Thu.Jun 21, 2018

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Not Your Grandma?s Mid-Year Performance Review (No Offense Grandma)

15Five

“Summertime and the living is easy.” A nice sentiment for Ella Fitzgerald , but for most of us that probably hasn’t been true since grade school. Expectations for productivity are as high as any other time of year, and for some organizations the mid-year performance review is just around the corner. Maybe right now you’re doing performance reviews only once a year.

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7 Strategies to Hire Diversity of Thought In Your Organization

Achievers

If you always recruit from the same places, with the same methods, you will always get the same people. In today’s competitive market you need to be creative. You have to go where the candidates are and have a long enough lead-time to get a good selection of candidates. If you want to be ahead of the competition, and bring in more innovation, then think with a diversity of thought mindset.

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How to implement a flexible time-off program

Ceridian

Following the launch of Ceridian’s new Time Away From Work program, Chief People and Culture Officer Lisa Sterling shares how to implement this type of program successfully.

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Why HRs pros want to kill I-9 and what they want instead

HR Morning

If you’re in favor of ditching the current employment verification process – the paper-based I-9 form – for a mandatory electronic system, you’re not alone. According to the SHRM Employment Verification Survey, 83% of employers either strongly or somewhat support a mandatory electronic verification system. Plus, employers’ support of such a system would be even higher if it: avoids allegations of employment-based discrimination (cited by 95% of employers). includes a strong safe harbor to protec

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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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Women in Automotive: How to Conduct Interviews Free From Inappropriate Questions

Hireology

Women make up almost half of the U.S. workforce, but only 1 in 5 dealership employees are women. And with dealerships facing staffing shortages – fewer than 1% of job seekers would consider working at a dealership – dealers need to make more of an effort to ensure their employment brand and hiring process are inclusive and open to women. One way dealers can improve their hiring efforts to attract more women – and create a more diverse workforce overall – is by asking all job candidates the same

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What Effective Performance Management Truly Looks like in 2018

ClearCompany HRM

54% of employees in a McKinsey survey said [current] performance management has not had a positive effect on employee performance. Performance management remains a challenge for many organizations as the people, processes and technologies within the workplace evolve. With emerging technologies built to automate and streamline the way we work to the way we continue to redefine labor, performance management gets more and more complex.

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4 Ways to Combat Toxic Company Culture

Kazoo

Companies don’t usually start out of the gate with a toxic company culture. Over time, with market changes, company changes, and leadership changes – company culture may turn toxic without you noticing. Suddenly, departments are hoarding information, coworkers don’t want to help each other out, and people don’t want to come into work in the morning.

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Shattering Stereotypes: Cisco?s New Parental Leave Policy

TalentCulture

It may take a village to raise a child, but based on many parental leave policies, apparently it only takes […]. The post Shattering Stereotypes: Cisco’s New Parental Leave Policy appeared first on TalentCulture.

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How to use technology to support healthy living and boost the employee experience

HR Zone

Employees. How to use technology to support healthy living.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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can I go barefoot at work?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I work in a legal office. I am the assistant but I sit in an open area outside my boss’s office. I wear business casual clothing and shoes. However, my feet get uncomfortable in the shoes. I often take my shoes off and go barefoot. They’re under the desk for the most part, but occasionally people will have to look at my computer.

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#SHRM18 Recap Told Through Tweets

Advos

SHRM Annual 2018 set some records. There were over 700 exhibitors and about 17,000+ paid attendeesleaving no doubt that SHRM is the largest human. resources conference globally. Prior to the conference we published our Conference Twitter Primer which listed all of the Twitter ID’s for the speakers and sponsors — helping companies to engage with #SHRM on Twitter.

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Tackling Health Care Costs in the Era of Abundance

Benefitfocus

The rise in choice and cost in employee benefits has resulted in a perfect storm for both employees and employers. Learn how smart employers are using their benefits data to tackle these issues, contain costs and improve outcomes for their employees.

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how do you deal with freelancer terror?

Ask a Manager

I meant to make this an “ask the readers” question as per my new Thursday tradition, but I started writing just a short response to it and then it got longer and longer. So it’s not quite that anymore, but hopefully readers will weigh in as well. I’m an avid reader of your blog, even though I haven’t had a standard office job in about a decade.

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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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Four ways to improve communication with your employees

Ceridian

There are better ways to connect with employees than using impersonal, generic communications. The organizations that set themselves apart use their culture to inform exactly how they do that. Here, four ways to better engage employees with culture-based communication.

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6 Tips for Avoiding Hiring Bias

Namely

When it comes to hiring top talent, we want to believe we give everyone a fair chance and choose the most qualified candidates. But what if our judgments aren’t as fair as we think they are? We all carry unconscious biases , both positive and negative, that influence our opinions of others. When we see a piece of ourselves in someone else, we’re more likely to have a favorable impression of them; however, when we see others as different from ourselves, we may be quick to judge.

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Managing Your Team More Effectively Using DISC Leadership Tools

Extended DISC

Managing people is definitely one of the most challenging jobs around. The My Team Report: Manager's Playbook, is specifically designed to help a manager lead his/her own team more effectively.

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The Dark Side of Strengths

Chris Heinz

You have your strengths, and you’re feeling good about them. You want to move in and develop those areas. You know there’s more to be gained by investing in strengths than trying to turn your weaknesses into strengths.

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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with California’s New Legal Requirements (SB-553)

Speaker: Speakers:

Every company everywhere should have a plan to combat workplace violence and properly respond to violent incidents. California has stepped to the plate and become the first state to mandate workplace violence prevention requirements for employees and employers. Even if you are in a different state or country, these workplace violence requirements are applicable to almost every employer anywhere.

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7 Ways to Increase Productivity

Take It Personel-ly

Productivity is important to all working professionals, since high levels of productivity means a lot of work is getting done. One of the difficult things to do is to increase productivity levels, as we all have tendencies to plateau. Despite these tendencies, there are still ways to increase productivity levels. I used to be a […].

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Is your workforce re-subscribing? The new model for employee retention

Ceridian

Chances are that if you think highly of your people, another company will as well. So, start thinking about your relationship with employees as a subscription, and create experiences through which employees choose to actively re-subscribe to your company. Here are four tips to entice them.

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What Does Workplace Diversity Look Like in 2018?

Namely

The world is diverse, but is the workplace? Diversity and inclusion have long been HR buzzwords, and many HR leaders cite diversity as a key objective in their strategic planning. For many talent acquisition pros, hiring a diverse array of employees is top of mind. But once those employees enter your organization, it takes the entire community to create a genuinely diverse and inclusive workplace.

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Your employees are your best advocates: Four ways to leverage them

Ceridian

The best and most authentic promotion comes from within. Marketing through employee advocacy can drive sales, help your company develop new audiences, and increase engagement, recruiting and retention rates. Here, key ways to encourage your employees to be company advocates.

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The Engagement Engine: Strategies for Building a High-Performance Culture

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

Many companies strive for a positive culture with happy employees. But what if you could achieve more? High-performing cultures are the McLarens of the business world, leaving Camrys in the dust. They unlock exceptional results by fostering innovation, engagement, and continuous growth. In this webinar, we'll demystify the concept and provide practical steps to kickstart the journey toward a high-performing culture in your organization.

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Put Some Lipstick On It

Compensation Cafe

One of the reasons that I never liked my (much) earlier role as a Job Evaluator was that the litany of requests by managers to change the grade of jobs never ended. I rarely had a moment of peace after completing one request before the phone would ring again. “Can you look at the assigned grade of my XYZ Administrator? The grade is wrong.”. This opening line is then rapidly followed by, “I have a new job description.

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Five ways that data helps HR be more strategic

Ceridian

From smarter recruiting, to identifying flight risks, to increasing employee engagement to boost productivity – HR has an increasingly strategic purpose in companies today. Here, Ceridian’s Director of Product Management Paul Jelinek discusses five ways HR can be more strategic by using data.

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Managing the wellbeing needs of a multigenerational workforce

HR Zone

Employees. The multigenerational workforce's wellbeing needs.

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5 Things I Learned From the Gig Economy

SocialChorus

Last April, I started driving for Uber. I joined the over one million Americans who drive for a variety of reasons, from lack of full-time work to the independence of being self-employed. Up until then, I was like most people. I tried out TaskRabbit, Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, and other gig economy apps, with their promise to make my life easier, better, and more affordable.

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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.

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Independent contractor or employee? California Supreme Court adopts new classification criteria

Ceridian

The new standard presumes all workers are employees unless the hirer can establish three rigid factors that qualify a worker as an independent contractor.

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Rocking Chair Leadership

NoExcusesHR

"I'm on it!" "We're moving fast on this one!" "The team is all over it!" "Everyone is so busy working on this!" I. Don't. Believe. You. Activity Does Not Equal Progress How many leaders have you heard describing how 'busy' they are; or, their teams are? How many times did you hear those same updates week after week with no real progress to show for it?

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New Jersey passes paid sick leave law

Ceridian

The new state-wide law replaces all 13 existing city-level sick leave laws in New Jersey and bans cities from enacting their own sick leave laws. Here, Compliance Counsel Emerson Beishline discusses how employers can prepare for the new change.