Mon.May 13, 2019

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Why Professional Communication is impeded by Your Biases

Babette Ten Haken - Human Capital & Industrial IoT

All of us have professional communication habits. And these habits, both consciously and unconsciously, can reflect our professional biases. Biased behavior often reflects professional baggage created by embarrassing, humiliating or toxic encounters with clients and colleagues. When professional bias and baggage influences our professional communication, everyone is impacted.

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Has Your Job Lost that New-Job Smell?

The Tim Sackett Project

Was on the phone with a friend of mine last week talking about their new job. He had all that passion you hear from folks who just start a job! Everything is new, it’s cool, it’s fun, it’s engaging. He said it’s like ‘that new car smell’, you want to be able to keep it as long as possible. He’s right. He’s a pro, he gets it.

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How Healthcare Employers Can Manage Nursing Talent More Strategically

Precheck

How Healthcare Employers Can Manage Nursing Talent More Strategically May. 14, 2019. Antique Nguyen Marketing Specialist. Nurses are a critical part of the healthcare workforce, so the ongoing nursing shortage is a big challenge. Research by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses says that while nurses report being highly satisfied with their career path, 54 percent said they plan to leave their current job within three years.

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Answering the Top 5 Questions Your Talent Has About Background Checks

InfoMart

BLOG. Answering the Top 5 Questions Your Talent Has About Background Checks. Tammy Cohen , PHR, SHRM-CP. May 13 2019. Over the past 30 years, InfoMart has conducted millions of pre-employment background checks for staffing companies. In that time, candidates and employers have had plenty of questions about background checks. We’ve compiled a list of the most commonly asked questions so you can keep your talent informed throughout the background check process.

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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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Features to Help Support Wage and Hour Compliance Efforts When Adding Flex Work Options

nettime solutions

Are flex work options the key to employee happiness, engagement, and even greater productivity? Some believe so. Flexible arrangements can give workers more options when it comes to their schedules. They can create new ways for employees to engage with the workplace. And, they can benefit your company, especially if they help foster a happier workforce.

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50 Employee Behaviors Worth Recognizing and Rewarding

Kazoo

In today’s workforce, recognizing employees isn’t just part of good company culture – it’s a critical component of retention, productivity, and employee engagement. Sound like fluff? Consider the fact that Gallup’s analysis shows employee recognition is one of the simplest ways to attract and retain top performers. Which begs the question, why aren’t companies doing it more?

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7 Career Conversations You Should Be Having

Reflektive

According to a survey by Express Employment Professionals , 40 percent of employees consider a lack of career advancement in their existing companies as motivation for finding new employment. Further proof of the importance of career development to employees comes from a Gallup poll which revealed 59 percent of Millennials, 44 percent of Gen Xers, and 41 percent of baby boomers report career advancement and opportunities to learn new skills are important considerations when they apply for jobs.

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9 Office Ergonomics Tips To Improve Workplace Wellness

Hppy

Modern technology has radically changed the way we physically work. And, while it has made office work easier, it has also made it much more repetitive. This has created unprecedented ergonomics challenges, which in turn have increased the rate of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). In fact, recent studies by the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) show that over one million of the working population suffer from work-related illnesses.

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50 Employee Behaviors Worth Recognizing and Rewarding

Kazoo

In today’s workforce, recognizing employees isn’t just part of good company culture – it’s a critical component of retention, productivity, and employee engagement. Sound like fluff? Consider the fact that Gallup’s analysis shows employee recognition is one of the simplest ways to attract and retain top performers. Which begs the question, why aren’t companies doing it more?

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Fortify I-9 Compliance With The All-in-one Team Training Handbook

USCIS estimates that 76% of paper I-9s have at least one fineable error —with high-volume hirers at the highest risk. But worry not. WorkBright’s Ultimate I-9 Compliance Guide is a comprehensive resource to instantly level up your team’s I-9 process and reduce your audit risk. What to expect: Written for HR teams: No cryptic legal jargon here. We’ve made it fast and easy to find concise answers to nearly fifty I-9 questions in simple terms.

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How to Identify Your Company's Flight Risks

SHRM Resources

?HR can reduce employee attrition and improve engagement when equipped with predictive data analytics that point out where turnover risk is highest. Flight risk models help identify what types of employee profiles are the most likely to leave the company, enabling HR to make strategic decisions about whom to target for retention and where to invest in development opportunities.

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Mental health awareness: spotting the signs and starting the conversation

HR Zone

Culture. Mental ill-health: spotting the signs.

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Warehouse Hacks That Can Improve Its Efficiency

Take It Personel-ly

It is indeed true that working in a warehouse company can be a hard, harsh, and a demanding job for any employee. More often, operation in warehouse spaces especially in Kansas City can be painstaking. However, there are some processes that you can do so that you can improve and lighten these processes. Here are […].

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do you have to control your emotions to be professional?

Ask a Manager

I’m talking today off, so this is a reprint of a post from April 2016. A reader writes: I recently got fired from a job of four years. They told me I could stay until the end of the fiscal year (several months from the time of firing), and that I’m going to be replaced by one of my colleagues. Despite the awkwardness, I plan to stick with it as long as possible; the pay and benefits may well be the best I’ll ever have.

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From Awareness to Action: An HR Guide to Making Accessibility Accessible

Speaker: Danielle Johnson - Director of HR, Compliance & DEI in AI tech at Impact Observatory

Making accessibility accessible for organizations of all sizes may seem complex, but it doesn’t have to be. Prepare to broaden your understanding of Disability, Cultural Competency, and Inclusion with this insightful webinar. We’ll explore disability as a vibrant culture, understand the nuances of reasonable accommodations under the ADA, and navigate the complexities of undue hardship while challenging the status quo of accessibility practices.

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Evolution of Pay, Part 1: Remember Paychecks?

ADP

The process of paying employees has changed a lot in recent years. We sat down with Don Weinstein, ADP's corporate vice president of Global Product and.

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Leadership and Legitimacy

HR Examiner

“And even if 99.9% of those impacted by a leader think that leader is terrible, it only takes that 0.1% to legitimize that leader. The right people in the right place at the right time saying the right things is all a bad leader needs to stay in power.” – Mary Faulkner. Everywhere you look, there is someone complaining about “leadership.”.

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Wellbeing at work: why we need a culture shift, not just a policy change

HR Zone

Culture. Wellbeing: time for a culture shift.

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Prehire Assessments Can Speed Up Screening, Reduce Bias

SHRM Resources

?Employers that use prehire assessments to evaluate job candidates have always faced two significant hurdles: recruiters' perceptions that the tests can scare off top applicants if they are too lengthy or onerous, and doubts whether the tests accurately predict future job performance. But new technologies are slashing the time needed for candidate testing while also accurately scoring unstructured data—like video, audio or text—from candidates.

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A Benefits Leaders Top Priority: Reducing Cancer at all Costs

U.S. employers are bracing for the largest increase in health insurance costs in a decade next year. And the largest healthcare expense to employers? Cancer.

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Why Leadership Buy-in for Employee Engagement and Inclusion is Elusive

Jason Lauritsen

Reader Note: For those of you who subscribe to my blog, we have transitioned to a new tool for email delivery. Please let me know if you experience any issues. For those who may want to subscribe to this blog to receive new posts to your email box weekly, you can subscribe here. I started my career in sales, selling copiers and fax machines. As a result, I’ve been through a bunch of sales training and have read a lot of sales books.

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How the ‘at-will’ myth can leave employers exposed

HR Morning

The vast majority of states operate under the “at-will” doctrine of employment, which gives both employers and employees the right to terminate a working relationship at any time, for any reason – or for no reason at all. But misunderstandings about the at-will doctrine often gives supervisors a false sense of security: “Hey, we’re operating on an at-will basis here.

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How Leaders Can Create Fearless Teams

Forbes Coaches Council

When employees fear they will be negatively judged — or worse, punished for taking a risk — they don’t create better solutions, adaptive organizations or more fulfilling work for themselves.

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Are you ready for intern season?

HR Morning

It’s almost intern season – when college students are out for the summer and look to build their resume. You’ll recall that last year, the DOL dropped its strict “six-factor test” for determining whether an intern qualifies as an employee entitled to at least minimum wage and overtime pay, under the FLSA. Under this test, the DOL considered all interns to be employees unless each of the very specific factors in the test were met.

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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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Teaching Finances with Funny Memes About Money

EverFi - HR

Remember when we couldn’t wait to “grow up?” Visions of staying up as late as we wanted, eating ice cream for dinner, and never having to worry about homework? While we may be able to do all of those things occasionally, life throws us a few curveballs and (usually) more bills than we imagined as young adults. As you prepare your students for adulthood’s most critical financial wellness moments, bring a layer of humor into the classroom by launching lessons with funny memes about money.

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What is the Modern-Day Compensation Definition?

HRsoft

Today a search for compensation definition will yield results such as “topics in regard to wage and/or salary programs and structures,” or some variation of that phrasing. Yet, compensation meanings have evolved through the ages, and the way we pay and reward today is far different from what it used to be. Let’s take a brief look at how past pay models have led us to today’s definition of compensation.

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These 5 Interview Questions Will Help You Find the Perfect Employee

Employment Metrix

Interviewing a new potential employee can be a tedious process, especially once you get to determining if they're the right fit for the position and the company. Making sure you ask great questions that give you insight into how the candidate can fill the role and whether they have the skills you need will save time, energy, and stress – and help you find the perfect person who will smash the job.

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How To Cure Organizational Change Disorder And Promote Innovation

Forbes Coaches Council

Organizations that are mired in organizational change disorder may need help in realistically executing the big-picture vision, developing an innovation pathway and supporting leaders and innovators with resources and training.

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Delivering DEI Training That Drives Real Change

Speaker: Jeffrey Hall, Chief Creative Office of WILL Interactive

Great DEI training improves engagement, retention, and teamwork. Poor training does little. What content areas are right for our organization? How can you construct training around empathy-building, relatable stories for a positive disposition to hard topics? We’ll cover the latest research on how to make training that actually delivers attitudinal and behavioral shifts.

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Harvard Makes a Huge Mistake In Firing Professor for Doing His Job

Evil HR Lady

Harvard said that they would not renew Professor Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. and his wife, Stephanie Robinson, positions as faculty deans of Winthrop House, a dorm for undergraduate student after student protest. Why were students upset? Because Sullivan is not only a law professor, he’s a defense attorney and he joined the defense team for Harvey Weinstein , who is accused of rape and sexual assault and is the poster boy for the #metoo movement.

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14 Professional (And Helpful) Ways To Address An Underperforming Colleague

Forbes Coaches Council

When a fellow employee's struggles start to not only affect their work, but also yours as well, it can be tough to know what to do. A panel of Forbes Coaches Council experts offer their advice on how to address the situation effectively without embarrassing yourself or your colleague.

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How Do You Know If You're Doing Culture Right?

Human Workplaces

In pretty much every part of our organizations, we build in a component of evaluation. We run programs, and then we ask participants what they think. We hire employees, and we ask managers to rate their performance annually. We write up a strategic plan, and a year later we’re evaluating to see if it’s working. And in all these cases, if the evaluation reveals a problem, we try to fix it.

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