Sat.Oct 17, 2015 - Fri.Oct 23, 2015

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4 Ways to Screen Candidates Even Quicker

Spark Hire

The recruiter who moves the fastest typically comes out on top in the staffing industry. One of the most time consuming parts of the recruiting process can be initial candidate screens. There are 4 ways you can effectively speed up your candidate screening process. 1. Establish Key Qualifiers for the Job. Before you begin to even look at resumes or pick up the phone make sure that you know your key qualifiers for the job.

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dealing with a lazy and difficult coworker, bringing kids to a job interview, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Dealing with a lazy and difficult coworker. I have a coworker who’s become comfortable in her job, meaning that she knows she is retiring in several years and seems to have thrown in the towel. My problem is the unprofessionalism in the office. Her job is to great visitors, but she sits at her desk with ear buds in and a scowl.

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HR Tech 2015: Now Everybody Wants to be the “Uber of Recruitment”

TLNT: The Business of HR

Apparently, the new marketing message for Talent Acquisition technology that I’m seeing here at the HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas is to call yourself the “Uber of Recruitment”.

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4 Ways HR Needs to Think Like Sales

Cornerstone On Demand

Imagine this. Your sales team just landed an introductory meeting with a huge potential client — a client that could easily increase your annual revenue by 25 percent if you land the deal. How do they prepare? The first thing the sales team does is learn everything they can about the potential client. They do research, gathering intel on the client's current performance and looking for insight on their vulnerabilities.

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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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Finding the Right HR Tech Vendor

HRExecutive

It’s a decision fraught with consequences: Which vendor will be providing your human capital management software? Choose wisely and you’ll look like a hero. Make the wrong choice and your CEO will be angry and you could be out of a job. At the HR Tech Conference, George LaRocque, principal analyst at the Starr Conspiracy, moderated a panel of three HR professionals — two from large and complex companies and one from a smaller firm — who discussed the processes they underg

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5 Candidate Screening Questions You Should Always Ask

ClearCompany HRM

We know you’ve seen them, the 10,000 articles out there about candidate screening questions. The “how to’s” the “dos and don’ts” and, of course, the “best practices” articles that flood the internet. It can almost convince you to believe that interviewing a new applicant is simple, or at least easy to follow given this “quick recipe to interviewing success.”.

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The One Acronym You Need to 'Reach' Gen Y

Cornerstone On Demand

Imagine how different recruiting was just a few decades ago when a foreman in a Philadelphia railroad yard exited his office, crossed the workplace campus and was met by a mob of job candidates each morning. Not too long ago, word of job openings spread like wildfire through local neighborhoods and communities — all that separated the foreman and his next hire was a fence.

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The Employee Engagement Hoax? What Every HR Professional Needs to Know

Visier

It’s hard to attend an HR conference or visit an HR website and not hear the term “employee engagement.” Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends 2015 report rated culture and engagement as “the most important issue overall, slighting edging out leadership (the No. 1 issue last year)” in 2015. And for good reason. The employment landscape has changed dramatically in the past few decades.

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What’s Your Recruiting Competitive Advantage

HR Bartender

I’ve mentioned a few times recently that the hiring market has shifted to the candidate. And we’re seeing some of the effects with increased time to fill metrics. I ran across this article recently that talks about how more than half of organizations don’t have enough internal candidates to fill their succession plan. Maybe the situation is more than just “mention” worthy.

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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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10 Ways to Amplify Your Recruiting Department

ClearCompany HRM

Is your recruiting process disorganized? Are your recruiters frustrated with outdated technology and tired recruiting methods? Do candidates drop out of your process because it takes too long? If you answered yes to any of these questions, your recruiting department could use an overhaul. Here’s a checklist with ten ways to amp up your recruiting game!

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ICYMI: Better Tools, Big Data and Cards Against HR at #HRTechConf

Cornerstone On Demand

The 18 th annual HR Technology Conference kicked off yesterday with a keynote from Marcus Buckingham , best-selling author and founder of TMBC , who urged the audience to move away from a focus on performance toward a focus on people. The theme of balancing technology and humanity resonated throughout the day, as speakers and panelists shared new ideas and discussed the latest innovations around tech and talent management — from predictive analytics to wellness technology to recruiting sof

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How Do We Handle Missing Time Cards?

HR Daily Advisor

We are a staffing company with employees in almost every state. Employees are non-exempt and submit hours worked via timecard. But what happens when we don’t receive one from the employee? Are we required to pay the employee even if we do not have a time card? The FLSA requires employers to pay nonexempt employees for all hours worked, regardless of whether employees submit timecards as required by the employer.

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Knowing the Strategy is Different From Connecting With It

HR Bartender

There’s a big difference between knowing what the strategy is and being able to connect with it. Bottom-line: the difference is engagement. Organizations create strategies all the time. They communicate those strategies on a regular basis. For example, you could read a company’s strategy in the news. That doesn’t mean you’re connected with the strategy.

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The Employer’s Guide to Early Cancer Detection

A comprehensive early detection strategy for cancer is no longer a nice-to-have for employers; it’s a must. The reality is 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives, and the physical, emotional, and financial impact on both employees and employers is great. To help improve your employees’ health outcomes and reduce cancer-related costs, download The Employer’s Guide to Early Detection.

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3 Ways to Switch Up Your Interviewing Process

ClearCompany HRM

Sometimes the interview process gets stale, sometimes it just doesn’t fit. You’ve spent some time researching new questions to ask, contemplated a new recruitment strategy, but you’ve quickly discovered those aren’t the right solutions. You can change the way you think about the interview to improve the process. Whatever the case may be, you need ways to spice up your hiring life, and we have three ways to switch up your interviewing process to get you on the right foot.

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3 Affordable Care Act Communications Requirements All Employers Must Follow

Trinet

This post is part of the TriNet ongoing series about the Affordable Care Act and its effects on small business. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has imposed a number of very specific requirements on. Visit site for full story.

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Five #HRTechWorld Sessions You Don’t Want to Miss

Visier

If you could only bring two things to HR Tech World Congress in Paris, what would they be? My answer: A pack of throat lozenges and really, really comfortable (but stylish!) shoes. With over 4000 attendees from more than 80 countries and a dizzying number of sessions, there will be a lot of walking, listening… and talking. Here are my “top five” sessions to attend, listed in the order in which they take place: Smart Simplicity in a Complex World.

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Company Promised a Second Interview – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

This reader question happens more often than it should. I have a query. I interviewed recently with an investment bank. The interviewer gave me some positive feedback and said he was happy with our conversation. He emailed me later that “I will get another call (from HR) for a second interview with his manager.” I’m trying to call HR – she’s not responding to my calls or emails.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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Misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors: What Could Go Wrong?

Justworks

In response to our article regarding whether part-time or temporary workers are employees or independent contractors , one reader wrote the following: I sit in a pod with 3 other full time employees doing the exact same work I'm doing. Company supplies a computer, a phone extension, an email address. I have to work 9 to 5:30 Monday through Friday, occasionally (sometimes often) staying late (at least I'm paid hourly).

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What California’s Newest Fair Pay Law Means for Employers

Trinet

Earlier this month, California Governor Jerry Brown signed new legislation to address the so-called pay “gap” between men and women in the workplace. The new California Fair Pay Act takes effect on. Visit site for full story.

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TharpeRobbins Changes Name to Engage2Excel

Engage2Excel

I am pleased to announce that TharpeRobbins is now Engage2Excel. More than just a name change, this is an exciting step forward in a century-long tradition of innovation in helping companies engage and recognize exceptional employees. Engage2Excel will continue to provide all of the services clients have come to rely on with the same attention to detail and delivery excellence.

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Build It For the Long Haul – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

There’s a phrase “for the long haul” meaning long-term or over the course of a long time. The idea is that the “thing” you’re working on should last a long time. Creating something that lasts doesn’t mean it can’t be changed or improved. I think about my first iPhone. It’s changed and gotten better over time. Some of those changes are software and some hardware.

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Are There Gaps in Your HR Policies?

Putting the right HR policies in place can help your organization grow smoothly and help your company culture thrive. Use this essential HR checklist to cover the basics and make sure there aren’t any gaps in your HR functions.

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Keep Fighting – Thoughts from a Nonprofit Conference

UpstartHR

Last week I spent several days with leaders at nonprofits from around the world at the LINGOS Global Learning Forum. It was a humbling experience, and I had some of my preconceived notions turned upside down. In the past I would have imagined (based on my own experiences working in and with nonprofit organizations) that many nonprofits and NGOs are backward at worst and behind the times at best due to limited resources.

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Positive Change Management Starts With Yourself

ATD Human Capital

How easy is it for you to maintain a positive attitude in a stressful situation? Do you naturally look for ways such circumstances will benefit your learning and development ? Cultivating this positivity can help us manage the emotions that come along with change. Change is inevitable, but suffering with the change is self-induced. By cultivating a positive mindset, we can train our minds to see the change as something we can cope with, adapt to, and make the best of—even if that means sim

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5 Trends at #HRTechConf

WorkHuman

The Globoforce team is officially back from the HR Technology Conference and Expo in Las Vegas! We had some great conversations at the candy booth and a fantastic session with Cisco on Tuesday (more on that soon). And as promised, here’s a wrap up of some of trends I heard after spending three and a half days in sessions and keynotes. We need to re-think talent management data.

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How to give feedback your employees will listen to

Achievers

As a manager, you need to be able to shape the performance of your staff and offer guidance and course corrections as needed. Giving feedback to your team can be tricky, however, since sounding too negative or critical may cause your listener to simply shut down. Here are a few feedback techniques you can use to guide your employees in a manner that encourages them to perform at their peak.

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eBook: Global Workforce Management: Unpacking the Risks and Challenges

This eBook examines the complexities of global workforce management, including country specific labor and payroll regulations, and the risks and consequences of non-compliance.

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How About "Design" vs. "Work"?

All Things Workplace

Right now, you are either thinking about or designing an idea, product, service, or process. Yet most of us don't view ourselves as designers. It sounds like a specific, creative field in which we don't have formal education. But we do. Earlier today I sent off a consulting agreement. As I proofread it I realized that 3 of the key elements were "Design': a workshop.learning materials.executive planning session.

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Sharing Joy With Customers

ExactHire

As an employee at a small business, you frequently have the opportunity to interact with customers, and it’s easy to see how your work directly impacts the customer experience. You also have the opportunity to learn about different aspects of the business, so that when the organization succeeds in one area, it’s easier to share in the joy of that success.

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Join Us at the HR Technology Conference!

nettime solutions

The HR Technology® conference and exposition is hands-down the world’s largest Expo for HR Technology and products. Covering all of the latest trends and products, from SaaS and cloud-based solutions to social, mobile, video, and Big Data, there is no better place to check out the most advanced technology in the industry. Attendees are able to see, first-hand, what each technology offers and compare the latest advances made by the vendors who choose to share their products.