Sat.Apr 07, 2012 - Fri.Apr 13, 2012

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5 foolproof tips to HR onboarding with ease

Achievers

Good news – your top tier candidate signed an offer to work at your company! You have recruited a strong new hire and deserve a pat on the back – however, efforts to impress should continue long after the offer is accepted. If you’re looking to onboard new hires with ease, then one thing to perfect is your company’s first impression. For your new hires, arriving on their first day is like a food critic evaluating the hottest new restaurant in town.

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Socially Unacceptable

NoExcusesHR

'Social media is a powerful tool. It is changing how we communicate with each other ; it is changing how business gets done; and it is changing how repressed nations become free. In the final analysis social media is a force that can not, and should not be stopped. However, with so much freedom and access comes a great degree of responsibility. "Personal" Business Blending social tools in our ever connecting world is common practice.

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IMPACT 2012 Quick Wrapup

Josh Bersin

IMPACT 2012 was amazing this week. For those of you who couldn’t make it, let me give you a few highlights: The conference theme was “Building Business Agility” – and. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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IMPACT 2012 Quick Wrapup

Bersin with Deloitte

IMPACT 2012 was amazing this week. For those of you who couldn't make it, let me give you a few highlights: The conference theme was "Building Business Agility" – and throughout the conference more than 450 HR and L&D executives attended sessions on how to build global programs, drive employee engagement, create continuous learning programs, […].

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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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Harness the power of social media: Empower employees to share

Achievers

Dear A Advisor, I keep hearing that companies are using social media sites like Facebook to help motivate and engage their employees. I don’t get it—aren’t they just time wasters? I want to help my employees reach a good work-life balance, but I’m afraid that social media will just be a distraction. To Friend, or not to Friend. Hi there, TFONTF, Social media is a very powerful tool, and can be one of the keys to help employee engagement.

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Employee Engagement: The Answer Could be the Problem

David Zinger

I was just following recent tweets about employee engagement. This was just too good, I had to take a screen shot. Read the tweets and see if you can spot the engagement challenge. Bella may be disengaged but she is also poetic and perhaps the class was the problem not the solution.

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Invigorating Talent Pools: LinkedIn Talent Pipeline Ups The Ante For Candidate Management

Bersin with Deloitte

A decade ago, recruiters talked about creating talent pools: databases of people who had applied for positions within a company that were then archived and – in theory – there to be mined at a later date when positions for which the job seekers were qualified became available. It didn’t work. Why? Recruiters never looked […].

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The recognition recipe for success

Achievers

Hi, I’m Monica and I use A chievers to provide our teams with a rewards and recognition solution that works. Our employee engagement scores have gone through the roof. How do I know that? A chievers has the most advanced reports on the market. I always have up-to-date information on the success of the program providing me with the perfect recognition recipe for success!

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Stop Asking the Wrong Questions

The Bamboo Project Blog

To me, the most energizing questions are those that involve people's values, hopes and ideals--questions that relate to something that's larger than them where they can connect and contribute. People don't have a lot of energy around questions that are about removing pain.". --Verna Allee. A lot of the work I do with people ends up being around removing pain.

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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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HR Carnival: Feeding vs Obsolescence ~ HR to HR 2.0 and Human.

Strategic HCM

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Home. Bio-Contact. Consulting. Speaking. Writing. About-HCM. Welcome. Welcome height=200 id=Image1_img src=[link] width=220/>. Connect with me. Jon Ingham. Contact me at. info [at] strategic [dash] hcm [dot] com. Skype: strategic-hcm. +44 7904 185 134. Read more by me in. Contributions from David Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith, Peter Cappelli, Noel Tichy, Ed Lawler, Jon Ingham, Beverly Kaye, Sharon Jordan-Evans.

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Real-World Experience Pays Off

45 Things

Journalism has always been one of those professions that demands experience before you even get your first job at a television station or newspaper. In my case, I began working for the school newspaper and writing articles for my hometown newspaper by the time I was 17. In college, I was required to work on the school newspaper and have internships before I graduated.

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Achieving the impossible: Getting Gen X and Gen Y to stay

Achievers

“To recruit and retain top talent, an organization needs to be exceptional at recognizing employees in ways they value. Modern leadership must accept that recognition has a different meaning for Gen X and Gen Y employees than for previous generations. They grew up with it and they expect it. Create a culture of recognition where employees are empowered to choose their own rewards and they’ll never leave.” CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR “TELL US YOUR BEST RECOGNITION STORY&#

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"Preying on Our Own Better Selves"

The Bamboo Project Blog

We hunger for inspiration, purpose, exhilaration — but mostly, we settle for lives of annihilating boredom, alternating with sheer panic. Perhaps we get our fix of "life" through the finely honed narratives of the hundreds of channels of reality TV and "news" we're smilingly offered night after pixelated night. We want contracts that don't steal our future — but we're often unwilling to walk away from those that already have.

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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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So What? I'm Still a Rock Star

Working Girl

'I recently read a post about a person who’d been fired 3 times despite excellent performance reviews. You can read about it here. Dave Ryan and I were discussing this a few weeks ago during our regular catch up and decided to write about it as our next project social topic. You can read Dave''s take on rock stars in general over at HR Official. A few years back I managed the functional side of a large global software implementation project.

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#BersinIMPACT: Blowing up performance reviews

Strategic HCM

'I only managed to catch the final session yesterday but it was a good one. We started with Bersin’s research suggesting that 70% of companies follow a coaching and development vs a competitive assessment approach to performance management. It’s a potentially useful focus given that organisations with high quality development plans generate twice the revenue per employee as organisations with poor or ineffective development plans.

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I Feel Alright

True Faith HR

'In the most recent ESPN- The Magazine, Peter Keating highlights a study on sleep by Stanford researcher Cheri Mah, who explored the question, does extra sleep boost athletic achievement? Over three seasons, from 2005 to 2008, the scientists looked at 11 Stanford basketball players. For two to four weeks, the Cardinal kept to their normal schedules.

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When a Demotion Makes Sense

45 Things

If you’ve ever been unemployed, you know the joy that comes from finally getting that job offer. But that elation may be tempered by the fact that the job pays less than your previous one, or is certainly lower on the career status level than you desire. According to an Urban Institute research, job seekers have taken positions that pay 16 percent less than what they earned before the Great Recession.

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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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Women 2.0 - Infographic

Working Girl

'Check out this infographic on Women @ Work, courtesy of the MBA program at UNC. Read more about it here. Via MBA@UNC MBA Online & Women 2.0.

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Research Says: Top-Team Diversity Equals Greater Financial Gain

Inpower Coaching

Study : Is There A Payoff From Top-Team Diversity? (McKinsey 2012, Thomas Barta, Makus Kleiner, Tilo Neumann). Finding : Companies with diverse executive boards have notably higher earnings and returns on equity. InPower Insight : Increase the diversity of your executive top-team to increase your company financially. Summary : Good news if you’re a company looking to increase your financial performance and/or returns on equity – invite more diverse team into your C-Suite and top executive slots.

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3 Interview Questions You Have To Ask

Insperity

Job interviews are a part of every company’s hiring process; not only are they necessary, they’re important. A job interview is often your first face-to-face meeting with a candidate, and gives you an opportunity go further than their resume to get genuine feel for the person. With thousands of possible interview questions and limited time, how do you know which ones to ask?

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INDUSTRY NEWS: Best Practices for Creating a Drug Test Policy for Safety Sensitive Positions

Aurico

'Risk reduction strategy begins with: Having the right workplace drug testing policy language relative to pre-duty disclosure of prescription medications by employees in safety sensitive positions. Having an ADA reasonable accommodation policy in your handbook (that discusses the interactive process). Having essential job functions identified in your job descriptions that discuss working in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

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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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Why Wait Longer for Electronic Submission and Storage of the Form I-9?

ExactHire

I recently read an article on SHRM’s website, “USCIS Publishes Proposed Form I-9” by FosterQuan, that indicated that in late March of this year, a notice to collect input regarding proposed revisions to the Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification was published in the Federal Register. The article noted that one of the changes seems to suggest that the future version of the form may 1) allow individuals to complete it electronically; and, 2) allow employers to store the Form I-9 electronical

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Gen Y Women – Ready To Save The World?

Inpower Coaching

An open letter to the next generation. I’m old. My generation – either Gen X and the Boomers depending on which source you use – isn’t going to save the world, despite the fact that we’re going to keep trying. Sheryl Sandburg said it best in her Barnard Graduation address in 2011, the numbers just aren’t there for us. It’s up to you, Gen Y. Hers is a great address to fire you up, but if I were you I wouldn’t totally buy it.

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SAY WHAT?! Why communication is key to employee engagement

Achievers

Communication is vital to employee engagement. All high-performing organizations have great communication and, unsurprisingly, it is a top motivator for employees. Great communication within an organization can be defined as open, consistent, transparent and multi-directional. This means that ideas and direction not only come from the top, but employees also contribute to the conversation.

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INDUSTRY NEWS: DT Compliance

Aurico

'The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced in February, 2012 that it has accepted the recommendations of its technical advisory committee, the Drug Testing Advisory Board (DTAB), and will proceed with revisions to the DHHS Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs. The recommendations include: (1) expanding the drug testing panel to include additional Schedule II prescription medications (e.g. hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone and

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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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FROM THE BLOOPER BOOK: Nacho Ideal Applicants

Aurico

'Misdemeanor theft of nachos. An applicant who can’t remember if he committed a serious crime. People who were high or just can’t spell. Here’s the latest from the “I can’t believe they wrote that” department. Have you been convicted of a crime in the past seven years, other than minor traffic violations? (checked yes) If yes, describe in full: “Misdemeanor theft of nachos” Have you been convicted of a crime in the past seven years, other than minor traffic violations?

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Random Drug Testing Can Increase Corporate Productivity

Aurico

'Aurico has spoken to many companies regarding random drug testing. Often, they have a pre-employment drug testing program but do not institute an ongoing random testing program. Reasons range from cost containment to “big brother” to “we already addressed this at time of hire.” In any of these cases, random testing is not designed to “catch” people abusing drugs—it’s a tool that can help employees make better choices.

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Drug Recognition Training

Aurico

'When reviewing your drug testing policy you should check and see if it includes post-accident testing or post-incident testing. A near miss is just as dangerous as an accident. Your supervisors should be trained to treat a near miss appropriately and require a reasonable suspicion test. A recent Quest Diagnostics Drug Test Index found that the general workforce had a 26.9% positive rate for reasonable suspicion testing.