Mon.Dec 11, 2023

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Overstaffing: Why It Happens and How To Avoid It in 5 Steps

Analytics in HR

After recruiting hundreds of employees to handle pandemic-driven demand, Amazon was faced with overstaffing issues. The company subsequently laid off 99,000 direct employees. This was Amazon’s most significant sequential drop after overstaffing its warehouses. As an HR professional, you need to ensure workforce optimization. Too little staff can lead to heavy workloads and decreased productivity, while too much staff can create an environment of inefficiency and wasted resources.

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What is employee recruitment? Stages, channels, and strategies

Achievers

Every organization succeeds or fails based on the skills and engagement of its workforce. Highly motivated, innovative, experienced employees will consistently outperform the competition and drive increased revenue. Disengaged employees who lack the qualifications needed for their role – or who are a poor fit for your organizational culture – will instead contribute little before looking for opportunities elsewhere.

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DAOU shares effective HR toolkit for inclusion and scalability

Workable

When we upgraded our employee systems in 2022 – we were hyper focused on user- friendliness, inclusion, and scalability. We searched high and low for the right combination of platforms that would serve our workforce, as we were finding that some of the all-in-ones just weren’t quite right for us. We needed solutions that could scale with us at a fast rate, and that were friendly and engaging.

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From Matching to Mediating: HR Tools for Successful AP Specialist Recruitment

Professional Alternatives

[link] From Matchmaking to Mediation: HR Strategies for Effective Team Building in AP Specialist Recruitment Introduction to Team Building in AP Specialist Recruitment Team building plays a crucial role in the success of any organization, and this holds for AP (Accounts Payable) specialist recruitment as well. When it comes to building an effective team of AP specialists, it’s important to go beyond the resume and thoroughly assess candidates’ knowledge and skills.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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How One Australian Staffing Firm Used LinkedIn Talent Insights to Pull Off a Major Project

Linkedin Talent Blog

Rapidly changing technologies, global skills shortages, unrealistic client expectations — staffing agencies have their work cut out for them these days. Just ask Andrew Kable , director of workforce solutions at Australian technical recruiting consultancy Interpro. Andrew and his colleagues were recently tasked with helping a client assemble a large team of engineers and other niche technical roles to deliver a systems integration project of unprecedented scale and complexity in an Australian c

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7 Tips For HR To Shape A Customer Experience Focused Workforce

Hppy

The market is gradually shifting towards customer-centricity and customers are beginning to demand more attention with positive service experiences. Customers now expect you to know their jobs-to-be-done, communicate and implement solutions with minimal effort from them, consider every difficulty they face – even the insignificant ones. However, achieving a customer-centric hiring approach is not something that can be done without building a customer-centric workforce.

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Practical Strategies For Elevating Your Leadership: A Road Map For Growth, Empathy And Mentorship

Forbes Coaches Council

To actively incorporate Dweck's insights, whether leading yourself or others, seek out challenges and perceive them as opportunities rather than obstacles for personal.

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Mental Health, Physical Fitness, and Managing it All

NoExcusesHR

The digital world is an interesting place. It has the power to manipulate reality, hide dark truths, or at a minimum embellish our real lives enough to give the impression that all is well, all the time. That’s not exactly how it goes for me. Sure, I like to share some of the volunteer work I do away from the office, and of course post food pics. Those are fun and well intended.

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18 Ways Tech-Savvy Newcomers Can Stand Out In The Workplace

Forbes Coaches Council

While experience is invaluable, tech-savvy newcomers to the workforce can often establish themselves as indispensable contributors among more seasoned colleagues.

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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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The Employee Equation: How Satisfaction Drives Corporate Prosperity

Hppy

In today’s companies, there is widespread thinking that employees are the most valuable resource of the company, and this thinking is a consequence of the fact that employees are the only resource of the company that cannot be copied. In essence, employees are the foundation on which strategies and goals, direction of action, and all aspects of the company’s operations are determined.

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The Evolution of Work: Unveiling 10 Hybrid Workforce Best Practices

Vantage Circle

With the emerging need and popularity of a hybrid work arrangement, many of you are definitely curious to learn about this drastic shift in work arrangement. Along the lines of curiosity, a sense of confusion has also taken over. You may be questioning what comprises a hybrid workforce in particular. So, to be very precise, a hybrid workforce is a blend of a workforce where- A section of employees work exclusively from remote locations.

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The Dark Side Of Corporate Evolution And Its Greatest Opportunity

Forbes Coaches Council

Right now, there is more pressure on organizations to become intentional about evolution, shed what does not work and double down on what matters most: their people.

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Employee locker policy template

Workable

This employee locker policy template will provide a comprehensive framework for HR professionals to create a clear and concise locker policy for their organization. By following the guidelines and procedures outlined in this template, HR professionals can ensure that their organization’s locker policy is consistent, fair, and effective. What is an employee locker policy?

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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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CHRO to CEO: Former Dunkin’ leader on making the move

HRExecutive

For C-suite veteran Nigel Travis, the path to the CEO office was atypical—because it ran directly through the HR function. While his transformation from CHRO to CEO was an outlier several decades ago, it is a more natural move today, experts say, as HR leaders increasingly play a strategic business role. That shift is enabling HR executives to more readily develop and leverage deep business knowledge that could ultimately help them climb the corporate ladder to the CEO role. - Advertisement - Fr

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Considerations for Back-to-Back Pregnancy, Family Leaves

HRWatchdog

My employee of five years gave birth and would like to use California Family Rights Act (CFRA) child bonding time immediately following their pregnancy disability leave (PDL). Can I deny the leave because the employee will not have met the CFRA hours worked requirement at the time due to their time on PDL? California’s multiple leaves of absence, which vary depending on the circumstances, often create complex leaves of absence issues.

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New tax credit for Indiana employers that offer an HRA

PeopleKeep

Starting in 2024, Indiana employers will have a new tax credit available if they decide to offer their employees a health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) instead of group health insurance. This will allow small businesses and nonprofits to offer affordable and personalized health benefits in The Hoosier State. This article will cover everything you need to know about the new Indiana tax credit for HRAs, including what House Bill 1004 1 is, how the tax credit works, and what organizations are eli

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Gamified Assessments: Revolutionizing Talent Acquisition Beyond a Passing Trend

Owiwi

In the ever-evolving landscape of talent acquisition, gamified assessments stand out as a significant and transformative trend. These interactive, game-based evaluations promise to revolutionize the hiring process by enhancing candidate engagement and providing deeper insights into their abilities. However, the adoption of these innovative solutions is not without challenges, particularly regarding customization costs.

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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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Why This Belgrade Tech Leader Is Passionate About Financial Education

The Muse

Serbia’s socialist past has made financial education a priority for Nenad Prodanovic, a Belgrade-based delivery manager at BlackRock.

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Exploring the Link Between Feeling Good and Doing Good at Work

IO At Work

New research helps explain the importance of employees feeling good about themselves at work. Ultimately, it can lead to better work engagement and a willingness to help out.

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How To Achieve Success Right Now

Forbes Coaches Council

Here are nine powerful actions my clients have experienced success with that I recommend you take today to move toward your ambitious goals and create the incredible life you desire.

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What Are Metacognitive Skills? Definition & 5 Examples

BetterUp

Learn how to use metacognitive skills like self-awareness, problem-solving, and reflection to streamline your learning and self-improvement processes.

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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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Breaking The Chains Of Self-Doubt: Six Powerful Strategies To Triumph Over Imposter Syndrome

Forbes Coaches Council

Imposter syndrome is indeed conquerable. Let's unveil six powerful strategies to help you take charge and propel yourself toward success.

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2024 will see plenty of return-to-office mandates, but the definition of ‘RTO’ is changing

Fast Company The Future of Work

Next year, most companies will have some sort of return-to-office mandate. But they won’t necessarily look the same as they did in 2023 or 2022.

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Three Buckets of Courage

QAspire

There is no growth without courage. In my career of 25+ years, I had several moments that required me to exhibit courage. I was a functional head in year 2008 when my growth had plateaued. I walked up to my boss and sought his able counsel. He was very clear, “If you want to grow further, you need to demonstrably contribute to topline growth or significantly increase your bottomline impact.

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2024 will see plenty of return-to-office mandates, but the definition of ‘RTO’ is changing

Fast Company The Future of Work

Next year, most companies will have some sort of return-to-office mandate. But they won’t necessarily look the same as they did in 2023 or 2022.

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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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Best Practices For Authentic Engagement In Wellness Programs

Wellable

'Hollow' engagement could be the hidden hurdle in your wellness programs. Explore actionable strategies for fostering authentic engagement for lasting health. The post Best Practices For Authentic Engagement In Wellness Programs appeared first on Wellable.

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2024 will see plenty of return-to-office mandates, but the definition of ‘RTO’ is changing

Fast Company The Future of Work

Next year, most companies will have some sort of return-to-office mandate. But they won’t necessarily look the same as they did in 2023 or 2022.

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Seven Key Leadership Lessons For Business Success In 2024

Forbes YEC Women

As 2023 draws to a close, it offers a moment of reflection for business leaders to glean valuable insights from the year's experiences.

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