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5 Reasons to Create a Positive Candidate Experience Now | ClearCompany

ClearCompany HRM

This article on the candidate experience was originally published in April 2019 and updated in February 2024. Companies value the candidate experience —it’s been a top three priority for many for at least a year. But unfortunately, according to candidates, they’re still not getting it right. The number of negative experiences reported has doubled since 2020 , and early research shows the same trends continuing this year.

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Make Team Scheduling Fast and Easy

Homebase

For any small business owner, creating a schedule of employees’ shifts is like working on a puzzle. It’s a task that’s more than just filling in slots of time: schedules need to be cohesive, mindful, and functional. Yet, team scheduling can take up a lot of a small business owner’s time—a headache that feels as though there’s no remedy. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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Unveiling the Human Side of Accounting Staffing: Nurturing Client Connections

Professional Alternatives

[link] Unveiling the Human Side of Accounting Staffing: Nurturing Client Connections ‍ Introduction to Accounting Staffing and its Importance in the Accounting Industry As an accountant, I am well aware of the critical role that accounting staffing plays in the industry. Accounting staffing involves the process of sourcing, recruiting, and placing talented professionals in accounting roles within organizations.

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5 Myths About Older Workers Busted (You’ll Be Happy to Learn They’re Not Grumpy)

Linkedin Talent Blog

Generational stereotypes, like reheated pizza, burn quickest at the edges. For the first time in history, the labor force is made up of five generations of employees. Never before has such a wide range of perspectives and experiences been represented in the workplace. But rather than celebrate our diversity, we deride our differences. Generational stereotypes have seeped into the fabric of worklife, spawning a cottage industry supported by countless books, podcasts, and consultancies aimed at a

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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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Are your employees aware of your workplace romance policies?

HR Brew

Love is in the air office. The return to the office has brought with it the return of desk salads, breakroom banter, and office romances. Some 29% of employees say they have had an office romance since returning to a physical work environment, according to a recent Resume Builder survey of 1,448 workers aged 18 to 44 at companies that have implemented an RTO policy requiring at least one day in office.

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Why HR should pay attention to these 3 benefits

HR Brew

Better benefits or buh-bye. That’s the mindset of the 53% of employees surveyed for the 2023–2024 Aflac WorkForces Report who said they would likely take a lower paying job for a more robust benefits package. Sandy Kenslow, VP and director of small group benefits at Mylo, works closely with the insurance solutions provider’s employer clients. Since joining the company four years ago, Kenslow said many of her clients have asked about benefits that will address their employees’ top concerns.

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Glad you’re here: Welcoming Pento to the HiBob village

Bob

When we founded HiBob in late 2015, we had a vision of changing the modern world of work. We knew that the cumbersome, rigid, and time-consuming technology we used previously to manage people could not be the same technology that powered businesses of today and in the future. We aimed to make our platform, Bob, an HCM that was all-encompassing and easy to use for not just HR but also managers and employees.

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One in four companies will comment on sociopolitical issues less frequently going forward, survey finds

HR Brew

Many companies have, in recent years, taken stances both internally and publicly on sociopolitical events, from the 2020 police murder of George Floyd to the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. And they’re not about to stop, according to a University of South Carolina survey of 171 CHROs in the US between May and June 2023. Most CHROs (70%) surveyed plan to continue making statements as much as they do now, the report found.

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5 Tips for HR Professionals and Employee Mental Health

eni

We all know that being the go-to person for employees' mental health concerns is part of the HR gig. It's not just the employees, but even the managers turn to us for advice when someone on their team spills the beans. So, what do we say? What's the right language? And what's a definite no-no?

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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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Biden Administration Proposes Pay Equity Requirements for Federal Employers

Trusaic

The Biden administration is looking to continue its push for pay equity at the federal level. The Office of Personnel Management announced a new regulation for Federal agencies that will prohibit the use of salary history in setting pay for roles in the government. For federal contractors, the administration announced a proposed rule that would prohibit contractors from seeking and considering information about job applicants’ past compensation when making employment decisions.

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20 Workplace Trends That Are On Their Way Out

Forbes Coaches Council

From rigid schedules and office-centric work models to boozy holiday parties, companies are reevaluating practices that don't align with the demands of today's workforce.

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7 Proven Strategies to Reduce Employee Turnover

TalentCulture

As 2024 begins, employers are eager to move beyond “The Great Resignation” of 2022 and last year’s subsequent “Great Gloom.” But what exactly are organizations doing to reduce employee turnover? And are these efforts truly effective? We asked HR leaders and top executives to tell us what they’re doing to keep existing employees engaged and […] The post 7 Proven Strategies to Reduce Employee Turnover appeared first on TalentCulture.

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How To Create A Roadmap For Effective Team Building

Forbes Coaches Council

For a leader hoping to foster a more cohesive and productive team, creating a roadmap for team building can be a fruitful exercise to promote collaboration and respect.

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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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Why Synchrony puts employee coaching at the heart of its flexible work model

HRExecutive

As the pandemic swept the globe and brought chaos to how employees worked, it also drove unprecedented HR transformation in many organizations. For financial services titan Synchrony, the successful transformation to a flexible hybrid work model hinged on several factors, particularly the rise of a new coaching culture. - Advertisement - In addition to connecting its more than 20,000 employees worldwide with coaching , Synchrony’s retooled HR strategy has also included eliminating annual p

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ILeadership: Steering The Future In The Digital Era

Forbes Coaches Council

iLeadership: Inspiring action, igniting innovation and instilling intention in the heart of progress.

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Can you be friends with direct reports? Creating a healthy friendly relationship

Business Management Daily

When the company promoted Brian to a management position last month, he never dreamed Alex would be his most problematic direct report. Close friends since meeting at new employee orientation three years ago, they frequently ate lunch together, talked about everything from sports to dates, and helped each other with assignments. Now, they barely spoke, and the whole software engineering department sensed their tension.

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Beyond Culture Wars: Depoliticizing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion And Belonging Efforts In Organizations To Drive Greater Success

Forbes Coaches Council

Depoliticizing DEIB presents an opportunity for organizations to model bringing people together around shared hopes rather than driving them apart.

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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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AB 1076 Non-Compete Notice Deadline Is February 14

HRWatchdog

California has long taken the position that non-compete agreements are unwelcome in the Golden State — a stance the Legislature has solidified through the recent passage of Senate Bill (SB) 699 and Assembly Bill (AB) 1076. Non-compete provisions are contractual clauses that prohibit a former employee from working for a competitor or starting their own competing business in the same field or industry as their former employer.

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Enabling Clients to Better Support Black Staff with Inclusive Employee Benefits

Extensis

Quick look: With the right knowledge and inclusive employee benefits options, brokers can help address the racial health and wealth disparities affecting today’s Black employees and their families. Here, we explore inequalities facing Black Americans and how partnering with a PEO can enable brokers and their clients to level the playing field for marginalized workers.

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Remote Workers Are Not Losers

Blend Me Inc

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What Is Group Mentoring? 9 Steps To Start a Group Mentoring Program

Analytics in HR

Ideas, insights, and inspiration – that’s the essence of group mentoring. It’s an opportunity to bring diverse minds together to share knowledge, experience, and wisdom. Every participant, be they a mentor or mentee, contributes to collective learning and professional growth. 79% of millennials see mentoring as crucial to their career success.

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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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Future-proof your benefits: Takeaways from Maven’s State of Women’s and Family Health Benefits report

HRExecutive

Register here! Date & Time: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 2:00 pm ET Speakers: Kate Ryder , CEO, Maven Clinic Juli Galloway , Vice President, Global Benefits, AT&T Sponsored by: Description: Get a roadmap to better benefits with learnings from Maven’s new report! In 2024, we’re seeing soaring healthcare costs and employees expecting more support along their reproductive health journey.

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Fractional CPOs-What They Are and How to Find Them

hrQ

When a business has a big HR challenge but a limited budget or cannot commit to a long-term C-level hire, it may be time to call in a fractional executive. These HR leaders assist the business with strategy and can be asked to solve any number of problems. They can assess infrastructure, manage a project with the company’s board, get a department set up and running effectively, or help the C-suite plan for future needs.

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Skills vs Abilities in the Workplace

HR Cloud

Modern-day workplaces are facing many challenges that were not foreseeable a few years ago. The demand for remote work instead of in-office, reduced confidence level due to layoffs (especially in the tech sector), increased use of AI leading to job security fears, and a higher willingness to start a business or enter the freelancing field than a regular job are some of the new challenges.

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Payroll compliance: Ignore it at your peril, HR

HRExecutive

Payroll is an area too often taken for granted. It was one of the first HR processes to become automated, so payroll systems have been around for what seems like forever. A company’s payroll system is kind of like that comfortable sofa in the living room: It’s used every day, but there’s probably not much thought invested into where it is placed or if there are other, better options. - Advertisement - However, payroll is at the very core of HR and, thus, demands attention.

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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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Coaching And Advising Investors In Private Equity-Backed Businesses

Forbes Coaches Council

When given the opportunity, coaches can proactively build, reinforce and repair relationships between outside stakeholders and management.

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Breaking Down the Virtual Onboarding Process

ApplicantStack

Starting any new job is like drinking from a firehose for at least the first few days. Onboarding a new employee means a huge data dump of company values and culture, job responsibilities, department procedures, and all the administrative tasks of setting up payroll and benefits. Remote employees face an extra hurdle in that all of their onboarding has to be done through virtual or text communication.

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Fast Track To Financial Freedom: Build A Small Business Enterprise

Forbes Coaches Council

Start asking the right questions to assess where you are and where you want to be to get a fast start in 2024 and beyond.

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