July, 2016

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The Great Generational Shift: How Employers and Managers Can Prepare

Everwise

While there are always different people of different generations working side by side in the workplace, today there are as many as six different generations, depending on which demographic definitions one uses. The workforce is aging on one end of the spectrum and getting younger on the other. In the middle there is a gap, with the prime age workforce shrinking as an overall percentage of the workforce.

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Top 5 Issues for HR in 2016

Laurie Ruettimann

Here are my top 5 issues for HR professionals that will impact your job for the rest of 2016. The election. I’ve been telling you for years that HR sits at the intersection of work, power, politics and money. This election is an HR election. Watch accordingly. HDHPs. High-deductible health plans are all the rage. Too bad most Americans can’t manage their money or health.

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Are employers facing a ‘wage war’ with employees? Study says yes

HR Morning

In recent years, employers have enjoyed a comfortable status quo in which they’ve held the upper hand over anxious job seekers. But recent research says the balance of power may be shifting. . New findings from the 2016 Emerging Workforce Study (EWS), commissioned by Spherion Staffing , indicate that more employees believe they have leverage to demand higher salaries and better benefits from their employers – or they’ll move on to an organization that will give them those things.

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Team Building Exercises Aren't Just for Fun—They're Critical to Employee Engagement

Cornerstone On Demand

Companies and employees are increasingly focused on finding a healthy work-life balance, but that doesn't mean the two need to be entirely separated. We spend the majority of our days in the workplace—which means we spend a majority of our days with our coworkers, and it turns out, we're happier if these coworkers are our friends, too.

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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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Cringe-Worthy Stats to Crush Your Onboarding Disbelief

ClearCompany HRM

We may be a little biased in this claim, but onboarding is important. Running a business and managing people come with a lot of responsibilities and the stress of ensuring all the pieces align at the end of the week is overwhelming. Of course, with all that to worry about, some pieces of the process are lost in the shuffle. That might be why approximately 35% of companies spend zero dollars on onboarding.

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Career Fitness: Necessary for Long-Term #HR Success

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Capella University. Capella is an accredited online university dedicated to providing an exceptional, professionally-aligned education that puts you in the best position to succeed in your field. They offer bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees as well as certificate programs for human resources and business professionals.

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5 Data Points You Should Know If You Recruit Contractors

Linkedin Talent Blog

According to a U.S. government report , a whopping 40.4% of the U.S. workforce today is contingent. This is a 36% increase over the past decade, and includes on-call workers, agency temps, contractors, self-employed professionals, and part-time workers. And this trend is reflected on LinkedIn, where the number of contractors has grown dramatically in recent years.

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6 Golden Rules to Select the Right HRIS System for your Organisation

EmployeeConnect

Which HRIS should you choose? Confronted to the variety of solutions available, we offer you six golden rules. Simply follow these steps in order to find the one system that will be the best fit for your organisation and HR needs. HR Managers are busy and do not always have the necessary time to research consciously their HRIS solution. Most of the time, decisions are solely made on the basis of two factors: cost and speed of implementation.

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Rearrange Desks, Increase Revenue: Study Finds Seating Charts Impact Performance

Cornerstone On Demand

Could the secret to boosting your human capital—the economic value of your employees' skill sets—be as easy as rearranging a few chairs? According to a new report from Cornerstone and Harvard Business School, the answer is yes. The report, which analyzed data on more than 2,000 employees over a two-year period, found that placing the right type of workers in close proximity to each other generated up to a 15 percent increase in organizational performance.

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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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4 Effective Ways to Take the Struggle out of Setting and Achieving Corporate Goals

Trinet

Establishing corporate goals and aligning all employees to them is critical to driving an accountable, performance-based culture. But let’s find out if you are unknowingly one of the many small. Visit site for full story.

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Should Employees Give Notice When They Quit?

UpstartHR

I just wanted to say “thank you” for the last few years. I have enjoyed my work and appreciate the opportunity to contribute. As of today I am turning in my two week notice… Like you probably have, I have had multiple versions of that conversation with managers over the years. Sometimes it’s painful, and other times it’s a relief to put in your notice to depart.

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PenFed Credit Union Offers INTOO Transition Solution to 1.4 M Members

Intoo USA

PenFed, one of the largest credit unions in the country, announced today that it will provide its entire membership with free access to PenFed Career Connect — a complete online job search assistance and career transition platform powered by Intoo (formerly CareerArc Outplacement). PenFed’s member-wide provision of Intoo’s career assistance technology is the first of its kind in the financial services industry.

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The 10 Most Popular Articles Among Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

In case you need a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We took a look at the articles staffing and corporate recruiters shared, liked, and commented on the most on LinkedIn during the last 7 days and posted them below. Here are the top posts for this week: 1. Dream Big and Be Bold: My Advice for Today’s Young Job Seekers -- by Alain Dehaze. 2. 5 Companies with Careers Pages So Good You’ll Want to Copy Them -- by Andy Sellers. 3. 31 Incredibly Unprofessional Things People Do on The

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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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7 Ways HR Can Better Manage Gen Y Employees

EmployeeConnect

Taking into account the more individualistic expectations of Generation Y and Z means that HR will have to play a role of coordinator in order to respond to their needs while maintaining the collective value of their organisation. How are HR going to evolve in the coming years? It’s a question that can be easily asked given that organisations now have to manage multiple generations with divergent values and expectations under the same roof.

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3 Ways to Reinvent Performance Reviews

Cornerstone On Demand

Every employee needs feedback—including both constructive criticism and praise for a job well done. Traditionally, this feedback is given during the annual performance review, in which managers and employees set time aside once a year to discuss their mutual goals and expectations. Recently, the annual performance has come under attack.

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6 of My Personal Management Approaches Employees Thought Were “Weird”

Kazoo

Have you ever asked past employees you’ve managed what they REALLY thought about you back in the day ? I decided to reach out and ask some of my past direct reports what they thought about my management practices. A little bit scary, but I did it because I’ve been reflecting A LOT on my career as a manager/leader. I’ve been managing employees in different capacities for over 17 years with teams as small as one employee and as large as twenty-one.

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The 7 C’s of Change Management: Making Change Easier With Neuroscience

Hppy

Change is rarely easy, especially when a habit has been formed. Just think about how difficult, stressful, and even annoying it can be when someone asks to change your morning routine or you are forced to change it. That is just one person. So imagine the challenges of trying to implement a change management process in an organization, where all people have different responses to change and ways of coping with it.

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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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The Newly Hired Employee’s Guide to Choosing a Medical Plan

Trinet

Congratulations on starting a new job! You’ll have a lot to take care of and a lot to learn. Familiarizing yourself with the processes and culture of your new company can be all-consuming in those. Visit site for full story.

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The 10 Most Popular Articles Among Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

In case you need a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We took a look at the articles staffing and corporate recruiters shared, liked, and commented on the most on LinkedIn during the last 7 days and posted them below. Here are the top posts for this week: 1. Five Ways to Check Your Hiring Blind Spots -- by Jack Welch. 2. Why Software Engineers Are Declining Your Offers. -- by Katie Bowles. 3.

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Data-Driven, in the Cloud(s)

EmployeeConnect

There is something truly special about being able to fly – the freedom, the control, the chance to see a perspective that few get to experience. I appreciate this position, but it commands respect. Occasionally, I kill the plane’s power – it isn’t as dramatic as you might think – I’m practicing whats called a glide approach so that if the engine were to fail, I’d have the skills, technique and, composure to make the right data-driven decisions at the rig

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What Corporate Offices Can Learn from Coworking Spaces

Cornerstone On Demand

Freelancers, entrepreneurs and gig-economy workers used to call everything from coffee shops to kitchens to airports an office. But today, they have a new option to add to the list: coworking spaces.

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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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6 of My Personal Management Approaches Employees Thought Were “Weird”

Kazoo

Have you ever asked past employees you’ve managed what they REALLY thought about you back in the day ? I decided to reach out and ask some of my past direct reports what they thought about my management practices. A little bit scary, but I did it because I’ve been reflecting A LOT on my career as a manager/leader. I’ve been managing employees in different capacities for over 17 years with teams as small as one employee and as large as twenty-one.

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3 Ideas for More Generosity at Work

RecognizeThis!

By Derek Irvine. Recognize This! – A culture of generosity is one aspect of a more human workplace that is a natural fit, but also needs to be curated. There are many different ways that organizations can become more human, evidenced by the sheer diversity of ideas across our WorkHuman speakers and thinkers , as well as our own research. One idea seems to sit at the core of several of these approaches: a culture of generosity.

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my best employee quit on the spot because I wouldn’t let her go to her college graduation

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I manage a team, and part of their jobs is to provide customer support over the phone. Due to a new product launch, we are expected to provide service outside of our normal hours for a time. This includes some of my team coming in on a day our office is normally closed (based on lowest seniority because no one volunteered). One employee asked to come in two hours after the start time due to her college graduation ceremony being that same day (she was taking night classes part-ti

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A Mentor’s Advice on How to Build Trust in a Partnership

Everwise

“In a mentorship, trust is the most important thing,” says Richard Worth. “A good mentor is someone you can have that fireside chat with, someone you know will keep what you say confidential, someone who has your best interests at heart.”. After decades of traveling the world as a general manager in retail, Richard Worth has found a new passion as a mentor for Everwise.

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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 Science of Happiness in the Workplace

EmployeeConnect

The first thought that comes to my mind when the word ‘happiness’ pops up is Pharrell Williams. Only because he’s made a smashing hit that mentions the word ‘happy’ approximately 57 times. Besides the point, going back to all things HR and all that progresses HR, happiness is actually pivotal in a modern workplace. It’s pivotal in the way that it’s how your employees show their enthusiasm for work.

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Want More Workforce Diversity? Erase the Jargon from Your Job Descriptions

Cornerstone On Demand

Workforce diversity is on the mind of every HR professional and executive. But many companies, especially in industries like tech and finance, struggle to increase the number of minorities and women in their ranks—even while consciously trying to close the race or gender gap.

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27 Moments When You Should ReThink Your Employee Engagement Strategy

Kazoo

Before you acquire another company. Over 70% of acquisitions fail and culture is a big factor. When you’re trying not to be acquired. If you’re unsure of how your employees feel about its leadership – both at the C-suite and managerial level. When your company is having trouble recruiting. Before your company has high turnover. One in 6 workers will change jobs in the next six months.