January, 2016

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The only recruitment plan you'll ever need

Hoops

A recent report on the labor market outlook said that the US leads all major markets in unfilled jobs. There are various reasons cited including the lack of technical competencies and stagnant wage growth. However, the biggest factor was an overall lack of applicants for open positions, no surprise given the exceedingly low unemployment rate. An executive from Manpower, a staffing agency, says that despite these challenges, “.fewer employers are trying to solve the problem through better talent

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Client Spotlight – CEP America

Hospital Recruiting

In our newest edition of our client spotlight series , we spoke with Adam LaFevers, who manages candidate sourcing for CEP America. CEP America is a leading practice management organization that has successfully managed hospital-based physician group practices across the Acute Care Continuum since 1975. In our interview, Adam answered questions about what makes CEP America such a successful company and what makes them a great company to work for.

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5 Critical Steps to Future Proofing Your Human Resources Strategy

Insperity

If you think it’s important to have a business plan and strategic vision, you need a human resources (HR) plan, too. It’s just as critical. An HR plan gets your people ready to execute on your business strategy and goals. It helps you prepare your current staff and anticipate the people you’ll need to add in the future. It preps your business for employee turnover and your managers for making future hiring decisions more strategically.

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Talent and Performance Management—What’s Really Happening?

HR Daily Advisor

What’s happening with talent and performance management in the real world? What are your competitors up to? Help us find out! Please participate in our brief survey and see how what you are doing stacks up against what other successful companies are doing. We’ll get answers to these questions and more: Do you have a system for predicting staffing requirements, and if so, how do you maintain that system?

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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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Why HR Needs Data-Driven Workforce Planning to Avoid Talent Shortfalls

Visier

One fascinating source of information that the BLS publishes is known as JOLTS , or Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. There is a goldmine of information contained within that gives us insight ranging from the state of the economy to how hard it will likely be to make that next critical hire. And something exceedingly rare has just appeared. In the following graph, we see how many hires are being made, by comparison to the number of job openings: For nearly the entire history of the JOLTS d

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The only recruitment plan you'll ever need

Hoops

A recent report on the labor market outlook said that the US leads all major markets in unfilled jobs. There are various reasons cited including the lack of technical competencies and stagnant wage growth. However, the biggest factor was an overall lack of applicants for open positions, no surprise given the exceedingly low unemployment rate. An executive from Manpower, a staffing agency, says that despite these challenges, “.fewer employers are trying to solve the problem through better talent

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The Interview: 4 Critical Interview Tips to Land Your Dream Job

ClearCompany HRM

Congratulations! You’ve been plastering the town with your resume, printing out copies until the guy at Kinko’s knows your name, and finally, you got a nibble. A recruiter has reached out to you and your interview is scheduled for Monday. The stakes are high and the rewards are material – so iron your shirt, take deep breaths, and read on. I’ll take you through some sure-fire interview tips to make sure you totally crush it.

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Bothered By Everything and Nothing At All

The Aristocracy of HR

020050000420 As I peruse my social media accounts and watch the range of issues and concerns plaguing the minds of the masses, one thing stands out. It is this new reality of people being bothered by everything and nothing all. Let me explain. People love kitten photos and will wage an all-out war on someone […].

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Star Wars, Expectations, and Leadership

DecisionWise

You know you have a problem when you start seeing leadership issues in everyday things, such as the new Star Wars Movie, Episode VII, The Force Awakens. I guess that’s our lot in life. Our current research efforts here at DecisionWise are focused on the best way to define expectations in the workplace. We call it “The Contract,” which is the explicit and implicit contract (the psychological contract) that exists between an organization and its workforce.

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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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Tech Layoffs Looming? Analyst Predicts Over 330k Workforce Cuts in Technology Sector

Intoo USA

Just a year ago, the tech world was dominated by unicorns — VC-backed startups that skyrocketed to $1B+ valuations. Today, amidst rumors of more tech layoffs, Silicon Valley is a place where “there is definitely an era of reckoning,” and “reality is setting in.”. Those words were spoken by prominent tech investor, Chris Sacca , on the gloomy turn of events within just the past year for the tech industry, and he’s not the only one describing the scenery. .

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Quick Shots for HR and #Business Pros – Global #HR Edition

HR Bartender

Last month I had the chance to speak at conferences in Reykjavik and London – part of my focus on global HR. Both cities are wonderful and if you ever get the chance to go, you should. I’ll be sharing some takeaways with you in the future, but I wanted to share with you a few quick learnings from my trip. While human resources pros are taking about the same things (i.e. recruiting, retention, etc.), I did hear some new terms, phrases and conversations in the global arena that I liked very

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5 Steps to Better Job Description Click-Through Rates

ExactHire

In most organizations, marketers don’t own the task of writing job descriptions for new opportunities available within their organization. This responsibility generally belongs to people in human resources or recruiting. And even if those folks have marketers review a draft before it posts (at least for marketing positions, that is), many times the urgency of the request prevents anyone from worrying about fine-tuning the job listing’s content.

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What Faults do our Hiring Processes Harbor?

ClearCompany HRM

Nobody has the perfect hiring process. The key to improvement on the matter, is constant reevaluation of the practices at hand. How does your company hire new employees? Is your recruiting process tired? Burned out ? Gasping for air? If so, consider incorporating a video interviewing process. Need some proof?

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The Engagement Engine: Strategies for Building a High-Performance Culture

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

Many companies strive for a positive culture with happy employees. But what if you could achieve more? High-performing cultures are the McLarens of the business world, leaving Camrys in the dust. They unlock exceptional results by fostering innovation, engagement, and continuous growth. In this webinar, we'll demystify the concept and provide practical steps to kickstart the journey toward a high-performing culture in your organization.

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Employee Engagement in the Healthcare Sector

Kazoo

Healthcare professionals and hospitals face a daunting reality if employee engagement is low: patients’ health suffers. Nurses, doctors and service workers interact with patients frequently so what happens if they’re feeling disconnected from the hospital or facility where they work? Every company deals with engagement issues but no other industry is so directly tied to customer (patient) satisfaction, outcomes and lives saved.

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From Panera Bread to the Boardroom: Two Moms Collaborate to Empower Women

The Aristocracy of HR

013050000010 Three years ago, I was a part of a small social media team that was covering the NY Business Expo Summit in New York City. After several hours of busily typing soundbites of some of the brightest minds in Social Media, I sauntered to the nearest lavatory where I was approached by Dr. Hilary […].

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Motivate me. I dare you.

DecisionWise

In coaching individuals, one of the questions I often choose to begin a dialogue on leadership is, “What is your primary responsibility as a leader of this organization?” The responses vary greatly and, although some would claim that their response to this question is THE answer, I’ve found a number of replies that I might agree with. One common response is, “I am responsible for motivating my team.

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Does It Matter If Stress and Pressure Are Different

HR Bartender

I like to read on planes. In fact, I let my magazines pile up and save them for air travel. On the personal side, I’m sure people think I’m a bit odd reading about Thanksgiving meals in March. But from a business perspective, I’m able to read months of related content at the same time. Case in point: my last trip, I read several articles about employee stress.

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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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Liza Galliher | Business Development

ExactHire

Liza joined ExactHire in August 2016 as our Business Development Specialist after several years of sales experience at a technology firm in Washington, DC. Liza serves as our main point of contact for our clients who are in need of our software solutions for their organizations. Previously, Liza worked at WeddingWire Inc. in a similar consultant role, and even more recently she worked as a Behavioral Clinician at Meridian Health Services utilizing her educational background in psychology.

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Don't miss your next great superstar employee

Hoops

Hiring, like most areas of business, is about wins and losses. It’s about making the right decisions at the right times, eating the costs of wrong decisions and hopefully learning from them. Recruiters are always on the lookout for superstar hires that can make a difference from day one. But sometimes, great hires are overlooked. Whether it’s résumé overload, time pressure to get jobs filled, or great interviewing skills which don’t translate to effective job performance, top performers don’t al

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Bad Bosses: It’s Not Always Their Fault

Kazoo

When people are promoted to managers, it’s usually because they were top performers in their roles. But once they’re promoted, they often struggle to know what it takes to actually be good or effective leaders. No one is there to guide them or instruct them. As a result, engagement among their newly inherited direct reports drops, impacting morale, efficiency, the customer experience and the bottom line.

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Feeding the beast in 2016: It’s my turn to pivot

The Aristocracy of HR

0210100000020 Happy New Year! I hope you all had a happy and safe holiday. I took some time off to breathe, recharge and position myself and business for the New Year. It was a reflective time where I was fortunate to catch up with family, friends and colleagues. In doing so, I gained a perspective […].

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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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4 Ways Great Leaders Can Overcome Company Scarcity Issues

DecisionWise

I teach an introductory political science class at a local university. This class utilizes an interdisciplinary approach by exploring basic economic theory, American history, and a bit of political philosophy. When introducing the section on economics, I try to reinforce the premise that economics is really the study of scarcity – what do you do when there is not enough to go around.

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Why Business Transparency is Key for Employee Engagement

Hppy

Across all industries, transparency has never been more important to a successful business model, regardless of company size. When it comes to employee engagement, this particular business practice has been proven to be essential, at a global scale. In a recent poll of companies declared as best places to work, among the top employee engagement drivers were: I trust the leaders of this organization to set the right course.

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Work Culture–Monday FunDay

ExactHire

ExactHire wrapped up a successful 2015 with the final Monday FunDay of the year on December 21. In addition to the monthly competition and employee workiversary/birthday celebrations, we added a Sweet Treat Exchange for everyone to enjoy. Combining these activities made for an exciting, sugar-charged day that once again brought our company together to enjoy and relish in our unique work culture.

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Don't miss your next great superstar employee

Hoops

Hiring, like most areas of business, is about wins and losses. It’s about making the right decisions at the right times, eating the costs of wrong decisions and hopefully learning from them. Recruiters are always on the lookout for superstar hires that can make a difference from day one. But sometimes, great hires are overlooked. Whether it’s résumé overload, time pressure to get jobs filled, or great interviewing skills which don’t translate to effective job performance, top performers don’t al

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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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Podcast with Karen Schulman Dupuis – What You Wished Someone Told You…

What is Paul Thinking

Continuing the ongoing podcast series exploring the tips, tricks, and advice you wish someone had provided when you were first starting out in life. In the post that introduced this podcast idea I provided my advice: Don’t assume a title means intelligence. Michael Moon came on the show and talked about understanding cultural fit. And now Karen Schulman Dupuis hops on to talk about mentors, mentoring and having a future “you” to guide your early career decisions.

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Bad Bosses: It’s Not Always Their Fault

Kazoo

When people are promoted to managers, it’s usually because they were top performers in their roles. But once they’re promoted, they often struggle to know what it takes to actually be good or effective leaders. No one is there to guide them or instruct them. As a result, engagement among their newly inherited direct reports drops, impacting morale, efficiency, the customer experience and the bottom line.

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Avoid Mayhem: Don’t Let Your Employee Engagement Survey Turn Out Like Your Last DIY Home Improvement Project

DecisionWise

5 Criteria You Must Meet Before Running Your Own Employee Engagement Survey. Most leaders understand that employee engagement surveys are an important tool in helping to attract, retain, and motivate an organization’s workforce. For those that are new to the process, the threshold question is whether to go it alone and use a software platform to conduct the survey or might a managed-service scenario be a better alternative.