Wed.Aug 21, 2019

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Improving employee experience makes for a better company: Here’s how

HR Morning

Providing employees with a strong Employee Experience is more than a great company picnic and premium benefits. Employee Experience, or EX, is about employees feeling like there are strong contributors to the success of the company. They are productive and efficient because the employer treats them like a customer, providing them with the tools and training they need to do the job, and absorbing them into a positive company culture.

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Reflections on training. 

HRGem

A few weeks ago I attended a training course. It wasn’t anything to do with my usual work, but was about learning to help children with Down Syndrome to navigate the transition to teenage years.

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Want to Supercharge your Employee Onboarding Process? Your EVP is the Secret.

Blu Ivy Group

Anyone who has recruited for new talent understands how much work is involved. It’s usually a detailed and complicated process that touches many people across many departments and effective Employee Onboarding will help you retain the top talent you spent so much time and money attracting. We help our clients take advantage of the opportunity to build loyalty, retention, and pride from the first online interaction, to the interview, to the employee’s very first day and beyond.

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Why office gossip isn't as bad as we think

Jostle

Office gossip is commonly misunderstood as something to be avoided whenever possible. And sure, what might start out as harmless rumors or after-work gripe sessions can quickly devolve into high school drama: damaged relationships, the formation of cliques, and toxic working conditions. Obviously no one wants that. So employers try to shut it down, which, let’s be honest, is impossible.

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Discover the 4 Big Recruitment Challenges for 2024

It’s no secret that today’s hiring market is tough! The constant changes can make it seem impossible for HR leaders, hiring teams, and hiring managers to remain flexible and agile. However, there’s a silver lining amongst all the hiring chaos, as these changes also bring great opportunities and fresh ways for HR leaders to gain that competitive edge in the race for top talent.

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Back to School: How to Show Working Parents You Care

Limeade

Summer is coming to an end as parents pack up the beach toys and prepare for the new school year ahead. From meeting teachers to arranging childcare to managing extracurricular activities — back to school means back to routine, but it also requires juggling schedules and work-life balance for working parents. In 2018, 63% of married-couple families with children had both parents employed.

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Interview with Charlene Li, Part 1: Acts of Courageous Leadership

15Five

In this two-part series, we sit down with Altimeter Group founder and Senior Fellow Charlene Li ahead of the release of her new book, The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Organizations Transform While Others Fail. Recognized as one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company and as a top 50 leadership innovator by Inc. , Charlene is an expert on digital transformation and disruptive growth strategies.

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IRS Enforcement of the ACA Not Wavering

ACA Times

2 minute read: Give the IRS credit. It is consistent. In 2017, the federal tax agency responded to an inquiry about waivers to business owners from U.S. House Representative Bill Huizenga. In 2017, Rep. Huizenga asked the IRS about the possibility of receiving the waiver of an ACA penalty for an employer that had not complied with the ACA by not offering required health insurance to employees for financial and religious reasons.

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Putting Humanity into HR Compliance: Use ‘Star Profiles’ for Hiring

SHRM Resources

Don't mistake a person's ability to ace an interview and get the job with the person's ability to actually do the job. Use a star profile--a list of desired behaviors and outcomes--to set expectations and find out how, and if, the person can do the work.

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11 Positive Benefits Of Becoming An Apprentice Before You Start Your Career

Forbes Coaches Council

You've thought about college and going straight to a career -- but have you considered an apprenticeship? Forbes Coaches Council experts share the top reasons why you should.

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Correct & Prevent I-9 Errors: Your 2024 Audit Toolkit

Simplify your I-9 compliance process and minimize the risk of costly fines with WorkBright’s comprehensive audit toolkit. Created in collaboration with employment law experts, this essential two-part guide will help you conduct a thorough internal audit in 2024. The first section outlines a three-step process for ensuring error-free and compliant I-9s, followed by two printable checklists to streamline your audit process.

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5 Tips for Displaying Company Culture During the Hiring Process

The Tim Sackett Project

So, why is company culture important? We inherently understand why a company’s culture is valuable, sure. It sets up the rules, procedures and best practices for a place where you spend 40-50 hours a week, and it guides employees on how to make decisions, how to deal with customers and more. It’s very important for those intangible reasons. But, at the same time, for-profit companies are about, well, generating returns for shareholders and stakeholders.

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10 persuasion techniques to help you get ahead at work

cipHR

Having trouble getting buy-in for your latest big idea? These simple tips will help. Whether you’re trying to secure a pay rise or promotion, or convince busy line managers of the value of your new HR initiative, your ability to persuade colleagues, peers and senior leaders plays a significant role in achieving success. Some people are naturally persuasive and are easily able to steer a strategy or conversation in their preferred direction.

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All Hands on Tech podcast: The power of organisational culture

HR Zone

Podcast: The power of organisational culture. By. Becky Norman. Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - 09:30. Analytics. Culture. All Hands on Tech podcast: The power of organisational culture. Episode two of HRZone's All Hands on Tech podcast – Helping HR professionals navigate through the evolving HR technology space to create more meaningful, engaging and productive workplaces.

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Executive Leadership Presence: Five Essentials To Master

Forbes Coaches Council

They involve focus, consciousness, integrity, and intention, which generate teamwork, conflict resolution, breakthroughs and, ultimately, innovation, organization and growth.

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Unlocking Employee Potential with the Power of Continuous Feedback

Speaker: Erin Daruszka and Nakisha Dixon

Recent studies show that only 21% of employees feel their performance and growth are within their control. What if the answer to employee development and high performance lies elsewhere? Enter continuous feedback. Imagine a work environment where feedback isn't a dreaded annual event, but a constant source of growth. Join us to discover how ongoing, actionable feedback empowers your team to take ownership of their performance, boosting engagement and development.

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Ep 194: How #HR Can Be More Brave at Work

Workology

While it wears many faces, bravery is one of the most valuable virtues not only in life but in leadership. The presence of bravery leads to do-ers, dreamers, and great leaders. “The willingness to. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution. While it wears many faces, bravery is one of the most valuable virtues not only in life but in leadership.

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Be 10x More Productive Using the Eisenhower Matrix

HR Digest

Are you ready to master your calendar and manage your time effectively and efficiently for maximum results? Get more done without distraction using the Eisenhower Matrix. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34 th President of the United States, who went on to serve two terms from 1953 to 1961 in the White House. During his presidency, he launched some of the largest public works projects in history: the launch of DARPA, NASA, and the peaceful use of alternative energy sources (Atomic Energy Act).

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Mental health at work: why employers need to embrace psychological diversity

HR Zone

People. Mental health: embrace psychological diversity.

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Jay Baer: Be a customer conversation starter

Qualtrics HR

Where do you start with Jay Baer? New York Times best-selling author of 6 books? 7th-generation entrepreneur? Founder of 5, multi-million dollar companies? Or how about the fact he’s advised over 700 companies in his time including Nike and The United Nations? When it comes to CX , few people live and breathe it quite like Jay, and he’s not shy in sharing his views whether it’s in printed form or through his Talk Triggers show on YouTube or hosting the award-winning podcast, Social Pros.

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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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Tips on How to Maximize Space in Your Kitchen

Take It Personel-ly

Organizing your stuff with limited and minimal space is kind of distressing. Kitchen is one of the essential parts of a home because this place is where you cook hearty and delicious meals. This is also a place where you can unwind and relax, especially that condominiums in Batangas have such a nice view of […].

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Taking Care of Business: ERISA Fiduciary Duties of a 401(k) Plan Sponsor

Guideline

When you set up an employer-sponsored 401(k) plan for your team, you to need figure out who is going to handle the fiduciary duties, and you're probably going to come across the term ERISA. First things first. A fiduciary duty is the legal obligation to protect the plan’s assets for the sole benefit of plan participants and their beneficiaries. The big question you have to answer is whether this duty is something you — the plan sponsor — should take on, or if you should outsource it to a third-p

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Continuously Evolving to Make Work More Human

Oracle HCM - Modern HR in the Cloud

By James Coleman, Contributing Writer. This blog adapts upon an earlier blog, 10 Ways to Move Towards Modern HR. One of the beauties of cloud solutions is the opportunity they offer for immediate feedback towards product improvement. Oracle understands this challenge very well, having implemented thousands of enhancements over the past year—with the vast majority of them based on customer opinion.

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Everything You Need to Know About Predictive Scheduling

Homebase

Hourly employees (especially those in the retail and restaurant industries) are often faced with a number of struggles that come with on-call scheduling. From anticipating pay to determining the number of hours they are likely to work each week, it can be difficult to maintain a healthy work-life balance. . However, change is in the air. Many cities are implementing predictive scheduling laws that require employers to give employees advance notice of their work schedules.

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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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In-House Or Freelance? 14 Questions To Help You Decide Which Tasks To Outsource

Forbes Coaches Council

Forbes Coaches Council experts unpack the dilemma employers face when choosing between in-house or freelance staff with 14 key questions.

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our boss cross-examines us over minor mistakes

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I was wondering if you had any advice for dealing with a boss who really digs in whenever a mistake is made. It’s not enough to acknowledge responsibility and to promise you won’t make the same mistake again; he wants to know “why” you made the mistake in the first place. Fortunately, this only happened to me personally a few times, but there are members of our team who, by nature of their work, make more mistakes, and it’s painful hearing them get

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Ep 194 – Living Big in the Presence of Brave

Workology

While it wears many faces, bravery is one of the most valuable virtues not only in life but in leadership. The presence of bravery leads to do-ers, dreamers, and great leaders. “The willingness to. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution. While it wears many faces, bravery is one of the most valuable virtues not only in life but in leadership.

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Why Qualtrics? – Pelin Aylangan – Senior Manager, XM Practice – Seattle, WA

Qualtrics HR

At Qualtrics we want to connect our people to careers that feed their purpose; jobs that motivate & inspire them. This is Pelin’s “Why Qualtrics” story. I like to work with teams to improve on consultative engagement where understanding the customer’s needs is critical. I also enjoy structuring programs and processes to improve execution.

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Breaking the Burnout Cycle: Empowering Managers for Excellence

Speaker: Adri Glover - Head of People, and Mollie Hinz - Sr. People Partner

In the fast-paced world of work, burnout has emerged as a critical issue. Alarming statistics reveal two in five U.S. workers experience feeling burned out. However, the situation is even more dire among managers, with nearly half reporting burnout, often hidden behind their responsibilities and the desire to uplift their teams. Recognizing the severity of this problem is crucial.

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5 Types of Market Segmentation & How To Use Them

Remesh

Segmentation is an important piece of market research, but can be overwhelming at face value. This method is simply a form of research that reveals insight into potential customers, innovative approaches to a product or service, and tackling customer loyalty.

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Meet Tasks: not just another to-do list in your intranet

Jostle

You just spotted a document in your intranet that needs to be updated, so you copy the link, toggle over to your to-do list app, and set yourself a reminder. But wait, you forgot the document’s title, so you check that, and then edit your reminder. Once that’s done, you’re distracted and forgot what you actually needed to do. Sounds familiar?

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Does Uber Qualify For Commuter Benefits?

Commuter Benefit Solutions

It’s no secret ride-hailing is popular to get around now. More than a third of Americans have used ride-hailing services like Uber. And more than 20 percent say they use a ridesharing service every month. Since it's growing at a fast rate, people often ask, “Does Uber qualify for commuter benefits?

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