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10 Recruiting Tips for First Time Managers

HR Bartender

One of the things that often happens when you become a supervisor or manager is that you’re invited to participate in the recruiting process. It could be because you’re now responsible for a team of employees. Or another manager will ask you to participate because you will work closely with one of their employees. Regardless of the reason, there are a few things that new managers need to understand about their role in hiring.

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Hiring for diversity vs. skill sets: How do you find a balance?

Insperity

Efforts to hire for diversity can be challenging. You, the business leader, know you need a workforce diverse in age, skill sets and culture for your business to thrive. But what if hiring managers balk, as in the case of one high-profile tech company ? How does a company get hiring managers comfortable with the idea of hiring outside their comfort zones?

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Recruiting Through LinkedIn? Check Out These Top Changes

ClearCompany HRM

When LinkedIn reported in late 2016 that they would be updating their website’s look and functionality, many were excited. Many were also worried: How would the changes affect recruiting? Would it be helped or hindered by the new design?

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Advice for a Lifetime: Employees Reveal Their Parents' Best Career Tips

Cornerstone On Demand

In the last 25 years, a new world of work has emerged. Between just three generations—Baby Boomers, Gen X and Millennials—there's been a tech revolution, the rise of the gig economy, a growing automation of jobs and increased globalization, just to name a few of the major changes that have rocked the workforce. While most of these changes have contributed to a more efficient, flexible and productive workplace, they have also created a generation gap.

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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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12 Powerful Tips to Build an Employee Recognition Culture

EmployeeConnect

About 65 percent of the people in one survey reported that they received no recognition over the last 12 months for their work.In the same report, 89 percent of employers feel that most employees leave their companies to earn more money. However, most workers who leave their jobs cite lack of appreciation as a major reason for seeking other opportunities.

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The 4 Elements of Analytics Storytelling

Visier

For decades, HR organizations have operated with a “softer approach” to business—relying more on intuition and less on hard facts to make workforce decisions. It’s an approach that allows HR practitioners to get the job done, but makes it more challenging to align HR strategy with business value. Thanks to the digital revolution, it’s now easier for HR departments to make workforce decisions based on concrete data.

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Dear ReWorker: Does "Free Speech" Protect Me at Work?

Cornerstone On Demand

Dear ReWorker, I was recently terminated from my job as a part-time Administrative Assistant. My performance review was stellar—zero complaints, perfect attendance, great attitude and work ethic— and I had absolutely no indication that my job was even in jeopardy. One afternoon, I walked into the office ready to work and in less than 5 minutes time, I was sat down, fired, made to sign a letter and given a pittance severance.

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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. This Type of Employee Gets More Sleep, Eats Better, and Exercises More -- by J.T.

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A Bad Idea (When Perfectly Executed) Is Still a Bad Idea

HR Bartender

Execution is essential to the success of any idea or project. It’s the most visible part of launching a new program. Do it well and you’re a hero. Do it badly and there will be questions. Frankly, the questions would be well deserved. It makes no sense to spend weeks or months doing an analysis, pitching the idea to senior management, asking for resources, etc. only to fail during the rollout.

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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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What You Need To Know About Today’s Job Seekers

Engage2Excel

Your company’s ability to engage job seekers in the recruitment process will significantly influence its success in the war for talent. Failure to understand and address differences in perceptions and preferences among today’s job seekers will results in fewer qualified candidates in your pipeline, lower offer-to-acceptance rates and higher voluntary turnover within the first year of employment.

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ICYMI: How to Create a Company Culture of Inclusiveness

Cornerstone On Demand

Editor's Note: In today's fast-paced news cycle, we know it's difficult to keep up with the latest and greatest HR trends and stories. To make sure you're updated, we're recapping our most popular articles every month in our " In Case You Missed It " series. Keep reading for February's top stories! 4 Ways to Create an LGBT Friendly Workplace While inclusive policies in the workplace have improved, corporate America still has a long way to go.

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The Beginner's Guide to Predictive Workforce Analytics

ATD Human Capital

Today’s business executives are increasingly applying pressure to their human resources departments to “use predictive analytics.” This pressure isn’t unique to human resources, as these same business leaders are similarly pressuring sales, customer service, IT, finance, and every other department head to use predictive or analytical tools.

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Using HR Analytics and Big Data in the Workplace

EmployeeConnect

The concept of using Big Data and HR Analytics in the workplace has become a debatable issue when it was revealed how certain employers are using the help of outside data firms to forecast the health risks of its employees. People expressed their concerns as they felt that their personal and sensitive health information is in jeopardy because if their employers have access to this personal data it can be used in ways which may not be in their favour.

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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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6 Reasons Employees Lack Morale and How Fix It

Hppy

Maintaining high employee morale is extremely important for long-term success in business. When employee morale is low, it affects productivity, performance, and employee retention. Recognising the causes of low employee morale will give you better insight into how to turn things around. Lack of trust in leadership. Trust is at the core of a positive, well-functioning working relationship.

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Are Some of Your Employees ‘Hard Wired’ for Engagement?

Cornerstone On Demand

Our Trends in Global Employee Engagement report shows that between 35 percent and 40 percent of employees around the world are Actively Disengaged or Passive at work. So, what can you do as a leader to engage your workforce? It’s a question that leaders often ask, but the truth is, there is no one thing. Your organization has to make engagement possible by creating an environment of trust, paying fairly and having a set of values that are known and lived throughout the organization.

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How to Give Effective Feedback to Your Colleagues

Justworks

We won’t mince words: Giving and receiving feedback in the workplace is nerve wracking. You have to work with many of your teammates day in and day out, and the last thing you want to do is sour your relationship with them through poorly handled feedback. On the other hand, failing to deliver necessary feedback could result in team dysfunction and simmering resentment.

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How to Select an Employee of the Month

EmployeeConnect

Employee satisfaction and workplace happiness can be achieved by promoting awards such as the employee of the month every month to generate healthy competition and motivation amongst the employees. Such award programs encourage the employees to enhance their productivity and work effectively. Organisations should make a note of employees who have excelled in the domain , select the best of the lot, recognise and award employees.

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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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6 Don’t Miss HR Conferences for 2017

nettime solutions

Human Resources conferences are a great way to gain knowledge and network with other like-minded professionals. Here is our annual list of 6 don't miss HR Conferences for 2017. Conference. Date. Location. HR West. March 6-8, 2017. Oakland, CA. WorkHuman. May 30 – June 01, 2017. Phoenix, AZ. SHRM. June 18-21, 2017. New Orleans, LA. California HR. August 28-30, 2017.

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When Leadership Acknowledges Shortcomings

Kazoo

Uber has had a rough few weeks. The #deleteuber hashtag picked up steam after several incidents which, on their own, could have been disastrous. Taken together, it’s become an all-out crisis. In case you missed it, Uber faced backlash after CEO Travis Kalanick joined (and subsequently left) President Trump’s advisory council , the airport strike fare debacle and sexual harassment allegations from one of its female engineers.

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How SMART are your goals?

UpstartHR

About the Author: Jarrett Lee is a Research Associate Intern working with me at Lighthouse Research. His research focuses on case studies of companies that successfully deliver results on their talent and learning transformation projects. He is pursuing a Bachelor’s of Communication Arts as well as a Master’s of Science in Human Resource Management from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

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Workplace Safety Tips

EmployeeConnect

Danger lurks around everywhere. However, when it comes to the workplace, it is part of the corporate responsibility to ensure the safety of its employees. Merely keeping the right kind of safety products and personal protective equipment in the premises is not enough to maintain the safety of employees. It is equally imperative that you educate your employees by offering safety training at regular intervals.

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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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3 Programs Adopted By Award-Winning Workplaces

WorkHuman

With all the buzz surrounding the Oscar winners this week, I wonder what the equivalent of the Oscars is in the HR world? Having your company named as a best place to work is certainly a highlight for any HR team working to create culture that naturally attracts top talent (especially when 51% of employees are actively looking for a new job ). And just as the Razzies publishes an annual list of the year’s worst movies , you’re probably also aware that there is a worst companies to work for list.

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The ROI of Onboarding

Everwise

Onboarding is a crucial time to steer the employee experience in a rewarding direction. As with many employee experiences that fall under the responsibility of HR, the potential financial upsides might not be obvious, but they are present. The first day of a new job is often strange. After our new boss departs with a cheerful (if vague), “Let me know if you have any questions!

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How to Beat the Gig Economy for the Best Hires

ATD Human Capital

Gig workers are freelancers who work on demand, get paid by the job or sale, and take short-term jobs. Studies show that there are between 54 and 68 million gig workers in the United States, making up about a quarter of the workforce. About half of these workers use independent work as their primary income source. Companies like Lyft, Uber, Upwork, and 99designs have put the spotlight on gig workers lately by providing online platforms that make it easy for them to connect with work.

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Mindfulness, Courage and Curiosity for a Better Version of Yourself

Hppy

Question : If you’re faced with an issue you’re grappling with, do you find that you sometimes use Google or your social media network as your go-to? Whether it is to see what’s out there, to identify best practices, to reach out digitally to others who may be more knowledgeable than you, there’s more comfort in knowing that the answer may be at the click of your mouse.

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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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Out of the Box Ideas for Employee Appreciation Week

Achievers

By: Sarah Clayton. Communications and Campaigns Specialist, Achievers. Promoting a consistent culture of recognition is an essential component to employee engagement, but who says you can’t step up your appreciation game every once in a while? A good celebration tends to incite a positive atmosphere that is almost tangible to the touch – and the positivity is infectious.

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6 Ways to Improve Diversity In Your Workplace

Everwise

Malcolm Forbes, American entrepreneur and publisher of Forbes Magazine, once described diversity as “the art of thinking independently together.”. It’s true. Valuing diversity increases your company’s viewpoints, skills and experiences. This leads to more powerful problem solving. As MIT economist Sara Ellison says, “Having a more diverse set of employees means you have a more diverse set of skills, which could result in an office that functions better.”.

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6 Simple Retention Strategies to Keep Your Best & Brightest Employees

Justworks

A high rate of employee attrition is a pain for employers everywhere. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), employers will spend “the equivalent six to nine months of an employee’s salary in order to find and train their replacement.” High staff turnover may also damage employee morale and make it hard to keep the momentum and healthy communication going within the organization.