Fri.Jul 01, 2016

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Quick Shots for #HR and #Business Pros – #SHRM16 Edition

HR Bartender

This year’s Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference and Expo was a special one for me. Besides being in one of my favorite cities – Washington D.C. – I had the opportunity to do some things I haven’t done before. Which was pretty awesome since the conference theme was all about “breakthroughs.”. I spoke at a pre-conference workshop.

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4 Effective Ways to Take the Struggle out of Setting and Achieving Corporate Goals

Trinet

Establishing corporate goals and aligning all employees to them is critical to driving an accountable, performance-based culture. But let’s find out if you are unknowingly one of the many small. Visit site for full story.

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The Science of Happiness in the Workplace

EmployeeConnect

The first thought that comes to my mind when the word ‘happiness’ pops up is Pharrell Williams. Only because he’s made a smashing hit that mentions the word ‘happy’ approximately 57 times. Besides the point, going back to all things HR and all that progresses HR, happiness is actually pivotal in a modern workplace. It’s pivotal in the way that it’s how your employees show their enthusiasm for work.

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3 Ideas for More Generosity at Work

RecognizeThis!

By Derek Irvine. Recognize This! – A culture of generosity is one aspect of a more human workplace that is a natural fit, but also needs to be curated. There are many different ways that organizations can become more human, evidenced by the sheer diversity of ideas across our WorkHuman speakers and thinkers , as well as our own research. One idea seems to sit at the core of several of these approaches: a culture of generosity.

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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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Mindfulness In The Workplace, Empathy’s Role In Employee Engagement, The Low Cost And High Impact Of Recognition And Training New Managers #FridayFinds

Hppy

The articles that we’re proposing for this week’s FridayFinds edition are linked by a key factor: they bring about perspective on the topic they’re dealing with, whether it’s leadership or mindfulness in the workplace. It’s easy to get caught up in day to day operations and processes, that you lose perspective on some of the most important things. The authors manage to provide both strategic overview and persuasive details, making these articles exceptionally useful for HR professionals and empl

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4 Automation Techniques That Will Make You Rethink Recruitment

Entrepreneur

Automation does the grudge work so you have more time and attention for getting to know the people who will build your company.

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The 3 Ways Candidates Get Beheaded Expecting Counter Offers.

The HR Capitalist

My friend RJ Morris had a great post up at Fistful of Talent a couple of years ago related to the deep psychology of the Counter Offer - the moment when you tell your employer you're leaving and they start scrambling to keep you. Here's a taste of RJ's post, you should go read the whole thing : "Wow, Sally…that really catches me by surprise. Look, you’re way too valuable to us to have you leave.

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4 Smart Moves for Winning the Competition for Top Talent

Entrepreneur

A thoroughly professional interview process is essential to attracting and signing the people who can drive your company.

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My Social Media Diet Failed

Laurie Ruettimann

My social media diet failed. More specifically, I failed at giving up social media and watching the news for thirty days. June was a heartbreaker of a month. Avoiding the press coverage of Orlando was tough. The Supreme Court made historic rulings that were important to me. Also, Istanbul. So much. Too much. Ugh. When it was pretty clear that staying off social media 100% wasn’t going to work, I made a pact with myself to check my feeds 2x day.

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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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Onboarding: How to succeed with your remote team

HR Zone

Employees. How to onboard your remote team.

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From the CultureNext Intern’s Desk

Maritz Motivation

Over the past month, I have had the tremendous pleasure of interning on the CultureNext team at Maritz Motivation Solutions in St. Louis, Missouri. I have been here for almost a month and I am pretty convinced a better workplace couldn’t exist. My team provides employee engagement and recognition solutions for organizations and I’ve learned that we also practice what we preach. .

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How to Make Your Career Strategy Thrive Within A Corporate Culture

TalentCulture

Large companies sort of rumble along, pushing and pulling employees along the way. Some people are nimble enough to get on top of the steam roller while others get run over and spit out the other side. We’ve all seen examples of each of these scenarios. But what most people forget in their career strategy is that their job fate doesn’t rest solely in the hands of the corporate decision makers.

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5 Reasons to Toss a Resume in the Trash

About Human Resources

Do you know who you are hiring? Always, you need to review each resume, cover letter and application that you receive with care. Here are resume red flags.

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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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6 Reasons To Start Live Video Streaming Your Brand

TalentCulture

Recently a friend told me about Facebook Live and shook his head: Writing content is going to die, he said. We’ll all be communicating via video. I don’t know about all that. But I do know that livestream and live video is here to stay, and as a tool for talent, they’re another level of revolution. But rather than waste any words here (how old school) I’ll get straight to the point.

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How Culture and Values Fit Into the Onboarding Experience

TLNT: The Business of HR

The moment your new hire walks through the door can be intense for all members of your workplace. This is especially true in the world of a startup, where passion and hard work will keep the company afloat among a competitive and fast-paced market. The individual wouldn’t have been hired if their qualifications didn’t fit, but how do their personality or values align?

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How (and Why) to Foster Employee Satisfaction

About Human Resources

Employee satisfaction is one way to assess whether employees are happy and engaged at work. Employee satisfaction is critical for retention. Learn more.

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The One Thing Every Boss Should Say to Her Summer Intern

Evil HR Lady

We’re midway through the summer intern season. Hopefully, it’s going well. Internships can be a bit of a challenge-adjusting to an office environment after years of school can be a bit difficult for all involved. Frequently, the people managing interns are low-level supervisors and sometimes it’s their very first time managing another person.

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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 Hidden Cost of Unused Leave [Infographic]

WorqIQ

There is a hidden cost to unused leave that many businesses fail to realize. Project Time Off puts that figure at $224 billion. Read More» The post The Hidden Cost of Unused Leave [Infographic] appeared first on Switch & Shift.

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Different strokes for different folks in ‘difficult conversations’

HR Morning

Everybody talks about the importance of communication. But what’s often overlooked is the fact that not everybody communicates in the same way. Clearly, there are dangers and risks in conversational stereotyping. But there are real, documented differences in the way people behave in conversation – especially when it comes to gender. You wouldn’t want to stereotype people based on those differences, but you do want to be aware of the differences and how you can address them in a difficult convers

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#WorkTrends Recap: Spouses Working Together

TalentCulture

There are so many entrepreneurs who have built businesses from the ground up — alongside their partners — but not many talk about the intersection of work and personal lives. During this week’s #WorkTrends show, Maria Orozova and Scott Thomas addressed how husband-and-wife entrepreneurs can work cohesively and collaboratively in the business world. They will share their first-hand experiences of working together as partner agency owners.

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HRE Column: On Disruptive Technology and How it Changes HR

Steve Boese

Here is my semi-frequent reminder and pointer for blog readers that I also write a monthly column at Human Resource Executive Online called Inside HR Tech and that archives of which can be found here. As usual, the Inside HR Tech column is about, well, HR Tech, (sort of like I used to write about all the time on this blog), and it was inspired by the planning process for a presentation I am giving at the upcoming Inforum Conference in New York City.

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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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Beyond the jargon: is HR tech lost in translation?

HR Zone

Business. HR Tech: Lost in Translation.

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5 Quick Ways to Eliminate Job Applicants

About Human Resources

Know the resume and cover letter red flags that must catch your attention as you review candidate resumes? Here are five that may disqualify applicants.

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Exciting Updates in HireSelect!

Criteria Corp

Today we’re releasing a whole host of awesome updates in HireSelect, all designed to make your experience even more streamlined and user-friendly. The most obvious change is that we’ve given HireSelect a design facelift, and we’ve also added a number of really great new features that we think you’ll enjoy: New and Improved Dashboard. We redesigned the Dashboard to give you easy access to the activities you do the most in HireSelect.

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Friday Five: Bad Interns, Student Debt and Millennial Behaviour

Workology

Millennials again!? I know, I know. I complain about people writing about millennials so much and yet I can’t seem to stop writing about them/us myself. But what’s a girl to do when they keep coming up in the press? This week we’re looking at student debt, millennial living arrangements and bad interns. This is your Friday Five: Ask A Manager: I was Fired From My Internship for Writing a Proposal for a More Flexible Dress Code.

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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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open thread — July 1-2, 2016

Ask a Manager

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 :).

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Looking at leadership after Brexit

HR Zone

Future. Looking at leadership after Brexit.

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How to Tell If Your Co-Worker Is Obnoxious

TLNT: The Business of HR

Let’s face it: Some people are off-putting. Unfortunately, they don’t self-identify. They simply blunder through life either a) clashing with people, embroiled in conflict after conflict or b) bouncing from relationship to relationship, lonely and confused about why they don’t have close friends.

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