Fri.Nov 04, 2016

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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals

Advos

Happy Friday. Each week, with the help of HRmarketer Insight software , our researchers compile a sampling of mergers & acquisition, funding and partnership announcements from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace. Sign-up for our weekly What’s Hot in HR newsletter to get these weekly updates via email. M&A.

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The Conversation Process Every Manager Should Follow in Employee Reviews

ClearCompany HRM

Effective employee reviews aren’t something leaders do at employees; reviews are something that leaders do with employees. Use these questions to gauge and establish employee alignment with your organization, then follow up accordingly to solicit feedback from employees in regards to how they’re managed.

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Everyone is Looking for a New Opportunity [infographic]

HR Bartender

It used to be that part of an organization’s recruiting strategy was to identify passive job seekers. Those are the individuals who aren’t actively seeking an opportunity but they might be persuaded to accept one. After seeing LinkedIn’s annual Talent Trends report , I’m beginning to wonder how many passive job seekers exist. One of the key findings in this year’s survey was that 90 percent of global professionals are open to hearing about a new job opportunity. 90 percent!

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The 10 Most Popular Articles Among Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

In case you need a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We took a look at the articles staffing and corporate recruiters shared, liked, and commented on the most on LinkedIn during the last 7 days and posted them below. Here are the top posts for this week: 1. Top 22 Interview Questions to Assess Business Acumen -- by Sravani. 2. 24 Terrifying Job Ad Blunders (Halloween Special) -- by Sofria Pratt. 3.

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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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Infographic: Why is Employee Retention So Difficult? - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

Why is employee retention so difficult? Well, times have changed a bit. Gone are the days when companies held complete control knowing that their employees would stay their entire careers with the same organization. Gone are the days of employees enduring hardships and mistreatment from the all-powerful organization. The Age of the Employee. We have entered the age of the employee where talent rises to the top, and job opportunities and technology give employees control over their career path mo

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How Banning Email Can Boost Productivity And Work Satisfaction

Hppy

How many times have you checked your email today? How fast do you check your email and respond when you get a notification? Most employees use up 23% of their days just on email, sending and receiving, on average, 112 emails per day. The trouble with email. Looking at those numbers, it is not surprising that some leaders have begun to question the usefulness of email.

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A Look Ahead at Talent Acquisition 2016 / 2017: Navigating a Complex Function & an Explosive Technology Landscape

Bersin with Deloitte

Not worried about finding employees? Maybe you should be—68 percent of 3,314 HR leaders surveyed are struggling to recruit full-time employees across all industries in the United States.[1] In addition, 72 percent of global CEOs are concerned about the availability of employees with key skills, especially since 48 percent are planning to increase headcount in […].

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Future of Work: The People Imperative, Keynote from Singularity University Global Summit

Josh Bersin

This keynote highlights “The Future of Work” and explains why this is a topic about people and organizations, not machines. Would love your comments. Read more» Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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How to Develop Training For Recruiters with Tim Sackett.

The HR Capitalist

Most companies have a Talent Acquisition function. Guess what they don’t have? Effective training for recruiters. . I jumped on a Google hangout with the good folks at Meridian Knowledge Solutions and Tim Sackett to talk about best practices in developing training for recruiters. Tim's got great experience at this and among the things we talked about were the following: —How your training strategy depends on what type of recruiter you’re hiring and the specialization of your recruiting function.

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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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8 Culture Change Secrets Most Leaders Don’t Understand

TLNT: The Business of HR

I spent 15 years learning and applying culture insights as a senior executive, consultant, and coach across multiple organizations before I started to proactively reach out to top culture pioneers and experts to learn about their culture facts and fundamentals.

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#WorkTrends Recap: How Artificial Intelligence Can Change HR and Recruiting

TalentCulture

Are robots coming to work? Not entirely, but something that is going to be a game changer is about to take over the world of HR. Artificial Intelligence or AI is coming to an HR department near you and maybe sooner than you think. Artificial intelligence is going to do for HR what the car did for transportation. It’s going to transform how we look at data, what data is worth considering and help us to interpret the intricacies of big data.

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Employee expectations and how they influence engagement

Ceridian

By Deb LaMere, VP of Employee Experience, Ceridian. We hear all that time about disengaged employees in the workforce – with a significant portion even actively disengaged. It’s a huge issue for employers and HR professionals, not to mention the workers themselves. Low engagement levels lead to subpar performance, dissatisfaction, decreased productivity and, ultimately, higher turnover rates.

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24 unbelievable excuses employees have given for skipping work

HR Morning

HR professionals deserve a lot of credit. You have to put up with some pretty crazy stuff. There are no better examples of that than the excuses employees give for not coming in to work. . As it does every year, CareerBuilder asked HR and hiring managers to share the craziest call-out excuses they’ve heard. This year’s results were priceless.

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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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Performance Reviews: Why Once A Year Isn’t Enough

TLNT: The Business of HR

In the news today we’re constantly seeing major companies announce they’re dumping their old performance management systems for more agile solutions. Accenture, Adobe, Deloitte, Gap and Microsoft are just a few of the big names that have upgraded their people management processes based on real-time feedback.

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Report: Is Your Workforce Utilizing HR Technology?

HR Daily Advisor

Automated HR functions are a great way to free up HR professionals to focus on the human aspect of Human Resources, but are these functions benefiting your workforce? A new report, released by Paychex , highlights just how important your HR technology is to your workforce. The report, “There’s an App for That: HR Goes High-Tech,” consisted of responses from a comprehensive survey of more than 1,500 workers.

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How to Pick the Best Holiday Presents for Your Employees and Clients

Evil HR Lady

The Halloween decorations are down, and the Christmas Trees are about to start popping up, which means it’s time for you to think about gifts , and parties. Business owners and managers often have large gift lists–for employees and clients–to fill. Figuring out what to get these people can be difficult , so I turned to expert gift giver, Ashley Wong, CEO and Founder of Gemnote , a company that specializes in gifts.

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Ladies and Gentlemen of the Board: Gender Inequality in Business [Infographic]

WorqIQ

We are almost in 2017, but we're still living in a world where gender equality is an aspiration, rather than a reality. The continued existence of gender inequality is certainly evident in the boardrooms of powerful businesses. Read More» The post Ladies and Gentlemen of the Board: Gender Inequality in Business [Infographic] appeared first on Switch & Shift.

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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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How to Create a Leadership Development Plan For Yourself

TLNT: The Business of HR

I have the privilege of working with many people who want to be better leaders. It’s one of the most fulfilling parts of my job. I also get to observe some of the key differences between those who simply want to be better leaders and those who make steady, consistent progress towards accomplishing that goal. Often, the biggest difference between the two is creating a definition of success for themselves as a leader and then building a detailed plan that helps them progress toward their goals.

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WeSpire Customers Reflect on Employee Engagement in 2016

WeSpire

This week, we brought together a few of our customers to reflect on, share and discuss how they are improving employee engagement at their organizations. Here are some of the key takeaways from the call. . Key takeaway #1: Custom, targeted content is an effective method to engage your diverse workforce. First, we asked our customers to share an employee engagement initiative that went well in 2016.

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help! my coworker speaks in baby talk

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: My coworker is annoying everyone by using baby talk all the time, but the context makes it difficult to bring up — she only does it when talking to our office-mates, and only when discussing friendly, non-work things. She would never use the voice with our boss, or a client, so I don’t feel like I can tell her that she is undermining her credibility as a professional.

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Coffee Break: Sensitivity, open offices and why degrees don't matter

HR Zone

Strategy. Sensitivity, and why degrees don't matter.

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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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Future of Work: The People Imperative, Keynote from Singularity University Global Summit

Josh Bersin

This keynote highlights “The Future of Work” and explains why this is a topic about people and organizations, not machines. Would love your comments. Read more» The post Future of Work: The People Imperative, Keynote from Singularity University Global Summit appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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Friday Five: Ballot Initiatives, Talent Shortage and Bad Press for Female CEOs

Workology

I know you’re stressed about the election so I’m sharing only ONE election article with you. Instead we’ll be reading about why the talent shortage is your fault (I’m sorry), sexism in business (I’m sorry) and why Zenefits/Z2 is still in a downward spiral (that I’m not sorry about). Here is your Friday Five: Voters Could Give 2 Million Workers a Raise On Election Day.

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The More You Talk About Morale, the Worse It Is

TLNT: The Business of HR

President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander in World War II, once said , “The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it’s usually lousy.”.

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Beware Daylight Saving Compensation Pitfalls

HR Daily Advisor

When we turn our clocks back this weekend, employers need to be aware of the effect that the end of daylight saving time (DST) has on payroll. For states and municipalities participating in DST, the change happens at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 6. Many of us will get an extra hour of sleep that night, but for employees working the graveyard shift, it means they work an extra hour.

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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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How Presidential Candidates Plan to Address Tax Issues

Paychex

With the presidential election days away, small business owners may want to factor in each candidate's position on tax matters in deciding for whom to vote. Here are the candidates’ stated views on income and estate taxes.

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Bring Your Parents to Work and Show Them What They Helped You Achieve

HR Daily Advisor

Recently, one of my colleagues suggested that we have a “bring your parents to work” day at the company. It’s a great idea and one that I, frankly, would have never thought of even though it makes perfect sense. Many companies have a “bring your kids to work” day, although many people don’t have kids or their children are really too young to understand what it is mom or dad does.

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PODCAST - #HRHappyHour 266 - iCIMS and the Talent Acquisition Technology Suite

Steve Boese

HR Happy Hour 266 - iCIMS and the Talent Acquisition Technology Suite. Hosts: Steve Boese , Trish McFarlane. Guest host: Madeline Laurano. Guests: Colin Day, Chairman and CEO, iCIMS ; Susan Vitale, CMO, iCIMS. Listen to the show HERE. This week on the show, Steve Boese and special guest host Madeline Laurano are joined by leading talent acquisition technology provider iCIMS Chairman and CEO Colin Day, and iCIMS CMO Susan Vitale to talk about the current state of the talent acquisition technology