Sat.Jul 13, 2013 - Fri.Jul 19, 2013

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5 ways to assess workplace culture fit

Achievers

Guest Post by: Meghan M. Biro. Recruiting the best talent and culture can be a heartbreaking process. While there’s nothing more exciting and fulfilling than finding the right person for a job, there are those times when – on paper or digital at least – the candidate seems a perfect fit, only to crash and burn within months of being hired. The tangible recruitment and training costs of these mis-hires can be high, and they also drain morale and energy from a team and company.

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Heavy Mettle Leadership

NoExcusesHR

'Change processes can be difficult. Think about what you''re actually doing when you decide to formally launch a culture change effort. You''re asking the people who you''ve hired (or inherited but kept on the team), to stop behaving the way you''ve asked them to, in some cases for a long time. Now, you''re asking.er.requiring them to be differen t.

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The Call to Retreat

The Bamboo Project Blog

' . ". the cycle of being-doing is also the cycle of remembering-forgetting. Like Persephone in the myth of Demeter and Persephone, you blossom, you die, you are reborn again and again. You contact the knowledge of who you are and what you need and then slowly, bit by bit, you forget, eaten up by life again. Then you descend and reconnect with yourself.

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Collective Sensemaking: How One Organization uses the Oscillation Principle

Conversation Matters

'Kessels and Smit (K&S) is a consulting firm that makes use of Collective Sensemaking to continually learn how to be more effective as a company, serve their clients better, help and support each other, and find and engage in interesting client projects. . K&S is based in the Netherlands with sister organizations in four other countries, Belgium, South Africa, India, and Germany.

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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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[Infographic] Who are your engaged employees?

Achievers

Every employee has the capacity to be engaged, but certain groups seem to have an easier time than others. Based on original research by the Human Capital Institute and A chievers, our newest infographic breaks down some surprising demographic trends in employee engagement. Check it out: Hungry for more insight? Download the full report, The Trifecta of Engagement: The organization, the manager, and the employee.

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The 10 Biggest Goofs Made By New Workers

45 Things

'On your first day of a new job you’re often excited and nervous. But after a few weeks, you start to settle in and feel more comfortable with your colleagues and the work. But if you’re not careful, you could find yourself unknowingly making the kind of mistakes that will not only bug your co-workers and boss, but prompt them to label you as “annoying,” “clueless” or “worthless.

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Five Leadership Tips for Women in Organizations

TheHRBlog

“Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder,” writes Sheryl Sandberg in her new book, “Lean In” which prompts women to take up leadership roles in corporate organizations. It is an acknowledged fact that women have to face unique challenges and struggles while developing a style of leadership at the workplace. For women who aspire […].

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The Tour of Employee Engagement

David Zinger

'Marvin Faure takes us on a slide tour of what cyclists can teach us about motivation and engagement. What can cyclists teach you about how to motivate your people? from Marvin Faure. Are you cycling powerfully into full engagement? David Zinger is an expert global employee engagement speaker and consultant who uses the pyramid of employee engagement to help leaders, managers, and organizations increase engagement.

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It Can Be Done

NoExcusesHR

'I started my health care career at a small agency that served emotionally disturbed and physically abused children. It was a place that cared deeply for the residents who had to live away from their families due to their complicated circumstances and behavior. The staff were committed, I was thrilled to be part of an organization, and was happy to take a 25% cut in pay from my previous job ( seriously, I was ) to be part of the front line team.

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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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Connecting for Career Resilience--Help Me Help You

The Bamboo Project Blog

' . The other day I had lunch with one of the members of my recently-formed Mastermind group. We were discussing the keys to the group''s success so far and one thing that we got into was how much easier and better it was to help each other when we were specific with each other about the help that we needed. It got me to thinking about how being better at connecting is partially about being better at asking for help. .

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How To Crack Job Interview

TheHRBlog

You have secured a job interview, great news, but remember so have another several people. The objective ahead is to secure the role and stand out from the crowd as on paper most applicants have the relevant skills in question to fill the role. Research: Research, research, research! Interviewers are always impressed if a candidate […].

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How to Become More Influential

45 Things

'Remember the first time you heard about Twitter? At the time, you may have scoffed and said you could care less about what someone ate for lunch. But years later, with 400 million monthly visitors, the social network that uses 140-character tweets shows that millions of people obviously feel differently. Millions of people follow famous personalities or celebrities on Twitter to see what they think.

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When Paternalistic Employers Go Wrong

True Faith HR

'I usually applaud employers who go out of their way to help employers improve their lot in life. So, McDonald''s and Visa should initially be praised in their effort to help their minimum wage employees do a better job of managing personal finances (when they are not offering wages on prepaid cards ). However, let''s look at the suggested budget journal they''ve put together for their employees for a sample month (starting on page 3): Let''s start with monthly income.

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Fortify I-9 Compliance With The All-in-one Team Training Handbook

USCIS estimates that 76% of paper I-9s have at least one fineable error —with high-volume hirers at the highest risk. But worry not. WorkBright’s Ultimate I-9 Compliance Guide is a comprehensive resource to instantly level up your team’s I-9 process and reduce your audit risk. What to expect: Written for HR teams: No cryptic legal jargon here. We’ve made it fast and easy to find concise answers to nearly fifty I-9 questions in simple terms.

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Midyear Checkup: Looking Back, Thinking Ahead

Reviewsnap

'We can hear you already: Annual performance reviews are such a pain in the neck, why would I want to double the agony by doing them at midyear, too? Bear with us. The benefits outweigh your fears. The midyear mark is a good time to check on employees’ progress toward their performance goals. It’s a good time to make sure development plans are on track — and make adjustments if they’re not.

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Meaningful Employee Incentives can be Cost Effective and Simple

Boost Rewards

'The most common employee incentives used by organizations are often monetary rewards, such as gift cards, bonuses, and even cold hard cash. However, this method of rewarding employees may not always be the best because you are assigning a value to your employees work. Giving a $50 gift card for a job well done, tells Click Here to Read More. The post Meaningful Employee Incentives can be Cost Effective and Simple appeared first on Boost Rewards.

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SuccessFactors and SAP Getting their Integration Act Together

Bersin with Deloitte

We just completed a comprehensive briefing with SAP and SuccessFactors about product integration. Katherine Jones and I were impressed with the progress the company is making: SAP's engineering prowess is clearly being applied to this area in a big way. And SAP customers will see these integrations being applied to all of SAP's cloud offerings. […].

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Why #HR Should Care About the NBA Summer League

True Faith HR

'On Thursday, I will join three of my colleagues behind the 8 Man Rotation in Las Vegas (we always leave one behind to keep it going in case something befalls the rest of us) for two to three days to catch some NBA Summer League action. Why do we want to head to the desert in summer time to spend 8-10 hours a day in a gym watching exhibition basketball when those games don''t matter?

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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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Don’t Hit the Snooze Bar on Your Employees

Symbolist

[ New post from Chad Truby – Vice President, General Manager at Symbolist. You can read more about him on our Leadership page.]. As I pedaled through my morning route….I could not stop thinking about time. It all started with my alarm at 4:50am – and my quick reaction to smash the snooze bar. But, as soon as I hit the snooze bar, I realized that I had just decreased my morning bike ride by 10 minutes.

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What Robert Galbraith Can Teach Us About #HR

True Faith HR

'In late April, Robert Galbraith published his first novel - a mystery called " The Cuckoo''s Calling " - to rave reviews but relatively few purchases. Yesterday, Robert Galbraith''s book was languishing at 4,709 on Amazon''s bestseller list with 1500 sales. Now, the book''s sitting at number 1; a 156,866% sales increase in 1 day. What was responsible for such a dramatic change in fortune?

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