Tue.Sep 20, 2016

article thumbnail

coworkers are flooding me with basic questions that they shouldn’t need help with

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’m the head of IT for a company of just over 100 people. I’ve been at this company for three years. When I started, the company was about a third of our current size. During that time, I’ve always had a team under me to deal with most of the common user requests, to free me up to focus on managing the department and special projects.

article thumbnail

Flip the Switch on Your Candidate Sourcing & Screening Tactics… Now!

ClearCompany HRM

We’ve already discussed the benefits of using competencies to evaluate candidates in the 5 Unique Benefits of Competency Based Recruitment and Selection , but what about using them internally to evaluate each other?

Screening 300
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

when you’re accused of plagiarism, parents who won’t turn over their kids’ identity documents, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. I was accused of plagiarism. I was accused of plagiarism earlier this year. I couldn’t believe it because I take academic (and my own) integrity so, so seriously. I previously worked in academics, nothing like this has ever happened to me before, and I was devastated. My manager presented the paper and facts to me plainly but forcefully.

article thumbnail

Could It Only Take 60 Seconds to Lose Top Talent?

HR Daily Advisor

Well, not 60 seconds, but 10 days according to internationally-known HR thought leader John Sullivan, PhD. He cited research by Officevibe.com and says that the best candidates only stick around the job market for 10 days! Check out his tips on what you can do with that limited time frame. Sullivan recently spoke at BLR’s RecruitCon in Las Vegas, and he had a lot to say on the subject.

article thumbnail

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?

article thumbnail

Moving from Salaried to Hourly – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

Well, we knew this was going to happen. The U.S. Department of Labor issued a ruling this summer that changed the overtime rules under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA.) The new rules go into effect on December 1, 2016. Organizations are getting ready and making changes. Some of those changes involve converting salaried employees to hourly status.

More Trending

article thumbnail

3 Words to Add to Employee Titles to Drive Engagement

What is Paul Thinking

If you work in corporate America you worry about employee engagement. If you work in corporate “World” you worry about employee engagement. And if you pay attention to employee engagement data you know it really hasn’t changed much in 10 years or so. Hovering around 30%, employee engagement is the Groundhog’s Day of HR issues.

article thumbnail

The Future of Work: It’s Already Here… And Not As Scary As You Think

Josh Bersin

I recently had the opportunity to speak at the Singularity University Summit in San Francisco on The Future of Work. After months of research on the topic, reading dozens of books and articles on AI, Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

article thumbnail

Top 5 Reasons Businesses Need Rewards and Recognition Programs

Achievers

How do you handle rewards and recognition within your workforce? Has your company kept pace with current trends in HR and the widely recognized need for employee engagement programs? Most importantly, are you aware that 51% of employees are not happy at work and that, according to Gallup, fully 87% of employees worldwide are not engaged ? It has been proven that engagement is crucial for business growth.

article thumbnail

3 Smart Executives on Performance Management

WorkHuman

We’ve covered the changing performance management landscape from several different angles on this blog—from the death of the annual review to the growing use of crowdsourcing and adoption of new, cutting edge practices that encourage continuous feedback. But what do executives have to say about the latest trends? After all, much of the organizational change (or lack thereof) is driven by leadership and vision at the executive level.

article thumbnail

Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

article thumbnail

The End of Busy Work

Hppy

Busy. Everyone is busy. We’re all so busy. Walk around the floor at your company, and that word is bandied about with fervor. People speak in awe and respect about how “busy” someone is. It’s a mark of distinction. Employees click away, race around from meeting to meeting, making multiple demands on their time and energy. Yes, we are very busy, indeed.

article thumbnail

How to Set Up Your First Performance Review

Reflektive

Performance reviews are a tentpole of employee feedback. Whether done annually, bi-annually or more frequently, they provide structure to conversations between managers and reports, and guide compensation and promotion processes. Some startups and small businesses make do without a formal process, relying on managers to take initiative in giving feedback.

article thumbnail

10 Must-Dos at HRTech Chicago

Kazoo

HR Tech is less than one month away. We’re excited to host so many industry leaders, experts, solution providers and partners in our hometown. We’re also looking forward to three days of networking, attending thought-provoking sessions and taking in everything the event has to offer. Of course, a trip to Chicago isn’t complete without taking in a few of the sights as well.

article thumbnail

AGEISM: Sharing This Article Only Adds To Age Bias, My Old, Misguided Friends.

The HR Capitalist

OK, my over 40 friends, it's call out time. Remember that I'm over 40, so I send this message out of love, not hate. . Some of you are gainfully employed, but tired - I get that. You see an article that suggests you shouldn't have to grind as hard as you do, and you love it and automatically want to share it. I'm here to tell you that I understand.

article thumbnail

Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer

96% of benefits leaders agree: detecting cancer early is the best way to get ahead of rising costs and improve employee health outcomes. So why is it that 82% of employers currently spend significantly more on post-diagnosis care and disease management rather than upstream care? A new survey of 250 benefits leaders who oversee 500 to 50,000 covered lives highlights their perspective on cancer and its burden.

article thumbnail

Evaluating Effectiveness of Mentor Programs

ATD Human Capital

More and more organizations are looking to formal mentoring programs to deliver high-impact results at a fraction of the cost of traditional classroom training. Building sustained, relationship-driven learning is clearly one of the most effective methods practitioners have to solve tough talent development issues. However, when it comes to measuring the value of mentoring programs, things are less clear.

article thumbnail

Business Depends on Learning

China Gorman

Every year, the Deloitte Human Capital Trends report is a treasure trove of insight into organization behavior and opportunities for success. You can go back to it multiple times and get something new each time. This is true for the 2016 report as it was for previous reports. I was re-reading the chapter on Learning: Employees Take Charge , and was taken, again, with the evaluation of where organizations are today and where they will have to be in the short term in order to attract, retain and

article thumbnail

The ACA Brings Another Win To California

ACA Times

In the 4th Kaiser Family Foundation Longitudinal Panel Survey , some impressive findings surround the state of California. The survey polled a randomly selected pool of uninsured adult Californians and tracked their health care journey starting in 2013. Now, three years later, 72% of those who were previously uninsured are now insured. This news follows three-years into the mission of the ACA to expand coverage throughout the state.

Survey 100
article thumbnail

Motivate Your Employees in 5 Simple Steps

Laurie Ruettimann

It used to be easy to motivate workers. You would just give them feedback and tell them — if you want to earn more money, do better and do more of it. Now everybody and your mother is a workplace expert because it’s so dang trendy on the internet. So here’s some of the best advice I’ve collected from smart people who think they know how to turn your employees into finely-tuned, engaged robots workers. 1.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

How to Convince Leaders to Invest in Company Culture

TalentCulture

In addition to my leadership role at CultureIQ, I’m an adjunct professor teaching Entrepreneurship 2.0 at New York University Stern School of Business. Believe me, starting a company is not easy, and there is a lot of material to cover in this class. Yet, every semester I dedicate an entire section to discussing company culture. Why? Because I truly believe you cannot have a successful company without having a strong, positive company culture.

Company 87
article thumbnail

Want to Deliver a Great Customer Experience? Don’t Throw Your Employees Under the Bus

WorqIQ

Want a great customer service experience? Start with the Employee Experience. In the case of Wells Fargo, employees felt the need to stiff customers. Why? Because in order to hit bank-dictated performance targets, they had to achieve goals around numbers of new accounts opened. But here comes the catch. Wrong or right, employees felt they needed to do anything they could, including lie or cheat, to meet these targets.

Meeting 85
article thumbnail

Relationship Building In A Vast Social And Mobile World

TalentCulture

Friends, family, candidates for hire, new hires, employers, employees, managers, vendors, colleagues, algorithmic bots, cookies: the climate of social and mobile is cluttered and rich and very complex. We are a truly social and mobile world now. But in terms of true relationship building, now that some of us have engaged or even mastered social, let’s think about it.

article thumbnail

Find the Good

NoExcusesHR

Life is hard. Work is hard. Competing is hard. Winning is really hard. So why in the world do we spend so much time focusing on the negatives when being successful requires so much energy? You're Surrounded One of the wonderful things about how we choose to see the world is that we don't have to be stuck in a cesspool of defeat and fatalism if we don't want to.

article thumbnail

Trending Payroll Statistics

Staying up-to-date on the latest decisions and payroll statistics ensures businesses can remain compliant and efficient. B2B Reviews research compiled the latest data to help businesses stay on top of payroll in 2024 and prepare for the future.

article thumbnail

7 Ways Managers Can Build Trust In the Workplace

TLNT: The Business of HR

How many people trust their managers? A recent study by Edelman found that one in three employees don’t trust their employer. Another study by EY found that number to be even lower; only 46% have trust in their organization, and 49% in their boss/team. Trust is one of the most important things you need in the workplace. Without it you won’t have the environment you need for an effective feedback culture to grow.

Study 84
article thumbnail

How different perceptions impact workplace conflict

HR Zone

People. How varied perceptions impact workplace conflict.

126
126
article thumbnail

Office Optional: Culture and Virtual Teams

Culture University

Offices have traditionally provided useful starting points for understanding and analyzing organizational culture. But with more us working in virtual teams, and some us working without offices all together, how we connect with and strengthen our cultures is shifting. According to culture theorist and Professor Emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Edgar Schein, organizational […].

ATS 83
article thumbnail

Don’t Wait Until January to Start the End of Year Job Search

Workology

The tail end of the year and onset of autumn can usher in a certain sense of restlessness. Kids go back to school and our own thoughts go back to New Years resolutions — including those we did not keep. We face the end of the year, feel a cool breeze, and understand once again, in a visceral way, the passage of time. What are we doing with our lives?

article thumbnail

Bridging the Gap: The Intersection of DEI Initiatives and Employee Benefits

Speaker: Jaye Johnson, CBP

Unlock the secrets to transforming your organization’s employee benefits into a strategic tool for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). During this informative session, we will discuss common pitfalls in traditional benefits and then delve into the essence of DEI in employee-centric benefit offerings. This involves not only defining DEI in the workplace but also understanding the pivotal role that employee benefits play in fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.

article thumbnail

3 Steps Toward a Great Company Culture

BambooHR

Wouldn’t it be nice if establishing a company culture were as easy as creating a Facebook page? Fill out some basic information boxes, throw up some pictures, and—boom!—every employee is ready to work and succeed. Unfortunately, company culture isn’t something you can create or edit with a few clicks of a mouse. Company culture is […]. The post 3 Steps Toward a Great Company Culture appeared first on.

Company 81
article thumbnail

how do you get experience if all the jobs require you to already have experience?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’ve been working on applying for jobs in a different career track. My educational background is in English and writing (including technical writing). I used to teach writing at the college level, and now I want to be a technical writer. Every job posting I see requires at least three years of experience in technical writing. Many technical writing positions also require three years of knowledge about a very specific subject matter area.

article thumbnail

7 Books for the New Business Leader to Add to Their Reading List

Workology

Something I’ve always done whenever I have taken a new job or consulting gig has been to immerse myself in books. I want to quickly absorb knowledge, information and resources so that I can hit the ground running. It’s a coping mechanism of sorts. Journals, white papers and magazines while effective often only go surface deep. I need strategies not quick fixes, and I really want to tap into the information, resources, case studies and conversations that go beyond 3,000 words of an e-