Fri.Feb 10, 2017

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Dream Your HR Dreams, Teach Your HR Dreams

Laurie Ruettimann

I started my job as a writer and speaker in 2007. I began traveling around the country and telling people how much I hated HR and recruiting. It wasn’t a super sophisticated message, but I just wanted my fellow colleagues to know that they could do better. Like, don’t you want more for yourself? And, during the past ten years, there’s been a sea change in the way HR-related professionals talk about themselves and their dreams.

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What’s Worse Than One Stereotype? Two – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

I’m beginning to see a shift in the conversation about Millennials. Instead of talking about generations from the standpoint of attitude or behaviors, the dialogue has moved to one of mindset. Frankly, it’s about time. I’ll use Boomers as an example, since I am one. Well, I’m Generation Jones , but no one talks about that distinction. Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964.

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[Infographic] How To Create a Workplace Where Employees Are Happy

Hppy

A happy workforce is a loyal and productive workforce. Boredom, frustration, overwork, underpay, can all leave a high-potential employee looking at his phone up to 150 times a day, or worse – looking at job ads. Many employees will lack the confidence to speak up about their situation, so from a distance it can seem like everything’s okay. But maintaining the status quo is often not enough.

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New Research: Global Citizenship On The Rise

Josh Bersin

New research (The Deloitte Millennial Survey) shows that global citizenship is on the rise, and this trend is directly impacting business leaders and HR practices around the world. Here’s the. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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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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Extracting Talent: How to Unlock the Full Potential of Each of Your Employees

Hppy

Do you feel like you have a great team, but you’re not currently extracting the maximum amount of talent from it? This is a pretty common feeling among small and medium-sized business owners. Driving people harder and demanding more is not the way to get the best out of people, though. Lots of people make that mistake when they’re wondering how they can get more from the people they employ.

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The Nuanced Truth about True Happiness at Work

TalentCulture

We all want to feel good and true happiness is the answer, right? Well, according to Harvard Medical School psychologist, Dr. Susan David, it’s more nuanced than “ happiness equals goodness.”. In Dr. David’s book Emotional Agility , she writes, “The paradox of happiness is that deliberately striving for it is fundamentally incompatible with the nature of happiness itself.

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What to Look For When Choosing a Mentor

TLNT: The Business of HR

Throughout my life, I’ve had a number of great mentors. But one in particular who had a huge impact was the president of my alma mater. He really took me “under his wing” and helped me in several different ways. A good mentor is certainly someone with plenty of experience – not necessarily just in your field – but also with life in general. He or she provides an ear when you need one, and produces useful advice that helps you get and stay on the right path.

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#WorkTrends Recap: How To Move Beyond The Competition

TalentCulture

We live in a very competitive world with more and more companies cropping up every day. So how do you differentiate your organization, your products and yourself from the competition? This is something every entrepreneur, leader, employee, as well as customer needs to understand. The companies and people who understand that being a solutions provider and problem solver will be what it takes to keep their competitive edge and endure for the long-term.

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What to consider when preparing your social media policy

HR Zone

Strategy. Your social media policy checklist.

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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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Is Learning and Development More Important Than Pay?

Compensation Today

As long as I have worked in compensation, it has been said “no one is paid what they think they are worth.” Baloney. As long as I have been able to provide a business case for Associa’s competitive pay practices, that statement is justifiably ignored. While pay continues to be a primary reason why people leave their companies, learning and development is rising in importance.

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When Good Goals Go Bad

TLNT: The Business of HR

Setting expectations for employees is the most critical step in any performance management process. A great article by Leigh Anthony describes how this fundamental step provides focus, increases motivation, helps employees to prioritize their responsibilities and offers measurability. Overall, it sets the stage. Without goals, employees are flying blind, causing a loss in productivity and negatively affecting the company’s bottom line.

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How to Create Your Employer Brand Recipe

Ceridian

By Anthony Kwan, Product Marketing Manager, Ceridian . In today’s world of work, every business needs a compelling employer brand. A great employer brand is an organization’s gateway to top talent. Whether it’s a small local business with a big future or a Fortune 500 company with a massive global footprint, an employer brand helps an organization define who they are, their values, and what they can offer to prospective candidates.

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Feedback From A to Z

TLNT: The Business of HR

It’s no secret that feedback is a hugely important in the workplace. Giving and receiving useful feedback is a key part of both personal and organizational development. It impacts individual growth and allows people to work on self-improvement, whilst also pushing people towards organizational goals.

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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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5 reasons we should stop talking about family friendly workplaces

HR Zone

Culture. Reasons to stop talking about family-friendliness.

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3 Employee Tenure Trends Managers Should Know

Paychex

Employee tenure can be an important issue for businesses in regards to hiring and retaining top talent. Here is a closer look at how understanding employee tenure can help to engage and retain your team.

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Social media: working for the wellness of workers

HR Zone

Culture. The impact of social media on employee wellness.

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They’re Onboarded! Now What?

Newmeasures

Hiring manager thought: “Success! We recruited and hired several new employees. Employees that are promising. and expensive, enthusiastic. and time-consuming, skilled. and not yet ready to execute. And, some say as many as 17% may quit within their first 3 months, with as many as 30% deciding to leave within 6 months (BambooHR, 2014). Will this group of new talent bring the value, energy, and skills we need to make the investment in them worthwhile?

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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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Is a PEO Right for You in 2017?

Paychex

PEOs can allow small businesses to outsource their human resource function, and offer significant benefits. What should businesses consider when evaluating whether a PEO arrangement is right for them?

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You don’t have a gun. You don’t have a badge. Don’t be the FMLA police!

The Employer Handbook

You know, it’s one thing to communicate with employees on FMLA to express concern for their well-being or determine whether they plan to return to work as scheduled. But, when you turn into the FMLA Police, that’s when problems ensue. [cue music ]. Don’t do this. Consider this recent Eleventh Circuit decision in Diamond v. Hospice of Florida Keys, Inc.

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Nello Cristianini, Professor of AI, Bristol University: "What skills/jobs will we need in the future?"

HR Zone

Future. "What skills/jobs will we need in the future?

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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals

Advos

Happy Friday. Each week, with the help of HRmarketer Insight software , our researchers compile a sampling of mergers & acquisition, funding and partnership announcements from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace. Sign-up for our weekly What’s Hot in HR newsletter to get these weekly updates via email. FUNDING.

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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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Every Business Should Like This Facebook Policy

Evil HR Lady

The average company offers three days of bereavement leave. Three days. Now, this is probably fine if it’s your 95-year-old grandmother whose funeral will be in the same town where you live and someone else is taking care of all the details and you weren’t that close anyway. For other situations? Three days is nowhere near sufficient to even do what you need to do, let alone mourn.

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The Hidden Costs of a High Turnover Rate

Paychex

A high turnover rate can have a negative effect on businesses, from training costs to a lower quality of work. Read about the issues your business could face, and find some resources that can help you solve them.

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They’re Onboarded! Now What?

Newmeasures

Hiring manager thought: “Success! We recruited and hired several new employees. Employees that are promising. and expensive, enthusiastic. and time-consuming, skilled. and not yet ready to execute. And, some say as many as 17% may quit within their first 3 months, with as many as 30% deciding to leave within 6 months (BambooHR, 2014). Will this group of new talent bring the value, energy, and skills we need to make the investment in them worthwhile?”.

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Are You Being Set Up for Expat Success?

DDI

If organizations want to ensure that their expats succeed, they need to gather baseline information about whether their expats accomplish their goals and objectives.

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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 analytics, emotional AI and recruiting spies through social media

HR Zone

Future. Digital HR news round up - 10th February.

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Record retention policy

Workable

This Record Retention policy template is ready to be tailored for your company’s needs and is a starting point for setting up your employment policies. The post Record retention policy appeared first on Recruiting Resources: How to Recruit and Hire Better.

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Be Aware of the Wage and Hour Implications of Telecommuting

HR Daily Advisor

By Joseph U. Leonoro. The practice of allowing employees to work from home—known as telecommuting—is a growing trend. Today’s technology allows many employees to work from anywhere. Telecommuting can be a plus for both you and your employees. Your company benefits because you pay less in fixed overhead costs when you don’t have to provide a traditional office for workers, and employees often enjoy the flexibility of working from home.