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Set staffing levels. Adjust work shifts. Breathe easier.

nettime solutions

When we asked what you needed to take your time and attendance system to the next level, the message was loud and clear. Provide advanced features that make scheduling employees easier and more efficient. So we did. Learn more at nettimesolutions.com or download the overview.

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What's the Difference Between a Manager and Leader?

Cornerstone On Demand

When aliens land on earth in the movies they never say, "take me to your manager." But why not manager? Aren't leader and manager synonyms? I mean, my boss leads my department, so she must be my leader. Just what exactly is the difference? In an ideal situation managers are leaders. But when it's not, here are five differences between a manager and a leader. 1) Managers Manage the Tasks at Hand.

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Why a Caring Company Retains Millennials

Reflektive

Today’s workforce is ripe with a younger generation known as “millennials” (those born within 1982–2000). By 2025, millennials will make up 75 percent of the global workforce. According to a 2016 Gallup survey, 21 percent of millennials say they’ve changed jobs within the past year and 60 percent of millennials said they’d be open to a new job opportunity.

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How to Disappoint Your Employees in One Easy Step

UpstartHR

Thanks to my wonderful wife for the idea for this one. One of our traditions every year is to watch Christmas Vacation (no, not with the kids!) While it’s not my favorite (that spot is held by It’s a Wonderful Life ), it always gives me a laugh and reminds me to focus on the important things during the Christmas season. One of the memorable scenes in the movie is when Clark opens up what he expects to be a holiday bonus only to find a “jelly of the month” membership car

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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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Introverts vs. Extroverts in the Workplace: How They Can Work Better Together

EmployeeConnect

We often use the terms extrovert and introvert to talk about our friends or work colleagues. In fact, categorising people using labels isn’t new and the contribution of Susan Cain to the Quiet Revolution , as she coined it, has instilled a growing interest in the subject of introversion and extroversion in the workplace. Extroversion and introversion are concepts we use to describe the way we approach other people and our environment in general.

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8 Ways to Help Your Employees Manage Their Workload

Hppy

In the modern-day workplace, a high level of productivity is what managers expect from their employees. The bar is set high because they have to work in an on-demand society. Businesses are forced to keep pace with the demands of their customers because competition is fierce, and if one business can’t satisfy the appetite of the demanding and often fickle public, it won’t survive.

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Flip the Script: Initiate Conversations with Your Manager

Kazoo

This blog series is to help employees make 2017 the best year yet. We spend 30% of our lives at work – this checklist will help employees get the most of their time and develop the skills that can turn jobs into something meaningful. If you missed it, check out our first post on embracing a growth mindset. 2017 Employee Checklist. Embrace a growth mindset.

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Here's Your Authority-Building Quote To Use as a HR or Recruiting Leader.

The HR Capitalist

Damn, I'm just going to say it. You're the HR/Recruiting leader, and from time to time you need to remind everyone around you that you're the expert. Not them - YOU. It's OK for people to have takes on the best way to do HR or recruiting. But do they know as much as you? NO. And you ought to find subtle reminders to make sure they get that reality.

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What HR Will Be Dealing With In 2017

TLNT: The Business of HR

The end of 2016 is near, and for some of us, thank goodness! While we count down the seconds until the crystal ball drops, we can plan for the trends about to hit human resources departments.

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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 Ways to Make Better Leadership Decisions

The People Equation

Kendra* is a newly promoted vice president of IT at a rapidly growing mid-sized firm. She’s been working overtime to staff up her department to meet the demands of her company’s growth. With each job candidate Kendra interviews, she feels the pressure to make job offers quickly. Her team is swamped, but she knows that poor hiring decisions will set them back even further.

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Flip the Script: Initiate Conversations with Your Manager

Kazoo

This blog series is to help employees make 2017 the best year yet. We spend 30% of our lives at work – this checklist will help employees get the most of their time and develop the skills that can turn jobs into something meaningful. If you missed it, check out our first post on embracing a growth mindset. 2017 Employee Checklist. Embrace a growth mindset.

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The Future of Work: A New Paper

Lighthouse

This past week I was notified by my client, Ultimate Software, that the paper I cowrote with Trish McFarlane is now available. Titled “ The New Realities of Work ,” the white paper explores some of the more interesting aspects of HR and talent today, including: Strengths-based talent practices. The power of social influence. How to tap into innovation.

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Can Technology Enable a More Effective and Human Business Culture?

TalentCulture

If it isn’t obvious by now, the inherent changes in the marketplace has created a domino effect in business. Business performance is not what it once was. No industry is immune to the disruption that is happening across verticals and business functions. Deanie Elsner, President of Kraft Snacks Business Unit said this: Today there is a seismic disruption across all industry verticals.

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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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Workplace hygge: how to embrace it

HR Zone

Culture. Workplace hygge: how to embrace it.

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4 Tips On Giving Constructive Feedback to Your Manager and Co-Workers

Workology

Have you ever been annoyed by a workmate’s habits, but didn’t know how to tell them? Almost everyone has been in this situation, but almost no one has the answer. Some of you may cringe at the thought of giving your co-workers constructive feedback. The temptation to simply say “good job” in a 360-degree review always seems like the safest bet, especially when the recipient is known to have a short temper.

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Evidence-Based HR

Laurie Ruettimann

Earlier this year, I started flushing. It’s a codeword for “f **g blushing” and getting warm. No, I do not have hot flashes. I’m 41 years old. I am overheating in crowded rooms, tight spaces, or when my heart rate is elevated. There are many reasons why this can happen, but, for me, it’s anxiety-related. And, unless I want to take a bucket of Xanax, I know that I need to cool down as my body heats up.

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Surveillance Isn’t Always FMLA Interference, Court Says

HR Daily Advisor

Checking to see that an employee is using Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave properly doesn’t necessarily amount to illegal interference with the worker’s rights, a federal appeals court made clear in a recent ruling. In FOP v. Camden , No. 15-1963 (3rd Cir. Nov. 17, 2016), the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considered a case involving a police officer who took FMLA leave to care for his mother.

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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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Know Which Fringe Benefits Are Reportable for the Holidays [eBook]

Justworks

It’s that time again — the end of the year, where annual tax forms, employee gifts, and holiday celebrations all blur together. The last weeks of the month are also the time to start thinking about employees gifts. Gifts are a great idea — and even better if your employees don’t have to pay lots of income taxes on the year end rewards you give them.

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Job rejection: a silver lining?

HR Zone

People. Job rejection: a silver lining?

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4 Ways to Inspire Top Performance During the Holidays

Reviewsnap

It always feels like the holidays show up out of nowhere, rolling down the hill as if they are a giant snowball at the speed of light. Before we know it, we’re knee deep in snow and belly deep in cookies and eggnog. This fevered pace is reflected in our workplaces too. Work around the … Continue reading 4 Ways to Inspire Top Performance During the Holidays.

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Five Things the Long-Term Unemployed Need to Do to Find a Job

Evil HR Lady

I got this email from a reader: You are lying to us. No one can get hired. If there are people working they don’t live in the world of MOST people. Hope you can learn to understand. I’m a huge fan of honesty, actually. I’ll say it how it is–job hunting is a horrible, terrible thing, that is more stressful than getting divorced.

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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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December 2016 Leadership Development Carnival

DDI

Blogging professional share an array of insights that should help deepen your thinking about what it takes to grow effective leaders.

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Tailor Your Feedback to Make It Effective

TLNT: The Business of HR

Personality has a huge impact in the workplace: from a first impression during the interview stage, to everyday interactions, to giving and receiving performance feedback.

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update: I’m in trouble for what I wore when when my boss made me pick him up for the airport in the middle of the night

Ask a Manager

‘Tis the season of updates from letter-writers! Between now and the end of the year, I’ll be posting at least one update every day (including weekends!) from someone who had their letter answered here this year. I received a lot of updates this year, which I’m very excited about. Today’s update is from last week’s letter-writer whose boss called her in the middle of the night, demanded that she spend hours picking him and some colleagues up from the airport and drop

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Closing the Gap: An Examination of Gender Income Disparities in America

Paychex

In 2017, some employers will need to follow the revised EEO-1 reporting requirements. In light of that Paychex examines which sectors of businesses are doing the best in close the gender income gap, and which industries still struggle with inequality. See if your job or industry is on the list.

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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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the rules you need for office gift-giving (which your coworkers are probably violating)

Ask a Manager

Every December, my mail fills up with letters from people wondering how to navigate office holiday gift-giving customs. Do you have to give a gift to your boss? How do you deal with that coworker pressuring you to give more than you can afford to a holiday gift collection? What gifts are appropriate for colleagues in the first place? At U.S. News & World report today , I talk about the five most important rules you — and your office — need in order to navigate office gift-giving

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Meet with Your Accountant and Ask These Five Questions

Paychex

Don’t wait for your accountant to call you. Call him or her, grab some coffee, and ask these five questions. The answers could save your business money.

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Disability Stigma Alive and Well

HRExecutive

Came across this post on LinkedIn the other day, reminding us all about the importance of giving disabled Americans the chance to prove themselves in the workplace. Included in the general reminder by Amber Fritsch, a talent-management consultant, were other reminders for employers — including the new provisions regarding leave as a reasonable accommodation — the Employer-Provided Leave and the Americans with Disabilities Act — released by the Equal Employment Opportunity Comm