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Why Skills Tests Should be Part of Your Hiring Process

Hireology

Have you ever hired someone who just wasn’t quite right for the role? It’s frustrating for you because you’ve invested resources, time, and energy into onboarding and training this person only to have to start your search over. And it leaves the employee feeling as though you’ve misled them about what the role entailed or that you failed to set them up for success.

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How to scale up your hiring process: 13 features for rapidly growing companies

Workable

Whether you’re growing from one to 100, or hiring 100 new employees, here are 11 essential Workable features to help you scale up your hiring to align with your overall business goals. How to scale up your hiring: 13 features for rapidly growing companies. 1. Hiring Plan. 2. Department Hierarchy. 3. Access rights and permissions. 4. Integrations. 5.

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The Difference Between a Talent Marketplace and Opportunity Marketplace

Degreed

A car isn’t much help when you need to move 30 people. Likewise, a big bus isn’t designed to carry just one person to an exact destination. Every vehicle is optimized for a specific purpose. The same applies to the technology powering your workforce mobility strategy. Take this into consideration and the road ahead is smooth. Without proper assessment, you might end up taking some wrong turns. .

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6 Ideas To Help You Become the Manager You’ve Always Wanted To Be

Celarity

Congratulations! You’ve finally landed the opportunity to lead your own team. That’s really exciting and probably a little scary. You’re responsible for the quality of work, effectiveness, and growth of a team. Plus, you now have to navigate new territories, including hiring, professional development, dealing with turnover, and more.

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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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DOL Plans Minimum-Wage Hike for Contractors, Help for Tipped Workers

SHRM Resources

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its spring regulatory agenda, highlighting the government’s intent to increase the minimum wage for federal contractors.

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Great Pieces of Advice We’ve Gotten From the Fathers In Our Lives

Thrive Global

With Father’s Day approaching this Sunday, we’re reflecting on the meaningful nuggets of wisdom we’ve learned from our dads and father figures in our lives. Especially after the challenging year we’ve had, we’re grateful for their sage advice that’s helped us stay resilient and optimistic. We asked our Thrive community to share with us one piece of advice from their dads that has stuck with them and helped shape them into who they are today.

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Leadership in the Hybrid Workplace

The People Equation

Is the hybrid workplace here to stay? A behavioral scientist named Jon Levy wrote an article in the Boston Globe (gated access) that essentially said, “Nah, I don’t think so.” And the internet blew up. (As it does.) Whether he’s correctly called it or not remains to be seen. For now, leadership in the hybrid workplace definitely is a thing and here are my hot takes for your consideration.

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Remembering Facebook vs Google+: The Value of the Rally BHAG.

The HR Capitalist

There's a lot of hate heading Facebook's way these days. But step away from the politics and the obvious corrosive, addictive drawbacks of social media, and you'll see a company that has fought like hell, got lucky at times and generally rallied the troops better than most around BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals). See this post for more on the value of a good BHAG.

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4 Things HR Managers Can Do to Support Veteran New Hires

Hppy

Veterans make up an increasing number of people in the labour force and as of 2020, around 45.2 percent of veterans were employed in some capacity. It can be an intimidating prospect for veterans who are either returning to the workforce or entering it for the first time. With that in mind, below are 4 things HR managers can do to support veteran new hires. .

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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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remember the manager who wouldn’t let her best employee attend her own graduation?

Ask a Manager

This post, remember the manager who wouldn’t let her best employee attend her own graduation? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Remember the letter-writer whose best employee quit on the spot because she wouldn’t let her go to her college graduation ? The employee — who had grown up in foster care and worked full-time while taking night classes to earn her degree — had worked late/come in early/worked overtime for years to cover for other coworkers, b

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3 reasons HR leaders should be measuring inclusion analytics

HRExecutive

The value of measuring diversity statistics is nearly universally understood by employers. According to an employer survey by RedThread Research, 92% of respondents measure diversity—but, only three-quarters take the same approach for inclusion. Stacia Garr, one of HRE ’s Top 100 HR Tech Influencers and a presenter at this fall’s HR Tech Conference , recently shared the growing need for robust inclusion analytics strategies during New York University’s Accelerating Equity and Inclusion Through D

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Lessons in Leadership Style: Empathy Works [Podcast]

TalentCulture

While in a position of power in an organization, it can be difficult to gauge how effective a person’s leadership style may be. Oftentimes employees are nervous to address issues […]. The post Lessons in Leadership Style: Empathy Works [Podcast] appeared first on TalentCulture.

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How To Lead Change On Every Level

Hppy

Leading change is most definitely a skill that not everyone possesses. We know this quite simply by the sheer number of change processes that fail to reach a successful conclusion. Forbes quotes a rate in the region of 70% for change initiatives failing. This means only around 30% of transformations succeed. So what can companies do to ensure successful change?

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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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50+ Companies Celebrating Pride Month [w/ tweets, events, hashtags & more]

Ongig

In the spirit of being LGBTQIA+ inclusive, I found 50+ companies celebrating pride month. These co.s are getting creative with pride hashtags, pride month products, pride month events, employee spotlights & more. Here are 50+ examples of companies celebrating pride month in different ways (not just creating pride month logos): Companies celebrating Pride Month with videos.

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How Josh Bersin believes the pandemic will reshape HR technology

HRExecutive

As the COVID-19 pandemic influences how people around the world work, it’s also sharply impacting the tech that makes that work possible. Josh Bersin , dean of the Josh Bersin Academy, believes the global crisis has ushered in a number of lasting changes, shifting the tools that are gaining traction in the market and putting the spotlight less on HR tech and more on work tech, a topic he will dive into during a keynote of the upcoming HR Tech Conference.

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it’s time to close the life insurance gender gap

Ask a Manager

This post, it’s time to close the life insurance gender gap , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. And now a word from a sponsor… You probably know about the gender pay gap – but did you know there’s a gender gap on life insurance too? While 58% of men have life insurance coverage, only 47% of women do. 1 But women are just as likely to need coverage.

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Recruiting Gen Z in Healthcare

Hospital Recruiting

Attracting Gen Z workers presents challenges for healthcare facilities. At about 25% of the current workforce, Gen Z (1997 to 2015) has its own ideas on what they expect and need from their careers and potential employers. While their dedication to providing care and service to the community is a given, their demands from the institutions they choose are more specific.

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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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How To Challenge Employees To Perform Outside Their Comfort Zones: 9 Managerial Tips

SHRM

What is one way you challenge your employees to perform outside of their comfort zone in 2021? To help managers get their employees to get outside of their comfort zone, we asked HR professionals and business leaders for their best insights. From dismantling limiting beliefs to allowing room for mistakes, there are several ideas that can help you expand your employees’ skills for growing your business.

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Meet the 2021 HR’s Rising Stars

HRExecutive

The COVID-19 pandemic redefined how people work, where they work and even what work itself is. Central to all of those transformations have been HR professionals, who provided guidance, direction, support and a lot of creativity when it came to navigating the fluid crises of the last year. Through these challenges, the next generation of HR leaders—including those selected as Human Resource Executive ® ’s 2021 HR’s Rising Stars—stepped up to the plate and proved why this is HR’s moment.

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11 Online Jobs You Can Land With Little to No Experience

The Muse

Online jobs that require little or no experience with descriptions, salary info, and tips for getting hired—plus how to avoid scams and low-paying positions.

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Help Wanted: Manufacturing Sector Struggles to Fill Jobs

SHRM Resources

Even after a year that saw the global economy plummet and many workers lose their jobs, the U.S. manufacturing sector is still struggling to fill key roles.

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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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The 4 Ps of Positive Leadership

Bonusly

Your alarm rudely jolts you from the comfort of slumber. As you wipe the sleep from your eyes and stretch your arms to the sky, a smirk creeps its way onto your face. In your best Dr. Evil voice you murmur aloud: “Yesss… today I get to go to work and make life miserable for the people I lead!” ??. I’m gonna take a wild guess here and assume this does not describe your morning routine.

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Many Factors to Consider When Employee Asks for More Leave Time

HRWatchdog

Our employee has used up all of her federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave but called today to request an extension of time. Do we have to grant the extension, or can we terminate her employment? This question comes up frequently, and the Labor Law Corner addressed it a few years ago. However, recent changes to the laws have made this question more problematic.

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How more widespread flexible working could improve equality

HR Zone

Change How flexibility promotes equality.

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There's Still Time to Claim the Employee Retention Tax Credit

SHRM Resources

Although the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) is expiring at the end of 2021, there's still time for eligible businesses to claim the credit and receive 70 percent of the first $10,000 of qualified wages paid per employee in each qualifying quarter.

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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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Hoping to Get a New Job Post-Pandemic? Here’s How to Figure Out What You Actually Want

The Muse

You might know it’s time to move on from your current job or company in the wake of the pandemic, but how do you figure out what exactly to look for next?

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Velocity Network Foundation and the Future of Employment Screening

Cisive

Today’s typical background screening process occupies considerable time and administrative resources. Waiting three to five days for transcripts or background screening reports slows down your time-to-hire and allows the competition to snatch up your top talent. Leaders in background screening practices and organizational risk management have come together in the Velocity Network Foundation to change that.

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How to prevent return-to-workplace anxiety

HR Zone

Change Managing back to work anxiety.

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