Thu.Jan 12, 2017

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Surviving Mergers and Acquisitions: A 5-Point Plan for HR

HR Daily Advisor

by Tim Hird, executive director of Robert Half Management Resources. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity has been high in recent years. Global mergers in 2015 had a combined value of more than $4 trillion, The Wall Street Journal reported , and 2016 saw a number of deals between large companies. Yet some of these buyouts and takeovers don’t work out as smoothly as initially envisioned, especially if management commits missteps.

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The Impact of Impression Management on Personal Branding

HR Bartender

I love getting questions from HR Bartender readers. This one was a bit challenging. What is the link between personal branding and impression management? I am working on a research project and need to know the connection between them. I hope you could answer my question. Thank You. I must admit, I had not heard of the term “impression management” before, so I Googled it and found that Impression management, first conceptualized by Erving Goffman in 1959 , is a conscious or subconscious process

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9 New Year's Talent Management Resolutions

Cornerstone On Demand

The beginning of the year is always an ideal time to look back on the past 12 months, evaluate what worked, what didn't and think about what you want to do differently moving forward. When it comes to preparing your workforce for the future, there are plenty of resolutions to focus on depending on your organization's goals. Whether you're looking to make a change in strategy, explore a new technology trend or prioritize professional development opportunities, setting and thinking through goals

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21 Examples of Personal Development Goals for a Better You

EmployeeConnect

One of the most sane and apt decisions you can make for yourself is to strive towards continuous self-development. Some of the things that we all want for ourselves include: enhancing the quality of our lives, achieving more, becoming better people, and trying to be a better version of ourselves. That is why we set personal development goals in our lives.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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6 Skills Every HR Technology Leader Must Develop Starting in 2017

Visier

Technology impacts all of us personally in how we communicate, make purchases, plan travel, find love, discover a great restaurant, or get a ride across town. The disruption to how we work has been just as profound, and it has led to changes in the very nature of work and the skills that the HR Technology Leader of the future will need. Today, the technology leaders in the HR department are in a highly technical role, one that will be increasingly so as new breakthroughs have a larger disruptive

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How to Help Your HR Department Attract the Best Employees

Hppy

In today’s fast-paced economy, recruitment isn’t about filling vacant positions anymore. It’s about sourcing and engaging with the best available talent. Because in the long run, hiring a talented employee saves time and money. But how do you find and hire talented candidates? Here are four strategies to help your HR department attract the best talent on the market. 1.

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21 Examples of Personal Development Goals for a Better You

EmployeeConnect

One of the most sane and apt decisions you can make for yourself is to strive towards continuous self-development. Some of the things that we all want for ourselves include: enhancing the quality of our lives, achieving more, becoming better people, and trying to be a better version of ourselves. That is why we set personal development goals in our lives.

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Who’s Your OGO?

Achievers

A paradigm shift is happening in today’s workforce with the balance of power shifting from the employer to the employee. In response to this shifting playing field, employers are starting to register the power of recognition to boost engagement levels and increase productivity among their employees. But we still have a ways to go. According to a recent survey by KRC Research , workers say that an average of 50 days (nearly two months) pass between moments of recognition, while nearly 9 in 10 (87

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IRS Finalizes Regulations Adopt Intentional or Reckless Disregard of Facts Exceptions to Employee Safe Harbor

ACA Times

The IRS has provided clarity with regard to what qualifies as an “intentional or reckless disregard of facts” by employees when it comes to seeking shelter under the employee Premium Tax Credit (PTC) safe harbor under Internal Revenue Code 1.36B-2(c)(3)(v)(A)(3). An exception to the safe harbor applies if said employee intentionally or recklessly disregards facts and information he/she furnishes when it comes to seeking a PTC.

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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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AI and Chatbots: Getting Their Sensitivity Training

TalentCulture

Earlier this year, Microsoft dipped a toe into the Artificial Intelligence space with an AI-powered chatbot that it set loose on Twitter. Designed to pass for a conversational teenager, responding to queries and mimicking casual, playful speech patterns familiar to Millennial and Gen Z users, it was supposed to be cool. Unfortunately, it wasn’t long before Tay, the Microsoft-labeled “AI fam from the internet that’s got zero chill” devolved into a racial slur spewing monster.

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Uncoachable People

Laurie Ruettimann

Some of the worst people in your company are the ones who aren’t coachable, can’t hear feedback, and won’t take risks. Strong? Maybe. I don’t know. You tell me. The ones who aren’t coachable are a waste of time unless you’re the idiot and they’re totally right about everything. I suspect that’s not the case.

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Recruiting Tips That Will Make Your Life Easier

Spark Hire

Finding the perfect team member to add to your existing roster of talent is no small task. A qualified hiring manager knows you have to weigh the professional’s knowledge base alongside their personality and ability to mesh well with the company’s existing culture. Because this task comes with a fairly high degree of pressure, there’s also a lot of frustration that can stem from the hiring process.

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How to Prepare for Difficult Conversations with Longtime Employees

WorqIQ

You and your longtime employees have gone through a lot together. You’ve developed a special bond as the company evolved, and you might even hang out together on the weekends. What if one of these individuals began underperforming or acting dishonestly? Would you feel uncomfortable confronting him or her about it? As evidenced by Wells Fargo’s recent scandal, company leaders of all types struggle to address this scenario.

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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with California’s New Legal Requirements (SB-553)

Speaker: Speakers:

Every company everywhere should have a plan to combat workplace violence and properly respond to violent incidents. California has stepped to the plate and become the first state to mandate workplace violence prevention requirements for employees and employers. Even if you are in a different state or country, these workplace violence requirements are applicable to almost every employer anywhere.

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Money Won’t Buy Engagement, But Here’s What Will

TLNT: The Business of HR

Like most companies at the end of the year your organization announced salary changes, issuing merit raises to some, and generally recalculated overall compensation to ensure you remain competitive.

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LIVE CASE STUDY: NBA Exec Refers to Demographic as Angry and Argumentative

The HR Capitalist

I'm historically an Atlanta Hawks fan (pro basketball). And being a Hawks fan is.well.difficult some times. . The Atlanta Hawks have a recent history that touches on numerous HR, organizational and talent issues. This history resulted in the NBA franchise being sold to a new owner a couple of years ago, triggered by the racially charged events that basically go like this: --A past General Manager for the Hawks (Danny Ferry) was reading a scouting report on an internal conference call on a pote

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How will you turnaround your engagement in 2017?

Ceridian

By Deb LaMere, VP of Employee Experience, Ceridian. If you thought employee engagement was a hot topic in 2016, look out. The new year has begun and employee engagement remains one of the most pressing issues facing the American public and private sectors, as high turnover plagues organizations across the nation. Unfortunately, despite the fact that landmark studies have been released throughout the past five years that highlight the extreme need for high engagement, more signs continue to indic

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What You Don’t Know About Your Retirement Plan Could Sink You

TLNT: The Business of HR

The U.S. Department of Labor in August significantly increased its penalties for retirement plan sponsors who get caught making compliance errors before they correct them on their own. What previously might have only been a fine of a few hundred dollars through the DOL’s Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program can instead result in penalties high enough to force a small business to shut its doors.

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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Too Fast for Love?

NoExcusesHR

Two years. It's hard to believe. Two years filled with action, risk, bold moves, incredible support and success. Two years with a group of people who are committed to doing things differently than everyone else. Two years of being part of a leadership team that understands how the contemporary world of work is supposed to operate. Two years at Kinetix for me, as of today.

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The Power of a Single Platform: An Interview with Meg Poccia

Paychex

A single HCM platform built around a single employee record can help streamline the efficiency of a small business with just a few employees, all the way up to the enterprise corporation. Meg Poccia, Senior Product Manager for Payroll & Time Labor Services, chats about the Paychex Flex solution.

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6 tips for finding your best hires through networking

Insperity

These days, when you need to recruit new employees, you’re likely to turn to technology – social media, email campaigns or websites – to make initial contact with potential talent. After all, it’s less time consuming, relatively inexpensive and a lot less nerve racking than striking up a conversation with someone face-to-face. It doesn’t really matter how you make connections, right?

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The ABCs of Giving and Receiving Feedback

Workology

It’s no secret that feedback is a hugely important in the workplace. Giving and receiving useful feedback is a key part of both personal and organizational development. It impacts individual growth. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.

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How Managers Can Set Up Employees For Victory

TLNT: The Business of HR

Do your managers set up your employees for the “Thrill of Victory” or the “Agony of Defeat?

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Follow the Leader: 6 Ways to Forge Relationships between Employees and Managers

Oracle HCM - Modern HR in the Cloud

If your employees aren’t engaged in the workplace, it’s time to talk with their managers. While nobody can force employees to feel engaged and committed to their jobs or their organizations, managers and leaders have the greatest opportunity to light the spark of engagement in them. That’s because an employee’s level of engagement is closely linked with his or her perceptions of the leadership—and for most employees, the immediate manager is the leader who matters m

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Can’t Remember Anything? Blame Your Shared Office Space

Evil HR Lady

We are all about collaboration and teamwork (and let’s be honest) saving money, so open office plans are extremely popular. Your coworkers are always available to share ideas, and in the case of a hotdesking environment, you can easily move to sit next to someone who can help you with your current project. And yet, lots of us hate it. And it turns out that we’re not just whiners.

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Downsides to Low Unemployment

HR Daily Advisor

In the November 2016 jobs report from the Department of Labor, we saw that the national unemployment rate has fallen to a 9-year low and now sits at 4.6 percent. This reflects multiple factors. We’re seeing that more jobs have become available as the economy grows, but it also likely highlights that some people have stopped looking for work—which will also decrease the unemployment rate as this rate only considers those who are actively looking.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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I overheard my boss say that I’m not going to work out at this job

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’ve been at my current job for less than a year, but so has my boss. In fact, we both started at the same time, having been hired by the same VP. Until now, I thought we had a good working relationship and that my boss was as open and honest with my team as she wanted us to be with her. I had never been reprimanded or given any negative feedback about my performance.

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Performance Management Reboot Part 4: How to Create A Company Culture Your Team Will Love

Quantum Workplace

Creating a company culture full of free lunches, company sports games, and an office arcade room is easy. It’s finding a way to form a lasting culture around what increases employee productivity, motivation, and success that is difficult.

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my interviewer left another candidate’s scorecard out, why online job application systems are so awful, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My interviewer left another candidate’s scorecard out. I had my first job interview this morning. I was feeling confident and excited to show them what I could bring to the position. That is, until I walked in the room and there was the other candidate’s scorecard sitting right in the middle of the table.