hyper-networked, social and mobile new world of work that we are nevertheless in dire need of better ways of communicating with each other. That’s what makes the emergence of social software such a remarkable and powerful gift — with profound implications for fostering innovation, driving collaboration and deepening engagement.
Paychex
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
For any business, employee bonding may be a critically important element of workplace productivity. But simply throwing a group of people together in a large work area does not constitute employee bonding. Think outside the “typical-employee-bonding-activities” box with the six insightful ideas.
Workology
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Millennials have made a significant on the business world. As they make up nearly a quarter of US consumer buying power and nearly as much of the workforce, they have a considerable sway. And companies are listening. Perhaps one of the most influential ways millennials are impacting the workforce is through their ideas of what business ethics should look like.
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.
Ceridian
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Jay Greaves in 1996, in front of The White House with four members of the US Olympic Committee executive team and a staff member. By Jay Greaves, VP of Sales Effectiveness, Ceridian. In my home we are HUGE fans of the Olympic Games. It’s always been that way since my childhood and became even more so in 1996 when I served as an envoy for the United States Olympic Team.
Workology
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
This blog originally appeared on the Economist’s Executive Career blog. The author, John Rampton , is an entrepreneur, investor, online marketing guru and startup enthusiast. He is founder of online payments company Due. Working from home is no longer a pipe dream. As evidenced by the 54 million freelancers in the U.S. alone and 103% increase in regular work-at-home jobs since 2005, working remotely has become a reality for an increasing number of people.
Bonusly
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Unexpectedly losing a great employee is one of the most costly events that can happen to an organization. What's worse, the departure of even one or two top-performers or a charismatic leader can trigger a spiral of additional turnover. Unlike other major disasters, a turnover spiral is often avoidable, and protecting against it might be easier than you think.
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