HR Bartender
MARCH 18, 2016
(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , the global leader in delivering workforce management solutions in the cloud. Tens of thousands of organizations in more than 100 countries – including more than half of the Fortune 1000 ® – use Kronos to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity.
Justworks
MARCH 18, 2016
This is a guest post by Camilla Velasquez , Justworks' VP of Product. When you’re part of a growing company, it’s easy to get caught up in the day to day tasks and projects that need to get done. Although that’s important for success and growth, it’s just as important to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Our customers are the reason we’re here — to help their businesses run health care, payroll, and compliance smoothly.
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HR Bartender
MARCH 18, 2016
(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , the global leader in delivering workforce management solutions in the cloud. Tens of thousands of organizations in more than 100 countries – including more than half of the Fortune 1000 ® – use Kronos to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity.
What is Paul Thinking
MARCH 18, 2016
It’s been something in the back of mind, wound tight, ready to spring with the right trigger – the feeling this whole mad, headlong rush into big data and predictive analytics for HR isn’t right. Isn’t human. I haven’t liked the conversation since I first started seeing it a few years back. I’ve always felt there was something untoward about taking the data HR has about employees and using it solely to better the firm.
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The Aristocracy of HR
MARCH 18, 2016
010011000010I have been deciding what I want to call the theme of my Friday posts and then it hit me: Food-for-thought Friday. My goal is to share insights I have on a myriad of topics – either inspired by content I have elsewhere on the interwebs or just something I feel warrants discussion. Today, I […].
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Kazoo
MARCH 18, 2016
Last week we hosted a webinar with Human Capital Institute, Forrester Research Analyst Claire Schooley and Patagonia VP of Human Resources and Shared Services Dean Carter called, It’s Time to Rethink Your Employee Engagement Strategy. Attendees had some great questions that we either didn’t have time to answer or wanted to expand upon here. Check out the Q&A below: Isn’t it kind of a “chicken and egg” situation with company financial stability and employee engagement?
Achievers
MARCH 18, 2016
While millennial employees are known for being “job hoppers,” this is an oversimplification that does not do justice to the ambition and hard work that they bring to the table. Your younger talent is the key to your organization’s future, so knowing how to retain them is essential. Use these tips to improve the employee retention rates among your millennial workforce: Offer a larger purpose.
Hppy
MARCH 18, 2016
This week’s best articles in HR and employee engagement revolve around the increasingly important role of technology and the way that it’s pushing organizations towards digital workplaces where real-time information is essential. Taking the daily pulse of employees’ engagement, leveraging collaborative tools and building strong company cultures are just some of the characteristics of these digital workplaces that we’re heading towards.
The People Equation
MARCH 18, 2016
The March Frontline Festival is up at Karin Hurt’s Let’s Grow Leaders blog. As an homage to springtime, this month’s theme is “fresh insights on leadership.” As always the topics are wide-ranging, with 22 leadership writers weighing in on: False assumptions your boss makes about your career. Your audience decides if your story is believable.
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The HR Capitalist
MARCH 18, 2016
"Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers.". --Homer Simpson. Word. Have a Great Weekend!
TalentCulture
MARCH 18, 2016
As a leader, you do have a choice as to how you spend your decision-making time; there are numerous possibilities when it comes to which decisions to make yourself and those that you leave for others. How do you determine the “my decision” areas? The criteria I used was payback. Where could I add the greatest value to the organization? It’s not about what you enjoy doing or where your strengths are; it’s about where OTHERS will realize the maximum benefit if you focus you
WorqIQ
MARCH 18, 2016
Employee engagement. There’s that buzzword again. What DOES an engaged organization even look like? Scratch that, what does a disengaged organization look like? Wait, what do they look like in comparison? Read More» The post What do Engaged Organizations Look Like [Infographic] appeared first on Switch & Shift.
TalentCulture
MARCH 18, 2016
I’ve written a lot about the positive aspects of brand, brand humanization, allowing employees to be brand ambassadors, and to free up their personal brand to evolve just as real people do. What I haven’t talked about as much is who owns your company’s brand. Does the organization? Do the brand ambassadors? Where do you draw the line, and when? I’ll tell you a story about a software technology company (one of my clients) which hired a well-known thought leader to be the brand ambassador for one
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Paychex
MARCH 18, 2016
Employers can monitor their employees in ways that would've seemed like science fiction just a few decades ago, like GPS or Geolocation monitoring. Before utilizing such technology, however, employers should take steps to minimize potential associated legal exposure.
About Human Resources
MARCH 18, 2016
Know what you need to watch for when you interview candidates? If you start with these five interview red flags, you're ahead of the game. Recruit with care.
TalentCulture
MARCH 18, 2016
There are a myriad of benefits to well-designed and well-executed mentoring relationships in the workplace. However, it appears that the practice of mentoring is starting to taper off and, in some cases, disappear altogether. During this upcoming #WorkTrends conversation, we’ll discuss the risks and rewards of mentoring, identify some of the reasons mentoring is disappearing, and explore how to reintroduce these important business relationships.
HR Morning
MARCH 18, 2016
Today’s forecast: The perfect storm of employee distractions. . Let’s run down the list of what’s got employees’ attention at this very moment (in no particular order): March Madness (perhaps you’ve heard from this week’s Special Report that it’s a $4 billion productivity drain). The 2016 Presidential Election (and the 24/7 media coverage of Trumpisms).
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About Human Resources
MARCH 18, 2016
Want to know the fundamental teams that every organization needs? These teams provide the framework for your employee-oriented work culture. See the five.
Oracle HCM - Modern HR in the Cloud
MARCH 18, 2016
Social , mobile , and the candidate experience are all hot topics for modern talent acquisition teams, and for good reason. If your organization isn’t leveraging social networks to recruit, you’re likely missing out on many candidates. Likewise, if your career site isn’t optimized for mobile devices, you’re not capturing as many interested job seekers as you could.
TLNT: The Business of HR
MARCH 18, 2016
Quick — tick off the leadership traits that you often hear from conference speakers , read in leadership books or blogs, or study in training programs.
Ceridian
MARCH 18, 2016
The economy has been consistently adding jobs for a while now, and that means the market for job candidates is growing more competitive. To outbid rivals in the search for new talent, employers may have to upgrade the candidate experience. Increasingly, hiring managers may find themselves experiencing the letdown of being rejected by an appealing candidate.
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.
Ask a Manager
MARCH 18, 2016
A reader writes: I’ve seen several posts from you about how to deal with a boss who is a bully or tyrant. My question for you is how can I, as an HR Director, address an issue like this with the supervisor who is being the tyrant? I’ve spoken with the supervisor about the appropriate behavior that we expect and what needs to change, and I honestly think the supervisor wants to do better but can’t see the behavior and the effect it’s having on employees.
Workology
MARCH 18, 2016
A New Study, XKCD. There’s always “a new study” isn’t there? With so many think tanks, market research and data analysis firms feeding the global news cycle it’s hard to keep up with them or to think deeply about them. I thought I’d contribute to the problem by bringing you the most interesting – in my not at all humble opinion – studies of the week.
Ask a Manager
MARCH 18, 2016
It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go…. 1. I badmouthed my employer to classmates and now feel awful. I work at a organization at a university. My feelings about my employer have been mixed – though I like my coworkers, I go from extremes of disliking the job and being critical of the organization’s mission to feeling grateful for the job and accepting.
Berkshire Associates
MARCH 18, 2016
When you're the tiny fish in a pond full of much larger fish, it can be a battle to get food. The same goes for a small business competing with established giants of an industry. Their offices may be on the top floor while yours is on the bottom. They could offer a bevy of benefits while you may only be able to offer a few. Starting to get the picture?
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.
Ask a Manager
MARCH 18, 2016
It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on anything work-related that you want to talk about. If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to talk to other readers. * If you submitted a question to me recently, please don’t repost it here, as it may be in the to-be-answered queue :).
Allegis Global Solutions
MARCH 18, 2016
A look at the talent trends of 2015 and what the new year may have in store.
HR Daily Advisor
MARCH 18, 2016
With so many companies struggling to fill their open positions, you have to learn how to target specific audiences. A broad effort might not be as effective as a focused one—and one of those focuses involves veterans. Today’s Advisor helps you understand what that focus might look like. Under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act’s (VEVRAA) affirmative action requirements for federal government contractors, covered contractors are required to undertake appropriate outreach and po
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