Tue.Jan 03, 2017

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The One Thing You Need to Learn How to Do Well in 2017

HR Bartender

…is give and receive feedback. Regardless of what you think about performance reviews, feedback isn’t going away. In fact, organizations are encouraging more of it. As consumers, we get more opportunities to give feedback about products and services. I was recently at a hotel that sent me a text message after my first night, asking me to rate my stay so far.

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How to Lower Your Cost Per Hire in 2017

ClearCompany HRM

As a recruiter, finding the best talent for the job is only a portion of your concerns. You also have to find a candidate who fits the organizational culture and at a low cost.

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Why Fast-Growth Companies Should Invest in Real-time, Daily Learning

Cornerstone On Demand

Quick growth is a blessing and a curse, and organizations often don't take the right steps to stave off the curse because they are so busy growing. This is a mistake. Growth means change, and change is uncomfortable. Discomfort will fester and grow right along with an organization unless it is hit head on. How can you do this? By treating change as an opportunity to learn and develop as an organization.

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Are we there yet? Is 2017 FINALLY the year to say buh-bye to the annual engagement survey?

Kazoo

Companies are still doing annual engagement surveys… Definitely not ideal, but also– we get it. It’s tough to change things you’ve been doing for a long time. But clearly, what we’ve been doing isn’t working. That’s why we keep hearing every year that almost 70% of employees are disengaged. Proof-positive o ur workforce solutions need to change.

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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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If You Want a Career in HR, Be Nice

Laurie Ruettimann

I’ve worked in human resources since 1995. Young men and women look to me as a role model, and I love being a mentor. I’ve worked with SHRM and several universities to help graduates find careers within HR that align with their talents and dreams. When I ask young HR professionals why they want to work in HR, they have one standard response. “I like people.” I love that answer because HR professional must have three core competencies: data fluency, business acumen, and em

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7 Creative Ways to Attract Top Talent

Achievers

By: Sara Sayegh-Moccand. Digital Marketing Specialist, SalesWings. The goal of every recruiter is to find a candidate that perfectly fits the open position. In fact, perfectly aligning a candidate with a company is the most rewarding experience a recruiter can have. When you hire the right person your company likely will not incur costs such as time lost in further recruitment efforts or in training somebody that might not be a perfect fit.

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Learn to Give Feedback to Your Boss

Reflektive

Giving your boss feedback on their performance and management skills can be terrifying. It feels like they hold the keys to your career success in their hands, and you don’t want to cause trouble. Companies see 14.9 percent decrease in turnover rates when implementing regular feedback. Click To Tweet. Actionable feedback gives your boss an opportunity to improve his working relationship with everyone in the office exponentially.

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Technology Is Great, but Get Medieval Where It Counts

ATD Human Capital

As a human capital specialist in the 21st century, you may think you need to find a tech solution to every problem. Solutions to problems with employee engagement, coaching and mentoring, and leadership development are often touted as a click away—you just have to find the right platform or tool. But are you still investing in face-to-face opportunities?

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A Managers Guide to Employee Motivation (Tips)

EmployeeConnect

Employee motivation is an amalgamation of a number of factors such as the energy level, creativity, and commitment that an employee brings to the table at the workplace. Companies have always found it challenging to find ways to motivate their employees. However, employee motivation is a crucial factor because a low employee motivation is certainly not healthy for the overall growth of the organization.

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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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4 Proven Ways Your Employees Will Benefit from HR Software (And in a Big Way)

UrbanBound HR

Implementing new and up-to-date HR software into your company can be quite an undertaking, but it can reap benefits for the whole organization. Especially your employees. When your employees benefit from new technology, your company in turn benefits from greater employee satisfaction and even improved productivity. We're going to explore some of the ways that your employees will benefit from the implementation of HR software and why it's so important for your company to stay at the forefront of

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Terms To Know About Offers Of Health Coverage: An Infographic

ACA Times

Many Applicable Large Employers (ALEs) were met with a few surprises in 2016 when it came to their employees’ healthcare. As companies were still finding their footing with required offerings of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, employers found themselves entangled in a somewhat confusing web of what to offer, how to offer it, when to offer it, and what happens when they don’t offer it.

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HR State of the Union: 2017 Edition

UpstartHR

Every year I republish my “state of the HR union” article from previous years with new additions and edits as a challenge to each of you. Am I on target, or did I miss anything pertinent? Early every year, the President of the United States makes an address to the nation. The purpose of the annual “State of the Union ” address is to give an account of the year’s events and discuss the priorities of the coming months.

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Generations At Work

China Gorman

I was doing some research for a client and came across this report from Monster: Monster Multi-Generational Survey, published in 2016. The underlying survey was concluded in January 2016 and surveyed more than 2,000 across the Boomer, X, Y and Z generations. I’m actually not a big fan of reports that show how differently each generation at work needs to be treated.

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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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Why Social Media Is Shaping The Future Of Work

TalentCulture

Lists of social media disasters are like new versions of worst-dressed lists. And there’s no such thing as not being on social media. If you’re not actively pursuing your brand on social, someone else is, and probably not the way you want to be. And being the butt of a joke you never intended to make has staying power: things do not disappear on the Internet.

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[Infographic] How To Make Yourself Work When You’re Not Feeling It

Hppy

As fulfilling as working in HR is, it can be an isolating experience working at a tangent from your company’s main business. If you’re working alone, getting started in the morning can prove a real challenge – so many distractions, and so much work piling up that it can be intimidating to even go there. This is why it’s good to maintain an arsenal of self-motivation techniques to keep you on track.

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Marketing to Gen C: How Companies Need to Evolve

TalentCulture

There has been a lot of talk about millennials and Gen Z, but we need to discuss a much more important group: Gen C. Gen C is not a generation defined by an age group. It is more than that—it’s a mindset that transcends age. Technology has evolved and with it so has the definition of a “generation.” Companies need to keep up with this trend to stay successful.

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Who Cares About Employee Experience?

TLNT: The Business of HR

Most leaders and managers are either well into their strategic plans for 2017, or their plans were completed weeks ago. For those still working on ways to improve for the coming year, however, one key area to consider is your employee experience. Is it in good shape? Could it use some tweaking? Is it aligned with your business objectives for 2017 and beyond?

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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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6 Ways Managers Can Engage and Retain New Hires

WorqIQ

Starting a job is an exciting and scary moment for new hires. The first 90 days of employment are a critical time when they develop lasting opinions about their workplace that will affect their future performance. When handled well, the onboarding experience sets up an employee for success that will pay strong dividends to the company. Read More» The post 6 Ways Managers Can Engage and Retain New Hires appeared first on Switch & Shift.

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Experiences, Not Things: How You Can Improve Employees’ Quality of Life When Increasing Pay Isn’t an Option

Ceridian

By John Whyte, Senior Manager, Dayforce Talent Management, Ceridian. 2015 was the year Frozen entered our household. Our twin girls got hooked on the movie and our family responded with appropriate Christmas presents, including a Frozen scooter and a Frozen karaoke machine. While well intentioned, the novelty of these gifts inevitably wore off. The scooter now sits dormant in our garage and the karaoke machine (blissfully) collects dust in our basement.

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Background Checking In a Gig Economy

TLNT: The Business of HR

The US economy has changed dramatically over the last 50 years — from stable employment in large organizations to an increased reliance on temporary or contracted labor (with an emphasis on service and tech industry jobs).

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7 Compensation Resolutions for 2017

Compensation Today

Admittedly I don’t typically make resolutions. I like goals, plans, and measurable actions. Over time, the process of making resolutions has come to feel like empty promises to myself. That said, 2016 was a challenging year for me, so to start 2017 off right I thought I’d get back into the practice of resolving to do something differently this year.

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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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The Workplace Productivity Lie We Tell Ourselves

Workology

Check out our ongoing collaborative workplace project management series by clicking here. Productivity. It’s one of those plans of action that seems to elude so many of us. It’s. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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New You? No Chance, Right?

NoExcusesHR

This is not a New Year's resolutions post. Here's why.I don't think you're going to keep any of yours. January 1st has nothing to do with changing your life. I'd rather talk about a hardcore commitment story. It's about someone who struggled with weight, self-control, their career, and self-esteem. Until that someone decided to completely commit to a new life.

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Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE)

Workplace Psychology

Bearded man makes business in the web | Credit: golero. I received an email asking if I would write about Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) from an Industrial and Organizational (I/O) psychology perspective. Interestingly, much of the research on ROWE has been coming from the field of sociology. Two sociologists from University of Minnesota’s Flexible Work and Well-Being Center, Dr.

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Top Five Workplace Trends of 2017 from The Workforce Institute at Kronos

Empower Software

Following its annual December board of advisors meeting, The Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated identified the top trends that will impact the global workforce in 2017. Board members also recorded videos of personal predictions that they believe will shape human capital management (HCM) and workforce management this year.

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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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Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE)

Workplace Psychology

Bearded man makes business in the web | Credit: golero. I received an email asking if I would write about Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) from an Industrial and Organizational (I/O) psychology perspective. Interestingly, much of the research on ROWE has been coming from the field of sociology. Two sociologists from University of Minnesota’s Flexible Work and Well-Being Center, Dr.

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helping a bored new coworker, manager got injured at the concert we went to together, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Helping to guide a bored new coworker. I have a new coworker who just started his first job fresh out of college. We do mostly the same work and I’m not his boss, but I have been working in this field for about four years. I’m trying to navigate how to guide him as I understand he is new to both the field and working in general.

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7 Tips To Help You Craft A Better Job Board

Capterra

They can’t all be winners. There are some truly awful job postings out there in the world. We get the feeling this advertiser is a bit bitter about past experiences pic.twitter.com/PLXwgLmei4. — Really Bad Job Posts (@JobPostShame) December 10, 2015. Surely you’ve seen them, maybe even written a few. Oh dear! pic.twitter.com/20tiGAmirf. — Really Bad Job Posts (@JobPostShame) December 14, 2015.