Tue.Jun 14, 2016

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Quality of Hire Means Something, Here’s Why

Ceridian

By Maren Hogan, Founder and CEO of Red Branch Media. Quality of Hire didn’t use to be a recruiting measurement. Far from it! Even just ten years ago, the goal for recruiters and even their emerging brethren was to make sure that people met the job requirements. Terms like “cultural fit” were on the fringe and those who wanted recruiters to answer for retention, may potentially get an earful.

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The 10 Habits Great Managers Use to Engage Employees

HR Bartender

Managers have a tough job. First, they have knowledge or skill in their area of expertise that the organization relies upon. And, they have a responsibility to engage employees. I would contend that the responsibility to engage extends beyond their direct reports. Managers are asked to set the example and create an engaging work environment with each employee interaction.

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The 4 Best Sourcing Hacks For Human Resource Professionals

ClearCompany HRM

It’s a simple fact of life that HR Pros are sometimes tasked with recruiting and even sourcing. And while sometimes this additional responsibility can be overwhelming, sourcing incredible talent can be really fun. Sourcers get to do fun “detective” work that makes succession planning and compensation models look downright dull. And it’s not as hard or as geeky as you think.

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How Diversity Boosts Business Performance

Reflektive

Guest contributor Terry Lipovski is the president of Ubiquity , a preeminent provider of leadership development services around the world. HR professionals interested in contributing to Reinventing HR can email hello@reflektive.com. Most of us have taken part in diversity training, and we’ve seen the quota systems that are put into place to break previous trends.

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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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Building the HRIS business case with ROI

EmployeeConnect

You have long wanted to implement a HRIS, and your company has just chosen you to present a business case outlining the return on investment (ROI) of implementing such a system. You are well aware of the benefits of implementing a HR system but need to present these benefits in a quantifiable way. As a HR manager you understand the importance of managing staff and potential staff effectively.

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The Retroactive vs. Proactive Performance Management Approach

Kazoo

In our webinar last week, we tackled some of the great questions about tracking ongoing feedback conversations and the time spent on them. It got us thinking about how large, enterprise companies are making the transition toward ongoing, continuous performance management with their workforces. This week we’re going to discuss the administrative burden of current processes, how to shift toward the continuous feedback approach and why this transition can be made seamlessly using employee engagemen

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To Get More Out of Workers, Invest More In Them

15Five

We perform better when our most pressing needs are met. That is common sense, and it is also supported by a raft of research. Even so, it’s far easier to treat people like machines, without worrying about how they’re feeling. When I ask business leaders whether they believe that their employees perform better when they are happier, healthier and more fulfilled, the answer is always yes.

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The Retroactive vs. Proactive Performance Management Approach

Kazoo

In our webinar last week, we tackled some of the great questions about tracking ongoing feedback conversations and the time spent on them. It got us thinking about how large, enterprise companies are making the transition toward ongoing, continuous performance management with their workforces. This week we’re going to discuss the administrative burden of current processes, how to shift toward the continuous feedback approach and why this transition can be made seamlessly using proactive performa

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BrokerView: #gamechanger for brokers and their clients

PeopleStrategy

Today, we announced the launch of BrokerView™ , a new solution designed to help employee benefits brokers more effectively compete in an increasingly complex, ever-changing market that has been “disrupted” by non-traditional players. For a long time, brokers could differentiate themselves by simply offering a benefit enrollment system. Times have changed.

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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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Older Workers are Becoming Invisible

Trish McFarlane

My twelve year old son loves to play the game Would You Rather with me. Have you played? You basically ask the person to choose between two things and sometimes, they give a reason. For example, he recently asked me, “Mom, would you rather be invisible, or have the ability to teleport?” As you can see, this is a question that may cause a gut reaction, but when you start thinking about it, you begin to come up with many reasons why one choice may be better than the other.

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PeopleStrategy® Introduces BrokerView: Client Management and HR Technology on a Single Platform

PeopleStrategy

Atlanta-based provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions empowers benefits brokers with an integrated client management tool that includes access to a comprehensive HCM suite. PeopleStrategy, Inc.® a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of end-to-end Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced the launch of BrokerView™, a new offering for employee benefits brokers.

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All You Need To Know About A Terrible Employer Brand Through Memes

Spark Hire

In a lot of ways, a company’s employer brand is like a meme. Everyone likes a relatable, fun one, but one that is outdated and boring just annoys people. And if it’s something everyone has seen a million times before, they aren’t going to connect with it. There are countless things that contribute to your employer brand. Everything from the wording in your job descriptions to your social media presence affects what talent thinks about your company as a place to work.

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The Importance of Coaching: Q&A With Lisa Downs

ATD Human Capital

During the last decade, coaching has evolved from being an exclusive service provided to senior executives to something seen as beneficial for all employees. Coaching employees at all levels of an organization allows for individual and organization development. It is now recognized as a critical skill for talent development professionals and managers.

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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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Work-Life Balance Starts at the Beach

Laurie Ruettimann

Now that it’s summertime, I’m back at the beach. From now until Labor Day, I’ll be at the beach at least once a week. I’ll wake up at the crack of dawn, drive to the ocean, fall asleep, read, eat some snacks, and then drive home in time for dinner. We had some weather, so my weekly beach outings for Summer 2016 were delayed. I finally made it out, last week, and it was magnificent.

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3 Ways Microsoft Could Change The Business World Via The LinkedIn Acquisition.

The HR Capitalist

Some of you have seen it, some of you haven't. After all, you've got jobs to do right? Microsoft said Monday morning that it would acquire LinkedIn in a $26.2 billion cash deal. The acquisition, by far the largest in Microsoft’s history, unites two companies in different businesses: one a big maker of software tools, the other the largest business-oriented social networking site, with more than 400 million members globally.

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China Gorman - Untitled Article

China Gorman

Deloitte’s Human Capital Trends 2016 Report, The new organization: different by design , is definitely worth a read. It’s long – 124 pages – but it will make you smart. Download it and start browsing. I won’t say much about the content – you need to read it all – except to show you the 10 trends identified as worth our consideration this year. The trends are: Organization design/The rise of teams.

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Team Building Activities That Actually Work

Evil HR Lady

I’m not a huge fan of team bonding activities, largely because I’m an introvert who hates games. Okay, not all games, but I don’t want to play volleyball or go rock climbing, or play flag football, and frankly, no one wants me on their team anyway. Everyone wants me on the other team, of course, because I’m horrible at team sports.

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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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The Road to Well-Being Begins With “Getting” Your Employees

TalentCulture

New research from the National Business Group on Health reinforces what we’ve been observing for quite some time—that a growing number of employers are broadening their definition of wellness to include dimensions of well-being beyond physical health. Employers are increasingly looking at employee health from a whole-person view, recognizing its physical, social, emotional, financial and environmental dimensions.

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HR Tech and Relocation: In the News

UrbanBound HR

Looking for the top news in HR Tech and Relocation?

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The High Cost of Sleepiness

SumTotal

Inadequate sleep is a common and significant problem impacting the workforce. In the United States, one in three people get less than seven hours of sleep at night , with similar findings worldwide. I often hear colleagues say there are not enough hours in the day and express similar thoughts conveying lack of sleep. Trying to balance demanding workloads with personal time often leads to sacrificing sleep.

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The Path to a Successful Tax Resolution with the IRS

Paychex

When the IRS collects on a back-tax liability, both the IRS and Congress have created a general path that must be followed. But here’s how you can take back some control of the collection process.

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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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The Solution to Employee Engagement Is Easier Than You Think

Namely

Brace yourself: It’s time to discuss one theme in human resources that causes many to shudder—if not from anxiety than perhaps sheer buzzwordyness. Employee engagement. Wait! Before you navigate away, hear us out. HR still can’t seem to crack the often cited #1 concern and priority of all human resources, and a quick glance at the #SHRM16 concurrent sessions proves that the conversation is still hot.

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Want a Fair Workplace? Work at a Smaller Company

Great Place to Work

Data Shows Employees are Less Likely to Experience Fairness at Larger Companies A valuable trait that small organizations have over large ones is that by virtue of their size, it's easier to build and foster trust (think more transparency, a tighter-knit community, less separation between hierarchical levels, etc.). And because trust is the defining component of great workplaces, this advantage is noteworthy.

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How (and why) we avoid committee hiring decisions.

BambooHR

Getting a large group of people to agree on anything can be a task. Even if it’s just dinner, there are often strong opinions about what will be best. And when the stakes are high, like selecting a person to hire, opinions become much stronger—which can result in drawn-out interviewing processes and lukewarm hires. This […]. The post How (and why) we avoid committee hiring decisions. appeared first on.

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Workplace Communication: How to Avoid Screwing It Up

WorqIQ

Human language separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom. But too often, we respond to the wag of a dog’s tail instead of the message given by the CEO. There is a breakdown in workplace communication. Read More» The post Workplace Communication: How to Avoid Screwing It Up appeared first on Switch & Shift.

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

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.

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People at Work Want to Matter

Culture University

Everyone in the workplace knows that the bottom line matters, and that without a healthy bottom line, jobs are at risk. Everyone also knows that customer satisfaction matters, since without it there is no healthy bottom line. And everyone knows that quality of products/services matters, because without it the customers won’t be satisfied. And more […].

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Six ways to stay motivated and productive at work during summer

Replicon

With the warm weather distracting you and the office practically empty, staying focused and productive at work can be difficult in the summer. Try these six tips to keep you productive and inspired.

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Ask the Expert: Exempt Status of Teachers under New Overtime Regulations

HR Daily Advisor

We’re trying to verify that teachers are exempt when it comes to new overtime regulations? So we have a teaching fellow whose salary is $40k. Do we need to either raise it to $47,476 or start tracking hours? Thank you for your inquiry regarding the exempt status of teachers under the new overtime regulations. The U.S. Department of Labor addressed this in a Q&A on the new overtime regulations (referred to as the “Final Rule” in the Q&A): Q: Is there an exemption for sch