January, 2017

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Your Employees' Inability to Speak Up Is Costing Your Business Big Money

Cornerstone On Demand

Open door policies are pretty ubiquitous, but simply having the policy doesn't mean people will actually speak their minds. Your employees aren't telling you everything they should and it's costing you—$7,500 per conversation failure and seven work days—according to a new study led by best-selling authors Joseph Grenny and David Maxfield. That's what the lack of open communication costs you, and here's why: One in three employee say their culture does not promote or support holding crucial con

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The One Thing You Need to Learn How to Do Well in 2017

HR Bartender

…is give and receive feedback. Regardless of what you think about performance reviews, feedback isn’t going away. In fact, organizations are encouraging more of it. As consumers, we get more opportunities to give feedback about products and services. I was recently at a hotel that sent me a text message after my first night, asking me to rate my stay so far.

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Are Great Company Leaders Born or Made? Why it Matters For Recruiters

Take It Personel-ly

The question of whether great leaders are naturally born or created through a combination of environment, circumstance and effort has long been debated. There are strong, compelling arguments to back up either side, but for many, the question is purely intellectual. For those of us in recruitment, training, and development, the answer to this question … Continue reading Are Great Company Leaders Born or Made?

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How to Lower Your Cost Per Hire in 2017

ClearCompany HRM

As a recruiter, finding the best talent for the job is only a portion of your concerns. You also have to find a candidate who fits the organizational culture and at a low cost.

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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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Must-Read HR Analytics Articles for a Successful 2017

Visier

HR leaders hit the gas on their adoption of HR analytics in 2016 — and there are no signs of slowing down heading into 2017! Bersin by Deloitte’s Predictions for 2017 report sees people analytics “[moving] from a niche group in HR to an important operational business function.” In selecting our top HR analytics articles of 2016, we looked at page views and social shares, and the data corroborated Bersin’s prediction.

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Employee Onboarding Best Practices: A Technology Perspective

EmployeeConnect

The employee onboarding process is no longer used just for administrative issues. It’s true that advanced software and automated technologies eliminate duplicate entries and streamline employee onboarding, but that’s just the beginning of the array of business and employee benefits that onboarding technology can deliver for your business or HR department.

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Your Company Culture is Responsible for Attracting and Retaining Talent

HR Bartender

Enough can’t be said about the importance of company culture. It’s the “thing” that keeps the organization together. Well, let me clarify…if organizations truly believe and embrace their culture, then it’s the thing that brings the organization working together to achieve its goals. There could be companies out there that talk about workplace culture, but don’t live the words.

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Are Great Company Leaders Born or Made? Why it Matters For Recruiters

Take It Personel-ly

The question of whether great leaders are naturally born or created through a combination of environment, circumstance and effort has long been debated. There are strong, compelling arguments to back up either side, but for many, the question is purely intellectual. For those of us in recruitment, training, and development, the answer to this question … Continue reading Are Great Company Leaders Born or Made?

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How to Turn Your Workplace into the Best Recruitment Tool Ever

ClearCompany HRM

Workplace environment has become a pretty big part of the whole employment package. Job seekers scour career sites and social media pages to get a glimpse at the offices and dress code of companies they’re interested in working for, and candidates make a note of scoping out the hallways for personality clues when called into an interview.

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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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Who Performs Better At Work, Introverts Or Extroverts?

15Five

Like most ways of being, introversion or extroversion ( properly, extraversion) is not absolute. Yet people tend to form an identity around this label, ostracizing the other for being too outgoing in the case of extroverts, or too quiet in the case of introverts. Introversion is also often confused with shyness, but shyness is just a fear of social judgement.

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The Employee Experience Book – Chapter 4 – Leadership Intelligence Podcast - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

The Employee Experience Book – Chapter 4 – Leadership Intelligence Podcast. Listen as co-author of the book, The Employee Experience: How to Attract Talent, Retain Top Performers, and Drive Results , Tracy Maylett, discusses the premise of chapter 4, “An Intentional Framework.” The Employee Experience – Chapter 4 – An Intentional Framework.

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The top 10 processes for HR automation

EmployeeConnect

Human resource departments in both small and large businesses are responsible for completing a plethora of tasks. Today, many companies rely on enterprise content management software to help human resource managers to reduce the amount of time that the various duties take. Because human resources jobs are document& form driven, human resources management professionals are increasingly relying on a combination of enterprise HCM software with HR automation to make their departments more effic

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You Can’t Ignore Customers – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. Every year, The Workforce Institute at Kronos identifies the top trends impacting the global workforce. Check out the 2017 list and see the P.S. below. Enjoy the post!). A few times in my human resources career, I’ve had responsibility for payroll processing.

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9 Leave Management Mistakes To Avoid This Year

The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.

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Integrating Time & Attendance with Point-of-Sale (POS) Systems

nettime solutions

The Problem: You Have a POS System, Now You Need a Time & Attendance Solution. Retailers, especially those preparing for an expansion, often find themselves in a pickle when it comes to time & attendance solutions for their businesses. POS systems are established when a business first opens, and time & attendance comes as an after-thought.

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Want to be innovative in HR? Start with people, not technology.

Kazoo

It seems every article I read about HR innovation revolves around technology. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve dedicated 15 years of my career to HR technology and think the last decade of technological advancement has changed HR for the better, but I think we’re missing something important: the real innovation happens when we change how we approach employees.

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How Important is Hiring for Company Culture Fit…Really? [VIDEO]

ExactHire

In this ExactHire vlog, listen to ExactHire Co-Founder, Jeff Hallam, explain what we can learn from a high profile sports team employee termination, and offer tips on how to better assess a job candidate’s potential ability to fit in with your corporate culture. Video Transcript: Hi, today’s topic is to talk a little bit about culture, and when I talk about culture not so much in terms of what you can do to make your culture better…it’s not really my realm of expertise at all.

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Why Employees Love Social Recognition

Achievers

A business isn’t anything without its employees. So in order for your business to be successful in the long term, you have to ensure your employees are consistently performing at their best. How do you do that? By focusing on employee engagement. According to Gallup , “Companies with engaged employees outperform those without by 202 percent.” But how can you move the needle on employee engagement?

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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The Candidate Experience: Perspectives on Video Interviews, Assessments, and Hiring

Lighthouse

In some ways, hiring looks very similar to what it did twenty years ago. People search for positions, indicate interest, and are filtered down until the most promising candidate is offered a job. However, the technology we use has upgraded considerably over time. Today employers have tools to increase efficiency and efficacy, including video interviews, automated assessments, and more.

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How Your Core Values Impact Your Employee Retention

Hppy

Per Access Perks , 67% of decision-makers say they’re more concerned about turnover at their organizations now than they were 12 months ago. Employee retention is top-of-mind with many companies, and that’s not surprising, considering how costly replacing employees and onboarding new hires can be. In a world where the average person changes careers five to seven times during their working life ( Careers Advice Online ), how do you retain more of your valued talent?

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If You Want a Career in HR, Be Nice

Laurie Ruettimann

I’ve worked in human resources since 1995. Young men and women look to me as a role model, and I love being a mentor. I’ve worked with SHRM and several universities to help graduates find careers within HR that align with their talents and dreams. When I ask young HR professionals why they want to work in HR, they have one standard response. “I like people.” I love that answer because HR professional must have three core competencies: data fluency, business acumen, and em

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Want to be innovative in HR? Start with people, not technology.

Kazoo

It seems every article I read about HR innovation revolves around technology. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve dedicated 15 years of my career to HR technology and think the last decade of technological advancement has changed HR for the better, but I think we’re missing something important: the real innovation happens when we change how we approach employees.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Owning Engagement in Your Workplace

Trish McFarlane

We’re going on well over fifteen years of thinking about employee engagement in organizations. And after years of surveying employees and rolling organizational results into a macro look at our country, the results today have not changed much from when we first started the analysis. What we know is companies that lose disengaged employees often see the negative impact of having lower profitability and higher recruiting expenses.

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7 Creative Ways to Attract Top Talent

Achievers

By: Sara Sayegh-Moccand. Digital Marketing Specialist, SalesWings. The goal of every recruiter is to find a candidate that perfectly fits the open position. In fact, perfectly aligning a candidate with a company is the most rewarding experience a recruiter can have. When you hire the right person your company likely will not incur costs such as time lost in further recruitment efforts or in training somebody that might not be a perfect fit.

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Technology Is Great, but Get Medieval Where It Counts

ATD Human Capital

As a human capital specialist in the 21st century, you may think you need to find a tech solution to every problem. Solutions to problems with employee engagement, coaching and mentoring, and leadership development are often touted as a click away—you just have to find the right platform or tool. But are you still investing in face-to-face opportunities?

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Everything You Need to Know About Paid Time Off: A Handy Roundup

Justworks

Vacation is important. It helps re-energize and refresh workers so that they return with higher morale, which translates into higher productivity and profits. The United States has fewer regulations around paid time off than many developed countries. But there are still state laws to keep in mind, as well as social norms. If you’re looking to hire talent in a competitive manner, offering a fair package with paid leave for both leisure, illness, parental leave, and everything in between will.

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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.

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Forget Middle Managers. Here’s Why.

WorkHuman

Have you ever seen the movie Office Space ? Do you remember the scene where Peter Gibbons tells the consultants (the “Bobs”) that he has eight different bosses at Initech? It’s a great scene because it touches on the complete waste of time and resources caused by bureaucracy. In the first part of our Q&A with Dr. Gary Hamel , we discussed the limitations of bureaucratic organizations like Initech – how they fail to inspire employees and fall victim to more agile startups.

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Are we there yet? Is 2017 FINALLY the year to say buh-bye to the annual engagement survey?

Kazoo

Companies are still doing annual engagement surveys… Definitely not ideal, but also– we get it. It’s tough to change things you’ve been doing for a long time. But clearly, what we’ve been doing isn’t working. That’s why we keep hearing every year that almost 70% of employees are disengaged. Proof-positive o ur workforce solutions need to change.

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10 Reasons Why You Should Develop High Potential Employees

Everwise

It’s an indisputable fact that some employees are more talented than others. A high potential employee is an employee who has the potential, ability, and aspiration to become a leader within your company. These key players oftentimes know their potential and will move on to another company if they’re not acknowledged, motivated and challenged. As the debate on whether or not to create a specific program for them goes on, we found 10 statistics that might sway you towards developing these high po

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