Mon.Mar 06, 2017

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"Name Your Job": Why You Should Hire People Who Write Their Own Job Descriptions

Cornerstone On Demand

In 2007, Sarah Feingold had just graduated from Syracuse University Law School. While in school, she'd petitioned to take a graduate-level metal smithing class around her passion outside of law: jewelry-making. That's when she discovered Etsy —an eBay-type, startup marketplace for handmade goods. Today, the company has nearly 1000 employees and $2.39 billion in revenue.

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Ask the Readers: How Can You Get Women to Work on a Day Without Women

Evil HR Lady

I’m a manager in a female dominated profession that serves some of the most vulnerable in our society. March 8 is a protest day in the United States called a Day Without Women. From employee lounge and other overheard hallway conversations, I’ve learned that many of my co-workers plan to be absent on this day and call in “sick.” We have separate vacation and sick time banks.

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Building Employee Resilience Through Realistic Optimism

CONCERN: EAP

“Optimism is invaluable for the meaningful life. With a firm belief in a positive future, you can throw yourself into the service of that which is larger than you are.” – Dr. Martin Seligman As managers, we recognize the positive impact that an optimistic work culture can have on employees, with much research and data supporting that optimists tend to be: More successful at work, school, and athleticsHealthier, with longer life expectanciesMore satisfied in relationships and life With all this

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Why Running Your Own Employee Engagement Survey is Dangerous

15Five

Please. I’m begging you. Don’t run your own employee engagement survey. If you are currently doing so, please consider my admonition below. Of course, as someone who facilitates an employee engagement survey , I’m biased—but that doesn’t mean I’m wrong. The problems with running an internal survey are significant enough that I consider it a dangerous option for companies who want to genuinely understand employee well-being and engagement.

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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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Building Employee Resilience Through Realistic Optimism

CONCERN: EAP

“Optimism is invaluable for the meaningful life. With a firm belief in a positive future, you can throw yourself into the service of that which is larger than you are.” – Dr. Martin Seligman As managers, we recognize the positive impact that an optimistic work culture can have on employees, with much research and data supporting that optimists tend to be: More successful at work, school, and athleticsHealthier, with longer life expectanciesMore satisfied in relationships and life With all this

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Management Tips: Social Media Protocols to Consider Within Your Organization

Hppy

No one can deny that social media is an innovation on traditional communication that has taken the world by storm. Recent usage data for Facebook from shows that 1.79 billion users actively use the site every month to share their lives and opinions with friends and family members. Twitter has approximately 317 million users tweeting opinions about the most urgent social issues of the moment.

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Building Employee Resilience Through Realistic Optimism

CONCERN: EAP

“Optimism is invaluable for the meaningful life. With a firm belief in a positive future, you can throw yourself into the service of that which is larger than you are.” – Dr. Martin Seligman As managers, we recognize the positive impact that an optimistic work culture can have on employees, with much research and data supporting that optimists tend to be: More successful at work, school, and athleticsHealthier, with longer life expectanciesMore satisfied in relationships and life With all this

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News You Might Have Missed – March 7

Kazoo

Check out a few of the recent stories that caught our eye as well as HR industry news you might have missed. 3 Ways to Gauge Employee Engagement and Satisfaction. Our CEO, Vip Sandhir, shared three questions you should ask your teams to build an open culture for feedback. Gallup: The State of the American Workplace is Changing. In the 2017 State of the American Workplace report, Gallup addressed how companies can negotiate the changing business world and hosted a webinar to talk through the find

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What’s Next in 2017? It’s the Year to Master the New “Normal”?

TalentCulture

Our beloved Krups coffee maker decided it would brew its last wonderful cup of coffee this week. That might not sound like much to you. However, I assure you — to the finicky beings that are my taste buds, it is. I loved that coffeemaker. Each day it brewed the perfect cup of coffee that would sustain me through many a morning meeting or assessment report.

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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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Be Kind to the Person Right in Front of You – #RTOK

The People Equation

Kindness is free, but sometimes we act as if it’s a rare treasure to hoard. Or, we think small actions won’t make a difference. We’re wrong on both counts. The act of kindness costs nothing but a few moments of time and it reaps huge dividends. The size of the gesture is less important than the loving intent behind it. Leigh Anne and Sean Touhy (whose life was featured in the movie The Blind Side ) have a theory which they call The Popcorn Theory.

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#WorkTrends Preview: High Velocity Recruiting Is Lean Hiring

TalentCulture

In today’s very competitive hiring environment, brands need to have a solid strategy for talent acquisition with forethought to the retention of desired talent. Speed and accuracy of culture fit are essentials parts of the strategy, but what happens when companies take too much time to assess their candidates? On Wednesday, March 8, Scott Wintrip , author of the highly anticipated book High Velocity Hiring: How to Hire Top Talent in an Instant joins host Meghan M.

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Scaling The Team, Not Just The Business

Hppy

Any business that is looking to grow is going to be undergoing some changes. Those changes can be demanding enough as a manager or employer overseeing it all. One of the most tenuous parts of scaling a team is the team itself. You have to make sure they can make it through the change and come out stronger on the other end. Stay true to culture. You will likely be bringing in new people to fit new roles that the business will need in its growth.

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What Are the New Rules for Engaging an Online Community?

WorqIQ

Marketing and public relations’ role within professional organizations has shifted drastically with the advent of the online community. Now there’s a greater emphasis placed on storytelling. Traditionally, organizations would simply broadcast news, or channel it through the media - observe the reaction, then respond on a flexible timetable. Today, branding isn’t simply about beaming out a message.

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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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Lifecycle Mastery: A Learning Culture is the Key to Getting Great Performance

TLNT: The Business of HR

This is part five of a six part look at how employers can master the talent lifecycle in a way that will help build a high performing workforce. Today’s post examines performance management. Previous posts are listed at the end of this article.

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Honesty, Discipline, Humility and Work Rate: Following Saracens' lead to talent acquisition success

Allegis Global Solutions

In much the same way as sports like rugby, the success of hiring through Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions boils down to teamwork and dedication to seeing the project through and making it a success.

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Facebook Offers Free Job Postings

TLNT: The Business of HR

Here’s the link to a story that appears on the Fortune website. Below is the text of the announcement email I received from the folks at Facebook. This development promises to be a wonderfully effective recruiting tool for employers looking to hire hourly, frontline employees.

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The Subtext to All Pay Gap Conversations: “Of Course Women Earn Less”

Workology

Every time I write about the gender pay gap or gender inequality in the workplace someone pops up to claim that the pay gap isn’t real and that, well, of course women make less than men — they just don’t work as hard or as long or fight as hard. While there’s a demonstrable gap […].

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Breaking the Burnout Cycle: Empowering Managers for Excellence

Speaker: Adri Glover - Head of People, and Mollie Hinz - Sr. People Partner

In the fast-paced world of work, burnout has emerged as a critical issue. Alarming statistics reveal two in five U.S. workers experience feeling burned out. However, the situation is even more dire among managers, with nearly half reporting burnout, often hidden behind their responsibilities and the desire to uplift their teams. Recognizing the severity of this problem is crucial.

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H-1B Slowdown Expected to Impact US Businesses

TLNT: The Business of HR

Friday’s announcement that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services will halt its expedited H-1B visa processing is raising concerns that businesses dependent on foreign talent could be impacted.

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Improve HR Efficiency by Eliminating These 7 Snags

Take It Personel-ly

HR departments have gotten a bad rap in recent years. Many workers, managers and journalists have arrived at the conclusion that HR no longer has a clear place in business. But that misconception won’t last much longer if more HR teams assert themselves as a key contributor to workplace efficiency. Wanting to be more efficient … Continue reading Improve HR Efficiency by Eliminating These 7 Snags.

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How to Tell If You Have a Dysfunctional Team

TLNT: The Business of HR

Note: This is adapted from Accelerating Performance: How Organizations Can Mobilize, Execute, and Transform with Agility by Colin Price and Sharon Toye. .

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Never A "Right Time"

NoExcusesHR

I work with many leaders, and most of them are cautious. So, cautious in fact, they proclaim that they “ wait until the right time ” to make certain moves when it comes to recruitment and starting to build their employer brand as if it were a good thing! Please don’t take this personally, but the right time was five years ago. TIMING IS NOT YOUR MASTER It’s an odd obsession…or excuse…to allow time to dictate whether we do our jobs or not.

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Are There Gaps in Your HR Policies?

Putting the right HR policies in place can help your organization grow smoothly and help your company culture thrive. Use this essential HR checklist to cover the basics and make sure there aren’t any gaps in your HR functions.

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Work-life Integration can Deliver Some Surprising Benefits

Allegis Global Solutions

Integrating work and life commitments to create a happier whole can be a surefire recipe for success for employers and workers alike.

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HR and the Information Agenda

Oracle HCM - Modern HR in the Cloud

Human resources leaders are more sophisticated than ever in how they use information to increase the business impact that talent, leadership, and culture have on their company. To add real strategic value to the company, HR expert, partner of the RBL group, and professor of business at the University of Michigan Dave Ulrich says HR leaders need to have a process for using information throughout the entire organization.

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Buyer’s Guide to Effective Benefits Management Technology

Benefitfocus

Looking to upgrade your benefits technology? Use this guide to help you on your way to better employee engagement, administrative efficiency, benefit plan performance and more! Learn more.

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a new way.

Total Employee Recognition

In celebration of our 80th Anniversary, we are excited and proud to present to you a new look to our C.A. Short Company branding. Although we love how it looks, it's so much more than a cosmetic makeover. Our new branding tells our story. That story is that at 80 Years Old, we are still brand new with our ideas and innovations.

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Get a Look Inside The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit

As recruiting teams work harder than ever to find, hire, and onboard qualified candidates in this highly competitive market, it’s essential to find ways to optimize your recruiting function. The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit includes eight worksheets filled with labor market insights, actionable recruiting strategies, and worksheets to plan your strategy for hiring top talent.

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Deer Valley Resort Selects Kronos Human Capital Management Solution

Empower Software

Deer Valley Resort, known for its unparalleled guest experience and consistent ranking among the top ski resorts in North America, has selected the Workforce Ready suite of solutions from Kronos Incorporated to attract and retain talent, engage the workforce, and mitigate compliance risk.

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Increase Revenue From 80% of Your Performers

Workstride

Every company has its high performers. The Pareto Principle states that 80% of the work is done by 20% of the workers. Of course those top performers should be rewarded for their hard work. They’re the ones doing the majority of work, aren’t they? Well sure, it makes sense to reward those who contribute the most. However, there isn’t much you can do to incentivize top performers to increase their productivity since they are already giving it their all.

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Future-Proof Your Workforce: How to Earn Employee Loyalty

Workforce Software

Loyal workers stay longer, care deeper, and accomplish more for their employers. Learn what to look for when searching for loyal employees with these 4 tips.

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